TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Notes of a native son: the world according to James Baldwin - Christina Greer
James Baldwin was an American novelist and social critic whose essays in “Notes of a Native Son” explored race, sex and class distinctions. -- In the 1960s, the FBI amassed almost 2,000 documents in an investigation into one of America’s...
Curated Video
Laurie Halse Anderson
For author Laurie Halse Anderson, a survivor of trauma, putting pen to paper allowed her to make sense of the world. Discover how the acclaimed Young Adult author has connected with readers across the globe.
Curated Video
Amanda Gorman
The youngest inaugural poet in history, Amanda Gorman introduced a new generation to the lyrical power of poetry and became a modern-day icon in the process.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
What Pop Culture Got Wrong. Catherine the Great
Overview of moviemakers' taking creative license with the facts in films about Catherine the Great.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Yvo Desmedt: Much Ado About Cyber Security
Private data is leaked more and more in our society. Wikileaks, Facebook, and identity theft are just three examples. Network defenses are constantly under attack from cyber criminals, organized hacktivists, and even disgruntled...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Intellectual Capital
This video explains what intellectual capital is and its meaning and definition for your professional development and management The video looks at the meaning or definition of intellectual capital, examples, how it is largely an issue...
Curated Video
Ratios: Solving a Problem with Money and Fractions
This video shows the process for solving the problem presented in IGCSE A June 2018 paper 1HR Q4, which involves ratios with money and fractions. Students will learn how to use proportions to set up and solve ratio problems involving...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Kirsten Olson - On Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Kirsten holds a doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she focused on issues of social justice and educational policy, and an undergraduate degree in English literature from Vassar College. Kirsten is a member of...
Kult America
How USA Prepared For Nazi Attack
Fort Miles played an crucial deterrent role during the Second World War, housing many guns and serving as an evidence of military strength of the United States. On today's episode of Kult America I'm taking a closer look at the defence...
Institute of Art and Ideas
March of the Machines (long form version)
Evil artificial intelligences are luckily confined to fiction. Yet leading scientists claim that intelligent machines are 'the most serious threat facing mankind'. Are they right or could a mind free from human prejudices create a better...
The Guardian
Should schools ban slang from the classroom?
Should schools ban slang from the classroom? Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD A south London school's decision to ban certain slang words was widely derided but it also attracted some high-profile support. Do...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Detra Price-Dennis & Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz - Advancing Racial Literacies in Teacher Education
Dr. Detra Price-Dennis is an Associate Professor of Education in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology at Teachers College, Columbia University, in the Communications, Media, Learning Technologies, and Design program....
TED-Ed
Is There Any Truth to the King Arthur Legends?
Was he or wasn’t he? We may never know for sure about the origins of King Arthur. But a video that leads middle school and high school viewers through the facts and fictions that have kept King Arthur alive in peoples’ imaginations for...
The School of Life
Charles Dickens
How much do you know about the life of Charles Dickens? A thorough video discusses the author's professional successes and private failures with engaging animation and informative narration.
Biography
John Steinbeck- Mini Biography
John Steinbeck, called the voice of working-class Americans, is the subject of this mini-biography that includes interviews and images to provide an overview of his life and works.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Carl Sandburg: Poet of the People
In this video [3:17] from American Masters: The Day Carl Sandburg Died, students learn about Carl Sandburg and his early days as a "poet of the people." As a young man, Sandburg worked as an organizer for the Social-Democratic Party of...