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Ted: Ted Ed: Leslie Dodson: Don't Misrepresent Africa
Broadcast journalist, Leslie Dodson, presents research that focuses on the intersection of micro-enterprise and digital technologies in developing communities in Africa. Dodson discusses how hard it is to be a journalist and the special...
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Ted: Ted Ed: The Cockroach Beatbox
Neuroscientist, Greg Gage, takes an unusual approach to showing how legs respond when brains receive and deliver electric impulses by dissecting a cockroach live on stage. [6:16]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Erin Mc Kean Redefines the Dictionary
Lexicographer and co-founder of new online dictionary Wordnik, Erin McKean, discusses the many ways today's print dictionary is positioned to change, transforming not just dictionaries, but how we interact with language itself. [15:15]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Martin Seligman on Positive Psychology
As Martin Seligman discusses the state of psychology today, he introduces the eleventh reason to be positive. [23:46]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Nancy Etcoff on the Surprising Science of Happiness
Cognitive researcher, Nancy Etcoff looks at our pursuit of happiness and its surprising effect on our bodies. [14:22]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Marcus Du Sautoy: Symmetry, Reality's Riddle
Oxford mathematician, Marcus du Sautoy, presents a brief look of the invisible numbers that unite all symmetrical objects as he discusses prime numbers, symmetry groups, higher dimensions and other stumpers. [18:20]
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Ted: Ted Ed: How Folding Paper Can Get You to the Moon
Animated lesson by Adrian Paenza shows what unbelievable things can happen when folding just one piece of paper. [3:49]
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Ted: Ted Ed: David Mc Candless: The Beauty of Data Visualization
Listen and watch as David McCandless turns complex data sets into beautiful, simple diagrams. He suggests that information design is really important because we all like to visualize our information. [18:19]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Jonathan Driori: The Beautiful Tricks of Flowers
In this brillant talk, Jonathan Drori shows the amazing ways flowering plants have evolved to attract pollinators and discusses how plants reproduce in a variety of ways. [13:49]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Clay Shirky: How Social Media Can Make History
Clay Shirky shows how social media services such as Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, thus changing the nature of politics. [15:49]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Maajid Nawaz: A Global Culture to Fight Extremism
"Why do transnational extremist organizations succeed where democratic movements have a harder time taking hold?" Maajid Nawaz, a former Islamist extremist, talks about the new "age of behavior" and why people join extremists movements...
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Ted: Ted Ed: Deb Roy: The Birth of a Word
MIT researcher, Deb Roy, shares amazing data-rich research on how children learn language which he discovered by analyzing hours of video taped conversations between his son and the adults in his home. [19:53]
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Ted: Ted Ed: How Pandemics Spread
A discussion about the globalization of disease, and the implications of a pandemic. Mark Honigsbaum describes the history of pandemics and how scientists can help prevent future outbreaks. [8:00]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Gary Wolf: The Quantified Self
Gary Wolf discusses how we use modern technology, more specifically gadgets and apps, to monitor our health and body. [5:11]
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Character Development
Read part three, chapter three from The Joy Luck Club to answer questions about Ted and Rose.
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Writing Fix: Unique Imaginary Friends: Ted by Tony Di Terlizzi
Front cover of the book Ted by Tony DiTerlizzi.