Tag: TEDTalks

  • How Social Media Can Make History

    How Social Media Can Make History

    In the latest in my series of Wade’s Favorite Ted Talks, Clay Shirky, a writer, professor, and consultant, delivered the following embedded presentation to the US State Department regarding the transformed media landscape. According to Shirky, whose consulting firm develops decentralized technologies such as wireless networks and peer-to-peer, what matters in today’s communication “is not…

  • Using Video to Reinvent Education

    Using Video to Reinvent Education

    In the latest in my series of  Wade’s Favorite Ted Talks, Khan Academy founder Salman Kahn talks about the power of interactive exercises for next level learning. “My cousins preferred seeing me on YouTube instead of seeing me in person!” says Kahn. After he got over the initial pain of the insult, he realized something…

  • The Tribes We Lead: Seth Godin Speaks

    The Tribes We Lead: Seth Godin Speaks

    One of Brett Coryell’s (UTS) favorite books is Tribes, by Seth Godin. Recently, TEDEducation published a video of an inspired speech regarding the themes from the book that Godin made at a TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Conference in 2009. Although over four years old, the speech is as relevant in today’s job climate as ever. According…