A palindrome reads the same backwards and forward. Lost Generation
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25 Famous Inspiring Thinkers and their Daily Rituals
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100 Incredible & Educational Virtual Tours
Michael Sandel " Is torture ever justified? Would you steal a drug that your child needs to survive? Is it sometimes wrong to tell the truth? How much is one human life worth? "
What is the right thing to do? from TED Sandel Web Page
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Marissa Mayer "...a single search query on Google can consume the processing power of 1000 machines..." How Google Works from YouTube
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Jill Bote "...had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one..." Taylor's stroke of insight ( TED )
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Lennart Green "...what he does with those cards is pure magic..." Magic Cards Close Up from TED
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Keith Barry shows us how our brains can fool our bodies Brain Magic from TED
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Steve Jobs "... CEO and co-founder of Apple and Pixar, urges us to pursue our dreams and see the opportunities in life's setbacks -- including death itself." How to Live Before You Die from YouTube
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Play this first site http://www.rainymood.com/
with your favorite music from itunes. If the music is mellow it can put
you into a mood.
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Interesting sounds --- Must wear headphones, preferably stereo to get the best effect
Holophonic Sound Try the "Virtual Haircut" from "One Man's Blog"
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Are We Alone in the Universe? Jill Tarter from ideaCity
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Google Goggles Check out this video to see it's capabilities. from Think Artificial Blog
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100 Best (Free) Science Documentaries Online
Health and Medicine, Drugs, Genetics, Evolution & Biological History, Physics, Environment,
Geology, Space, Technology, Nature, and miscellaneous from Online Universities Blog
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Contagious is a good word --"I can" Kiran Bir Sethi teaches kids to take charge. from TED
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Fingerprints of God Barbara Bradley Hagerty NPR -- Listen to her interview
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Growing New Organs Anthony Atala's state-of-the-art lab grows human organs -- from muscles to blood vessels to bladders, and more. TED
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Peak oil is wrong Schwartz
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Planning and Traveling or Create School Projects Butterscotch Google Maps
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100 Incredible Lectures for History Lovers
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Audio Index Political
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Ted: The world needs all kinds of minds - (autism) Temple Grandin (Claire Danes)
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TED: Origami Tree Maker "...newest kind of origami -- using math and engineering principles to fold mind-blowingly intricate designs..."
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Listening Resources
Slacker Personal Radio
Big-Think We do not believe that experts have all the answers. On many subjects deep thinkers disagree. We do believe that we will all make better decisions in our personal and professional lives if our thinking is informed by expert opinion.
Teacher-TV Through engaging videos, practical resources and an active online community, Teachers TV supports the professional development of anyone working in school, enabling them to widen their skills, develop their practice, and connect with others in the field
Ignite Ignite goes global—from March 1-5, 2010, 50+ Ignites will take place in cities around the world. Upwards of 10,000 entrepreneurs, technologists, DIYers, creative professionals, and enthusiastic knowledge-seekers will gather in local pubs, theaters, and other convivial venues for an evening that is a unique blend of networking, information, and fun, encapsulated in the Ignite motto: "Enlighten us, but make it quick."
NPR A thriving media organization at the forefront of digital innovation...award-winning news, information, and music of over 900 independent stations. Reaches 27.1 million listeners every week.
Pop Tech PopTech is a unique innovation network – a global community of cutting-edge leaders, thinkers, and doers from many different disciplines, who come together to explore the social impact of new technologies, the forces of change shaping our future, and new approaches to solving the world’s most significant challenges. We are known for our thriving community of thought-leaders, breakthrough innovation programs, visionary annual conferences and deep media and storytelling capabilities.
Business Innovation Factory The Business Innovation Factory (BIF) focuses on solving major problems in areas like healthcare, education and energy independence by creating a place where partners can design and test new solutions in a real-world environment.
Gel Short for "Good Experience Live", Gel is a conference and community exploring good experience in all its forms - in art, business, technology, society, and life.
BIL In short, BIL is an open, self-organizing, emergent, arts, science, society and technology unconference held near the famous TED Conference during the trailing weekend of.
idea City eideaCity, also known as 'Canada's Premiere Meeting of the Minds', is an eclectic gathering of artists, adventurers, authors, cosmologists, doctors, designers, entertainers, filmmakers, inventors, magicians, musicians, scientists and technologists.
Online Universities (Blog) Welcome to Online Universities, an online resource for students interested in going to college online. Online Universities.com goal is to assist students in finding the best online university that fits your needs and demands as a student.
CleanTech Clean technology, or "cleantech," should not be confused with the terms environmental technology or "green tech" popularized in the 1970s and 80s. Cleantech is new technology and related business models that offer competitive returns for investors and customers while providing solutions to global challenges.
Pop Tech PopTech is a
unique innovation network – a global community of cutting-edge leaders,
thinkers, and doers from many different disciplines, who come together
to explore the social impact of new technologies, the forces of change
shaping our future, and new approaches to solving the world’s most
significant challenges. We are known for our thriving community of
thought-leaders, breakthrough innovation programs, visionary annual
conferences and deep media and storytelling capabilities.
Sprword: Must watch documentaries
Free Video Lectures To organize the world's educational videos and make them universally accessible and down-loadable. To change the way we learn, to revolutionize the education system and rise the quality of education
Free Education Online Welcome to Learnerstv.com. This is a comprehensive site providing thousands of downloadable Video lectures, Live Online Tests,etc in the fields of Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Medicine, Management and Accounting, Dentistry, Nursing, Psychology, History, Language Training, Literature, Law etc FREE to its visitors... This site provides free video and audio lectures of whole courses conducted by faculty from reputed universities around the world.
Cosmo Learning Created with the goal to provide a free
online school, CosmoLearning (CL) is an educational website
committed to improve the quality of homeschooling, teaching
and student excellence, helping educators and self-learners
alike anywhere in the world. Designed to work as a free homeschool
and organized according to traditional curriculum standards,
CosmoLearning provides video lectures, courses, documentaries, books,
quizzes, lecture notes and much more.
Big Think - What make a game fun? Nicole Lazzaro - Games
Free Video Lectures from Top Colleges and Universities
Internet Online TV Lecture Search Engine (preface with "online lectures")
UChannel public affaires lectures, panels and events
MIT World MIT World is a free and open site that provides on demand video of
significant public events at MIT. MIT World's video index contains
more than 700 videos.
Berkeley on Google The University of California, Berkeley is the
preeminent public research and teaching institution in the
nation. From
classic literature to emerging technologies, the curricula of
our 130
academic departments span the wide world of thought and
knowledge. Supported
by the people of California, the university has embraced public
service
as an essential part of its mission since 1868. The content on
this page—drawn
from campus seminars, courses and events—is just one part of UC
Berkeley's
commitment to the broadest possible dissemination of knowledge
for the
benefit of our state, the nation and the world.
ForA.tv FORA.tv is the leading online destination for intelligent video programs
on
the people, issues, and ideas changing the world. We offer free,
paid-membership, and fee-based video viewing of live events, lectures,
and
debates to a smart, deeply-engaged audience: you!
Free Online Learning Open2.net
Video at MIT The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in
science, technology and other areas of scholarship that will best serve
the nation and the world in the 21st century — whether the focus is
cancer, energy, economics or literature (learn more about MIT's current
initiatives).
Open Courses "[OLI is] an amazing and critical piece of work. . . The idea of these
virtual labs and intelligent tutoring systems, I think, can really
revolutionize education. And we need to revolutionize education.
Productivity 501 Productivity501 is a site dedicated to bringing you regular tips and
tricks to help increase your personal productivity. This site focuses on
original content so the publication schedule is a little slower than
other blogs out there. Generally we try to have at least one new
article each week, but the focus is on posting when we have something
that will benefit our readers.
MIT Open Courseware Audio/Video
Education-Portal Education-Portal.com is a resource hub for students and working
professionals to research career paths, degree
programs, and schools within their chosen disciplines. This was
accomplished by a dedicated team of experts including
educators, librarians, college counselors, career counselors, and
journalists to provide practical information in
both written and video formats.
Listening to Words Lecture Search
Lecture List Elecricity and Magnetism
Closer to Truth Closer To Truth is the definitive series on Cosmos,
Consciousness and God, a global journey in search of the vital ideas of
existence. It is the most complete, compelling, and accessible series
on Cosmos, Consciousness and God ever produced for television.
Academic Earth We are building a user-friendly
educational ecosystem that will give internet users around the world the
ability to easily find, interact with, and learn from full video
courses and lectures from the world’s leading scholars. Our goal is to
bring the best content together in one place and create an environment
in which that content is remarkably easy to use and where user
contributions make existing content increasingly valuable.
Teacher Tube After beta testing for
almost two months, TeacherTube officially launched on March 6, 2007.
Our goal is to provide an online community for sharing instructional
videos. We seek to fill a need for a more educationally focused, safe
venue for teachers, schools, and home learners. It is a site to provide
anytime, anywhere professional development with teachers teaching
teachers. As well, it is a site where teachers can post videos designed
for students to view in order to learn a concept or skill.
Open Thinking 90+ Videos for Tech. & Media Literacy
Web of Stories watch people telling their stories and (coming soon) will be a place where you can also tell your story and where people can watch you tell it.
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