Here’s a video of someone who wanted to become a professional skier, but broke his back on the slopes while doing a backflip and became a paraplegic. Eight years later he became the first person to perform a backflip on snow in a Sit Ski.

I’m adding this video to The Best Videos Illustrating Qualities Of A Successful Language Learner.

A recent experiment has been in the news these days. As the BBC writes:

Scientists have unveiled a new technique for decoding human brainwaves and then converting them into speech. The technique may one day make it possible to communicate with patients who are unable to talk.

This BBC video I’ve embedded provides the best explanation, and examples, that I’ve seen or heard:

I’ll probably use this with my IB Theory of Knowledge class when we study language.

This experiment relates to another one I have described in a previous post:

In an experiment, researchers were able to take the brain waves of people seeing what’s on the left and reconstruct the images on the right — only from brain waves. You can read about the potential implications of this process, ranging from identifying what patients in a coma are experiencing to seeing our own dreams, at Scientific American:

If you’ve seen the amazing video “Hans Rosling’s 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes,” (and if you haven’t, I’ve embedded it at the end of this post — you can also find it on Part Two Of The Best Videos For Educators — 2010) you’ll want to see yesterday’s PBS News Hour report, which is embedded here. You can also get the transcript at their site:

Watch Rosling Brings Life, Sword-Swallowing to Health Statistics on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour.

And here’s his amazing video on the world:

How could I not share this video of a snoring mouse?

Here’s a beautiful time lapse video of Yosemite National Park. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About Yosemite & Other U.S. National Parks:

Yosemite HD from Project Yosemite on Vimeo.

Thanks to Brain Pickings for the tip.

Here’s a fun combination of library scenes from movies and TV shows:

Thanks to Kathy Kaldenberg for the tip on Twitter.

In this video, Willow The Dog demonstrates the value of perseverance. I’m adding it to The Best Videos Illustrating Qualities Of A Successful Language Learner.