Solve For X is a series of TED-like talks that appear to be sponsored by Google.

It’s described as “A forum to encourage and amplify technology-based moonshot thinking and teamwork.”

Here’s a sample. It’s a talk by Nicholas Negroponte on students learning by themselves:

I’m adding this info to The Best Teacher Resources For “TED Talks” (& Similar Presentations).

Thanks to Open Culture for the tip.

I’ve heard/read about Nancy Duarte’s perspective on telling good stories before, and generally thought it was a bit convoluted and not helpful. However, either because I was feeling a little more patient (maybe I was also more willing to hear it) or because she did a better job explaining it, I got far more out of this recent TEDx presentation she made.

I’m adding it to The Best Sources Of Advice For Making Good Presentations.

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.

CNN ran this video today discussing the use of “facial coding for Super Bowl Ads.” It’s a process advertising agencies use to determine emotional responses to commercials.

Each year after the Super Bowl I have my IB Theory of Knowledge students watch an analyze the Super Bowl ads (see The Best Sites Where ELL’s Can Learn About The Super Bowl) for their use of fallacies and what TOK calls the Ways of Knowing. This video is a good addition.

The happy secret to better work is a short TED video that has a lot relevance to the classroom.

I’m adding this post to My Best Posts On Why It’s Important To Be Positive In Class.

I’m preparing a “The Best…” list on flight, but I just saw this video over at Michelle Henry’s great site — it’s so good I decided not to wait to share it:

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:

Holly Epstein Ojalvo at The New York Times Learning Network shared this video on Twitter today. Watch it for enjoyment, or show it to a class of English Language Learners so they can recount in sequence what they saw:

Choruzz lets you — without needing to register — search for music videos and create a playlist of them. You’re then given a unique url address for your list that you can share.

It’s very easy to use, and it meets my “Raffi” test — in other words, plenty of songs are accessible that you can use with English Language Learners.

I’m adding it to Not “The Best,” But “A List” Of Music Sites.