Every little thing matters

In his TED talk, Mesin Destin shared his research on the impact of identity-related messages. It made me think about the messages we sometimes share with our students.

Opera and Physics

Ok, here’s a change from all the virus emails I’ve been getting.  And it includes one

of my favorite things ( I’ll let you decide which it is). This was an interesting look

at the intersection of science and art!

What my father always said

After I watched this TED talk, I thought of my dad.  He was a big proponent of being nice,
smiling, and treating everyone with respect.  It made him a successful businessman- and he
didn’t even have the data referenced in this talk.

I can see implications here for education- not only in the classroom but how we interact
with each other.  Civility s the way to go! Here’s the link to the talk.

TED- ED (and the War of the Roses)

I often watch TED talks and have found the TED - Ed site a great resource for videos, lesson plans, and discussions. In a recent post from Richard Byrne (Free Technology for Teachers), he explains how to sort by grade level. Take a few minutes to explore TED Ed- you might be surprised by both the videos and the resources. I’m not a big Game of Thrones viewer, but I did find this video (on the War of the  Roses) interesting.