TED Talks Archives - Room 2209 https://room2209.com/category/ted-talks/ Finding the key to the secondary ELA classroom Thu, 04 Jan 2024 23:10:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://i0.wp.com/room2209.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cropped-Room-2209-Logo.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 TED Talks Archives - Room 2209 https://room2209.com/category/ted-talks/ 32 32 220410104 4 TED Talks to Use While Teaching Things Fall Apart https://room2209.com/2019/03/10/4-ted-talks-to-use-while-teaching-things-fall-apart/ https://room2209.com/2019/03/10/4-ted-talks-to-use-while-teaching-things-fall-apart/#respond Sun, 10 Mar 2019 18:00:00 +0000 https://room2209.com/2019/03/10/4-ted-talks-to-use-while-teaching-things-fall-apart/ Here we go again… 1.  “What makes a good life?  Lessons from the longest study on happiness” by Robert Waldinger Okonkwo is obviously an unhappy man.  Turns out the key to happiness is the relationships we build.  I guess someone should tell Okonkwo that… 2.  “How movies teach manhood” by Colin Stokes I love the ideas ... Read more4 TED Talks to Use While Teaching Things Fall Apart

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]]> https://room2209.com/2019/03/10/4-ted-talks-to-use-while-teaching-things-fall-apart/feed/ 0 48 3 Videos to Use During the Holidays in the ELA Class https://room2209.com/2019/03/03/3-videos-to-use-during-the-holidays-in-the-ela-class/ https://room2209.com/2019/03/03/3-videos-to-use-during-the-holidays-in-the-ela-class/#respond Sun, 03 Mar 2019 19:00:00 +0000 https://room2209.com/2019/03/03/3-videos-to-use-during-the-holidays-in-the-ela-class/ Yes, I know it’s March.  But I just found my PowerPoint and so I’m sharing now. 1. History vs. Christopher Columbus by Alex Gendler Why do we still celebrate this holiday?  This animated TED ED talk goes into what’s not taught in elementary school about Columbus.  Cliff Notes: he was a bad dude. 2. Can ... Read more3 Videos to Use During the Holidays in the ELA Class

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]]> https://room2209.com/2019/03/03/3-videos-to-use-during-the-holidays-in-the-ela-class/feed/ 0 49 5 TED Talks to Use with the Theme of Fear and Mystery https://room2209.com/2019/02/24/5-ted-talks-to-use-with-the-theme-of-fear-and-mystery/ https://room2209.com/2019/02/24/5-ted-talks-to-use-with-the-theme-of-fear-and-mystery/#respond Sun, 24 Feb 2019 19:00:00 +0000 https://room2209.com/2019/02/24/5-ted-talks-to-use-with-the-theme-of-fear-and-mystery/ I can’t believe I’m about to talk about fear and mystery right after Valentine’s Day, but here goes. 1. What Fear Can Teach Us by Karen Thompson Really great TED Talk about how instead of shying away from our fear, we should embrace them, turn them into stories, and then act upon them. 2. Vampires- ... Read more5 TED Talks to Use with the Theme of Fear and Mystery

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]]> https://room2209.com/2019/02/24/5-ted-talks-to-use-with-the-theme-of-fear-and-mystery/feed/ 0 50 Six Videos to Use While Reading Anthem https://room2209.com/2019/01/14/six-videos-to-use-while-reading-anthem/ https://room2209.com/2019/01/14/six-videos-to-use-while-reading-anthem/#respond Mon, 14 Jan 2019 01:08:00 +0000 https://room2209.com/2019/01/14/six-videos-to-use-while-reading-anthem/ I’ve talked about my love of TED Talks both here and here.  When we did our Anthem unit at the beginning of the year, I found more in the other channels that I subscribe to on YouTube than I did on TED that related to the book.  So here they are: six videos I used to ... Read moreSix Videos to Use While Reading Anthem

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]]> https://room2209.com/2019/01/14/six-videos-to-use-while-reading-anthem/feed/ 0 56 3 TED Talks to Pair with A Midsummer Night’s Dream https://room2209.com/2018/12/30/3-ted-talks-to-pair-with-a-midsummer-nights-dream/ https://room2209.com/2018/12/30/3-ted-talks-to-pair-with-a-midsummer-nights-dream/#respond Sun, 30 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0000 https://room2209.com/2018/12/30/3-ted-talks-to-pair-with-a-midsummer-nights-dream/ I don’t know if I’ve said this before but I love TED Talks.  My kids watch one every Tuesday that relates to our main text.  Last six weeks we read A Midsummer Night’s Dream, so here are the TED Talks I paired with it and why. 1.  Mandy Len Catron: Falling in Love is the ... Read more3 TED Talks to Pair with A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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]]> https://room2209.com/2018/12/30/3-ted-talks-to-pair-with-a-midsummer-nights-dream/feed/ 0 58 6 TED Talks to use with Animal Farm https://room2209.com/2017/10/22/6-ted-talks-to-use-with-animal-farm/ https://room2209.com/2017/10/22/6-ted-talks-to-use-with-animal-farm/#respond Sun, 22 Oct 2017 17:51:00 +0000 https://room2209.com/2017/10/22/6-ted-talks-to-use-with-animal-farm/ Ok, so I cheated a little.  Not all of them are TED Talks. But… that’s not the point.  I use TED Talks every week.  Some of the kids love them, some of them hate them, but every Tuesday for about 10 minutes at the beginning of class (sometimes they run a little longer) the kids ... Read more6 TED Talks to use with Animal Farm

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