Hans Rosling’s belief is that ‘making information more accessible has the potential to change the quality of the information itself."  I believe he is right. Rosling’s work provides a unique slant on...

GUEST POST from Mike Reading (@mikereading) www.teacherstraining.com.au  "I came across this short TED Talk yesterday.  The premise is that Google and Facebook are now tailoring your internet experience...

Sunni Brown's TEDx talk needs to be linked up with her great article entitled, "The Miseducation of the Doodle" (you can follow her on Twitter @SunniBrown) all of which are great for the linking of...

Sugata Mitra shares his findings from the "Hole in the wall project". If ever we needed evidence that standing back and allowing learners to explore, discover and learn for themselves, this is it...

Johanna Blakley offers some fascinating insight here into how we can make a distinction between creative innovation and copying. She explores the relatively free-of-copyright world of the fashion industry...

Emily Pilloton shows just how an individual's passion can influence and bring about significant change on a local, regional and national level. For me, this talk summarises what is really means to be...

Jane McGonigal presents a great argument here that attempts to demonstrate the potential force for good that could exist within games-playing. Games like World of Warcraft require a commitment on the...

"Sir Ken Robinson: Part Two". This talk follows up Sir Ken Robinson's original TED talk with a call for a revolution, rather than reformation in education. I particularly like his request that we 'disenthrall...

Seth Priebatsch gives an enthusiastic talk about the way in which business is learning from games dynamics. For me, from the start of his energetic talk, I simply substitute 'learning design' for 'business...

Patte Maes and Pranav Mistry (who has a fantastically designed website btw) from MIT shared this presentation of their work from the MIT lab. This is a great example of what www.TED.com provide us with;...

A delightful 6 minute talk from Derek Sivers (plus an extra at the end) which explains that it is those who follow who give leaders their power. A leader without any followers is a loner. This is a...

Daniel Pink shares his research on autonomy here. With this, he provides us with a valuable insight into the ways in which business can get the most of out their employees by (a) engaging them (b) offering...

Here's Dan Meyer talking about the way in which we can really involve learners in their maths. I see absolutely no reason not to apply the same principles in all areas of the curriculum. Broken down...

Talks like this one from Charles Leadbeater are really useful. They can re-focus our thinking on how we can deliberately foster the skills required in effective group work. In this talk, the importance...

Steven Johnson provides us with a fascinating journey through the history of ideas. In this talk, he makes some very pertinent observations about the architecture of spaces. For me, this raises the...