Temple Grandin: On Autism & Many Kinds of Minds

Posted by natalie on 02/28/10 in TEDxTelAviv

“The world is going to need all these different kinds of minds working together. We’ve got to work on developing all these different kinds of minds”

Temple Grandin is a Dr, a specialist in designing animal handling systems, and also autistic.
Listen to her thoughts about how the world needs many kind of minds, and gain [...]

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Arthur Benjamin Talks Mathematics

Posted by natalie on 06/30/09 in TEDxTelAviv

“The world has changed from analog to digital – and it’s time for our mathematics curriculum to change too…”
In this short but powerful TEDTalk Mathematics Professor and Magician Arthur Benjamin proposes a bold alternative to Calculus as the “top of the mathematics curriculum pyramid”.
Discover it here:

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Friday Morning 18-Min Soul Munchies: The Brilliant (and hilarious) Sir Ken Robinson says Schools Kill Creativity

Posted by maya on 05/15/09 in TEDxTelAviv

This is one of ten all time most popular TEDTalks!
Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence. Also available with Hebrew translation.

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