Julie Cwikla: Math Stories Make a Difference
Is your math story hurting your child? Math phobia is often passed from generation to generation. The way parents and teachers talk about math, determines...Read More
George Bey: Redefining success: Archaeology as a way to embrace the world
Archaeology is an interesting academic subject but George Bey, whose work was featured in a 2012 National Geographic documentary, has used it creatively to build...Read More
Pamela Shaw: Sowing seeds of change
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Why is it hard to accept the fact that our...Read More
Erin Hayne: Investing in your own creative economy
As cities compete for talented young workers, many of them focus on top-down decisions and large-scale projects that cater to creatives. Erin Hayne shares her...Read More
Latina Rivers: Right stuff, wrong sex
The effort to narrow the gender gap in STEM careers may be misdirected. Women are far less represented in engineering than in other STEM disciplines....Read More
Robert Blaine: New learning environments for new brains
Technology infused learning environments are now expected but designing them is not as simple as selecting the latest gadgets. A better approach is finding a...Read More
Marina Bers: Young programmers – think playgrounds, not playpens
Dr. Marina Bers, a Tufts University professor and co-founder of KinderLab Robotics, compares “playground” versus “playpen” models of learning and demonstrates how creative expression can...Read More