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- Short videos with subtitles (CC=closed captions)
- To be shown by the teacher as listening comprehension
- To be used as examples of videos students should look for and then come to class and present and/or analyze.
- If using some of the TED Talks (see TED.com), students could even be asked to practice being one of these outstanding speakers and give a short 3-minute "performance" in front of the class. This is being done in "speech classes" in the USA.
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Short Video Documentaries about Britain or the USA
Whenever I find a version with (dotsub.com->http://www.dotsub.com]) offers videos with closed-captions in English and the possibility to make your own captions.
Feel free to suggest other videos that you have found.
Kind regards,
Marianne
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Inventor Nick Sears demos the first generation of the Orb (03:55) (Short Presentations)
Inventor Nick Sears demos the first generation of the Orb, a rotating persistence-of-vision display that creates glowing 3D images. A short, cool tale of invention.
About Nick Sears
Working with his father, Ron Sears, Nick Sears is designing and building the Orb, a rotating LED display that uses persistence of vision to produce moving images in 3D space.
Blaise Aguera y Arcas presents a new way to look at digital images (Science )
Blaise Aguera y Arcas leads a dazzling demo of Photosynth, software that could transform the way we look at digital images. Using still photos culled from the Web, Photosynth builds breathtaking dreamscapes and lets us navigate them.
With a closed caption/subtitled version.
Johnny Lee demos his cool Wii Remote hacks (Science )
Building sophisticated educational tools out of cheap parts, Johnny Lee demos his cool Wii Remote hacks, which turn the $40 video game controller into a digital whiteboard, a touchscreen and a head-mounted 3-D viewer.
With a closed caption/subtitled version.
Twitter Co-Founder Evan Williams Tells Us What They Learn From Users (Science )
In the year leading up to this talk, the web tool Twitter exploded in size (up 10x during 2008 alone). Co-founder Evan Williams reveals that many of the ideas driving that growth came from unexpected uses invented by the users themselves. Twitter is the addictive messaging service that connects the world—140 characters at a time. (From Ted.com)
With a closed caption/subtitled version.
Doctor and researcher Hans Rosling shows the best stats you’ve ever seen (19:50) (World Economy)
Hans Rosling, a professor of global health at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute, focuses on dispelling common myths about the so-called developing world, which (he points out) is no longer worlds away from the west. In fact, most of the third world is on the same trajectory toward health and prosperity, and many countries are moving twice as fast as the west did.
As a doctor and researcher, Hans Rosling identified a new paralytic disease induced by hunger in rural Africa. Now the global health professor is looking at the bigger picture.
With a closed caption/subtitled version.
Paralympic Sprinter Aimee Mullins Talks about Her Amazing Carbon-fiber Prosthetic Legs (20:47) & (10:02) (Inspiring Videos)
This video is truly inspiring—one of my favorites. In this TED archive video from 1998, paralympic sprinter Aimee Mullins talks about her record-setting career as a runner, and about the amazing carbon-fiber prosthetic legs (then a prototype) that helped her cross the finish line. And here is a more recent talk by Aimee Mullins, who is today an athlete, actor and activist. Aimee tells us about a dozen of her amazing pairsher prosthetic legs and the superpowers they grant her: speed, beauty, an extra 6 inches of height... Quite simply, she redefines what the body can be. Let us all learn from Aimee how to make the most of what we have been granted in life.
With a closed caption/subtitled version.
Sir Ken Robinson on an Education System That Encourages Creativity (19:21) (Inspiring Videos)
TED Talk: Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
With a closed caption/subtitled version.
New York Times Tech Columnist David Pogue on Cell Phone Tools (27:03) (Science )
In this engaging talk New York Times tech columnist David Pogue rounds up some handy cell phone tools and services that can boost your productivity and lower your bills (and your blood pressure).
David Pogue is the personal technology columnist for the New York Times and an Emmy Award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. He’s also one of the world’s bestselling how-to authors. (From TedTalks.com)
With a closed caption/subtitled version.
Rock-star physicist Brian Cox talks about the Large Hadron Collider at CERN (14:36) (Science )
Brian Cox takes us on a tour of the massive LHC project in Geneva, Switzerland. He explains important aspects of "the biggest of big sciences" in an accessible way, which will fascinate both science students and others. Cox makes a difficult subject understandable and most appealing.
With a closed caption/subtitled version.
Computer Scientist Randy Pausch Gives His Version of "The Last Lecture" (1:16:27) (Inspiring Videos)
This subtiitled video of Randy Pausch’s "Last Lecture" is a very moving document for ESL learners and other people as well. Let his words of wisdom guide us and help us live better lives.
With a closed caption/subtitled version.
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