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[ddeubel]

I'm a Ted Talks addict.

I just posted my own Top 10 Ted Talks. Lots of great stuff for thought. Also see the public player for EFL Classroom 2.0 members here . Handy player which updates the talks as they are posted....

Do you have a Top Ted Talk?

Cheers,

David
http://eflclassroom.ning.com

[BS.Dos.]

I've watched loads over the last year or so, although less so lately, but I'd really struggle to compile a top ten so top four will have to do for now.

4. Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos Photosynth
First TED I watched. Just a really cool piece of software.

3. James Howard Kunstler dissects suburbia
One of the funniest TED talks I've seen, but also one of the most interesting. Kunstler takes a critical look at architecture, civil space and the suburban sprawl.

2. Edward Burtynsky: Earth's manufactured landscapes
Stunning photography, but for all the wrong reasons.

1. William McDonough: The wisdom of designing Cradle to Cradle
Incredible. On talking about trees:
"Imagine this as a design assignment; design something that makes oxygen, sequesters carbon, fixes nitrogen, distills water, accrues solar energy as fuel, makes complex sugars and foods, creates micro-climates, changes colours with the seasons and self replicates ... nah. Why don't we just knock that down and write on it."

[ddeubel]

Well it is a testament to TED that I think almost any list would be quite different. The speakers of such a high quality and specific (yet accessible) range....

I'll check some of these out....we can see in each list the interests of that person! I'm endebted for you telling me about Lessig's TED talk, it made my list for sure!

DD
http://eflclassroom.ning.com

[BS.Dos.]

Yeah, I may add to my list over the coming weeks as I revist those that I've forgotten.

[BS.Dos.]

I notice you included the Ken Robinson talk DD, which I also enjoyed. An interesting talk that questions societies notions and perceptions of what is considered to be academically relevant within the 'hierarchy of subjects', with sciences etc increasingly being given preferential treatment over other more creative subjects such as the arts. Robinson suggests that as kids progress through the academic system, we increasingly educate them from the waist up before then finally focusing exclusively on their heads. Neglecting to promote that 'arts' as viable areas of academic interest has, he argues, given rise to the idea of 'academic inflation' whereby degrees are becoming increasingly worthless.

[Fishead soup]

Teds sometimes refered to as Teddy Boys. Was a subculture that appeared in Britain in the late nineteen fifties up to the late seventies.
It was similar to the American" Greasers or Rockabilly. It was famous for its signiture hairstyle known as the "ducks arse" or The Quiff. Men grew their hair long and combed it back into the "Ducks arse" or "Duck tail"
in America. Some Teds also also sported long pointed sideburns.

This style in commonly confused with " The Rockers" style which emerged
in the early sixties. While some Teds were known to wear black leather on a bike. The signiture style of the Teds were Edwardian cut jackets. These jackets were considered rebelious at a time when the publics mind was still accustomed to War rationing.

The Teddy boy style eventually gave way to" The rocker look as more British made bikes like Triumph, Norton, and BSA came into the market.
The Rockers were usually ex soldiers and much stronger than their adversaries the Vespa, Lambretta driving dapper Mods. The beaches in Brightan were common sighting of street battles between Mods and Rockers in 1963-65.

Malcolm MacClaren and Vivian Westwood opened a shop that specialized
in Teddy Boy clothing in the early seventies. After a brief stint managing
The New York Dolls Mac Claren got into the punk scene
Teds commonly fought first generation punks in the late seventies.

[maingman]

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[ddeubel]