Using multimedia in the classroom has become imperative in the 21st century classroom.

Students tend to show more engagement and motivation when you play a video in the class.Given this importance of audio visual materials in education, more and more websites are created to provide video resources for educators.

I (Mohamed (Med) Kharbach) have already compiled a list of 80 educational video resources (http:// www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/03/80-educational-alternatives-to-youtube.html) to make it handy for teachers and even students to access the different video platforms and browse the materials they want. Title the Reection: Week 11: TED Talks You Need to Share with Students CLICK HERE to see the list of 8 TED Talks You Need to Share with Your Students (http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/03/8-ted-talks-you-need-to-share-with-your.html) Check out this list of 8, but take a look at the list of 80 educational video resources as well. (http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/03/80-educational-alternatives-to-youtube.html) Pick at least 5 that interest you, add them to your blog post and reection about TED Talks You Need to Share with Students and discuss how you could use them in your classroom or for professional development, or as inspiration. Here are Med Kharbachs favorites........ 1. Jim Toomey: Learning from Sherman the shark: http://www.ted.com/talks/view/lang///id/939 2. Adora Svitak: What adults can learn from kids: http://www.ted.com/talks/view/lang///id/815

3. Arthur Benjamin does "Mathemagic": http://www.ted.com/talks/view/lang///id/199 4. Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense: http://www.ted.com/talks/view/lang///id/481 5. William Kamkwamba on building a windmill: http://www.ted.com/talks/view/lang///id/153 6. Anna Deavere Smith: Four American characters: http://www.ted.com/talks/view/lang///id/60 7. Chris Abani muses on humanity: http://www.ted.com/talks/view/lang///id/294 8. David Perry: Are games better than life? http://www.ted.com/talks/view/lang///id/361 And one of my one of my favorites is: Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover 780,948 Views just on TED Talks on YouTube 87,993 Dan Meyers Blog: http://blog.mrmeyer.com/

Why you should listen to him:

Dan Meyer asks, "How can we design the ideal learning experience for students?" As a parttime Googler, a provocative blogger and a full-time high-school math teacher, his perspective on curriculum design, teacher education and teacher retention is informed by tech trends and online discourse as much as front-line experience with students. Meyer has spun off his enlightening message -- that teachers "be less helpful" and push their students to formulate the steps to solve math problems -- into a nationwide tour-of-duty on the speaking circuit.

"I teach high school math. I sell a product to a market that doesn't want it but is
forced by law to buy it." Dan Meyer