Nanci's Blog

18 May 2009, posted by ngreene

Naturally 7 beatboxes a whole band isn’t really a talk – it’s a performance by a group of seven talented musicians who use their voices to create instrument sounds.  They call it “Vocal Play”.  I think you’ll enjoy listening to their single “Fly Baby”.  (3:56)

18 May 2009, posted by ngreene

Renny Gleason on antisocial phone tricks is a short, funny video about how cell phones have made us more available and connected, but possibly also more antisocial.  (around 3 minutes)

07 April 2009, posted by ngreene

2008 TED Prize wish: Once Upon a School, a TED video, is an invitation for the community to get involved in educating students.  David Eggers, a writer, publisher, and philanthropist, tells the story of how he started a center to provide one-on-one tutoring for students.  This is an inspirational story of how someone with a […]

07 April 2009, posted by ngreene

In Siftables, the toy blocks that think, a TED video, David Merrill demonstrates small, computerized blocks that manipulated to perform math operations, play music, share photos, and do a variety of other tasks.  I think Siftables could have a great impact on education – especially primary and special education. (7:09)

07 April 2009, posted by ngreene

How Twitter’s spectacular growth is being driven by unexpected uses, a TED video, focuses on how Twitter has become more than just a social meda tool for communicating with your friends.  Evan Williams, a co-founder of Twitter, talks about the evolution of Twitter as a means of gathering and sharing information. (7:58)

07 April 2009, posted by ngreene

Unveiling the “Sixth Sense,” game-changing wearable tech, a TED video, was brought to my attention by Deyana Matt.  In this video, Pattie Maes from MIT demonstrates a wearable device that she and her innovative team have designed that acts like a computer using a projector, camera and cell phone.  This video blew me away! (8:42)