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Pattie Maes Ted Talk was pretty incredible. I remember hearing about this in class but had not watched it until now. While I do think this is awesome and the way of the future, I do not think that it is realistic to believe that it will only cost as much as a cell phone. If it does only cost the amount of a cell phone then companies will find a way to jack up service plans to make it nearly impossible for someone like me to have something like this. Just my opinion. Eventually they would be affordable for everyone, but I think that ill be a while away.

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Julian Treasure's presentation on how sound affects us was extremely interesting. He pointed out four major ways that sound affects us, those being physiological, psychological, cognitively, and behavioral. A couple of ways that I could benefit from this as a teacher is by reacting to some of the points that he makes. He says that open space offices are one third less productive. I can arrange my classroom to try and eliminate the open office feel, therefore getting more production from my students. He also says that sound can be unhealthy in some ways. I need to make sure that I provide pleasant sounds to my classroom that will relax my students and encourage them to be involved. How to do this is another topic, but I am sure there are ways!

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Alexis Ohanian's Ted Talk was quick and to the point, which was the internet can be a very powerful tool for getting the word out on something important. I think this can be seen in the recent Joseph Kone sensation that swept though Facebook. In one day millions of people were ready to donate their money to a cause which they knew nothing about when they woke up that morning. All of that was because the company posted their video on Facebook.

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media type="custom" key="12087503" Sarah Jones' Ted Talk was really good and interesting also. She was extremely funny while portraying her characters. I think this would be a good video to show my students to get them to understand that there are different people out there and that they might not always think about things the same way as they do. A lot can be learned from this video, especially for a young adult who is still formulating opinions about people.

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Tom Chatfield's Ted Talk about video games was intriguing and also something that I can relate to. I have always argued that video games can be used as a tool to teach children things and now he backs that up. He gave great examples of how to implement not video games, but the ideas of video game creators in the classroom. For example using a measuring bar that students can always see. Much like a video game they can track their progress and this may also help to motivate them to do a better job. There were also other great examples but I thought that was the best idea. media type="custom" key="13466608"