👁How video games can level up the way you learn
🧠Kris Alexander
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Video games naturally tap into the way we learn: they focus our attention and track our progress as we head toward a clear goal. Kris Alexander, a professor of video game design and passionate gamer himself, thinks the same elements should be used in traditional education to cater to different learning styles and engage students across the world, both in-person and online.
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#gaming #education #teaching #technology #Internet #entertainment

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👁4 proven ways to kick your procrastination habit
🧠Ayelet Fishbach
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣You've got a long list of things you want to do, but there's just one problem: you can't seem to get -- or stay -- motivated. Social psychologist Ayelet Fishbach is here to help. She offers insights on the science of motivation along with tips and cognitive tricks to help you reach your goals while staying happy, healthy and engaged. (This conversation, hosted by TED current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers, was part of an exclusive TED Membership event. Visit ted.com/membership to become a TED Member.)
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#motivation #goals #science #personal_growth #psychology #happiness #emotions #mental_health #success

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👁3 steps to help kids process traumatic events
🧠Kristen Nguyen
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣What do we say to kids when intensely traumatic events interrupt everyday life? Whether you're a teacher, parent or community builder, educator Kristen Nguyen provides three research-backed steps for navigating these difficult conversations, restoring a sense of safety and facilitating collective healing.
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#kids #education #teaching #emotions #parenting #TED_Ed #community

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👁What if buildings created energy instead of consuming it?
🧠Ksenia Petrichenko
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Buildings are bad news for the climate -- but they don't have to be. While our structures are currently responsible for a third of global energy consumption and emissions, a future where they create more energy than they consume is possible. Energy policy analyst Ksenia Petrichenko has a three-tiered strategy for thinking differently about buildings, transforming them from passive users to active players in the energy system and bringing us closer to our climate targets.
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#design #Countdown #pollution #climate_change #technology #future #innovation

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👁When you're an ant but also a fungus tycoon
🧠Charles Wallace
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In a Texas clearing, an ancient tale that ties four species together is unfurling. The first involved is a soon-to-be queen leafcutter ant. The second is fungus, a piece of which she scoops into her mouth pocket. The third are cockroaches, which nestle under her wings. And the fourth is the one that threatens them all. Charles Wallace takes a look inside the ant colony as a queen begins her reign. [Directed by Charlotte Arene, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by André Aires].
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#TED_Ed #animation #education #insects #science

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👁The new bionics that let us run, climb and dance
🧠Hugh Herr
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣Hugh Herr is building the next generation of bionic limbs, robotic prosthetics inspired by nature's own designs. Herr lost both legs in a climbing accident 30 years ago; now, as the head of the MIT Media Lab's Biomechatronics group, he shows his incredible technology in a talk that's both technical and deeply personal — with the help of ballroom dancer Adrianne Haslet-Davis, who lost her left leg in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, and performs again for the first time on the TED stage.
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#dance #prosthetics #technology #bionics

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👁How do cigarettes affect the body?
🧠Krishna Sudhir
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Cigarettes aren't good for us. That's hardly news -- we've known about the dangers of smoking for decades. But how exactly do cigarettes harm us, and can our bodies recover if we stop? Krishna Sudhir details what happens when we smoke -- and when we quit. [TED-Ed Animation by TED-Ed].
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#TED_Ed #health #human_body #health_care #public_health #science #biology #public_space

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👁Who are you, really? The puzzle of personality
🧠Brian Little
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣What makes you, you? Psychologists like to talk about our traits, or defined characteristics that make us who we are. But Brian Little is more interested in moments when we transcend those traits -- sometimes because our culture demands it of us, and sometimes because we demand it of ourselves. Join Little as he dissects the surprising differences between introverts and extroverts and explains why your personality may be more malleable than you think.
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#communication #humanity #personality #identity #humor #self #psychology #TED_Books

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👁Why do women have periods?
🧠TED-Ed
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣A handful of species on Earth share a seemingly mysterious trait: a menstrual cycle. We're one of the select few mammals on Earth that menstruate, and we also do it more than any other animal, even though it's a waste of nutrients, and can be a physical inconvenience. So where's the sense in this uncommon biological process? TED-Ed describes the history and evolution of menstruation. [Directed by TED-Ed, narrated by Susan Zimmerman].
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#health #history #women #animals #public_health #animation #TED_Ed #science #evolution

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👁How sugar affects the brain
🧠Nicole Avena
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣When you eat something loaded with sugar, your taste buds, your gut and your brain all take notice. This activation of your reward system is not unlike how bodies process addictive substances such as alcohol or nicotine -- an overload of sugar spikes dopamine levels and leaves you craving more. Nicole Avena explains why sweets and treats should be enjoyed in moderation. [Directed by STK Films, narrated by Michelle Snow, music by Michael Dow].
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#TED_Ed #health #brain #food #health_care #animation #public_health #addiction

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👁How does anesthesia work?
🧠Steven Zheng
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣When under anesthesia, you can't move, form memories, or — hopefully — feel pain. And while it might just seem like you are asleep for that time, you actually aren't. What's going on? Steven Zheng explains what we know about the science behind anesthesia. [Directed by Zedem Media, narrated by Addison Anderson].
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#consciousness #health #history #psychology #public_health #medicine #medical_research #invention #TED_Ed

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👁This could be why you're depressed or anxious
🧠Johann Hari
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In a moving talk, journalist Johann Hari shares fresh insights on the causes of depression and anxiety from experts around the world -- as well as some exciting emerging solutions. "If you're depressed or anxious, you're not weak and you're not crazy -- you're a human being with unmet needs," Hari says.
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#depression #mental_health #illness #society #personal_growth #brain #humanity #relationships

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👁Underwater astonishments
🧠David Gallo
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣David Gallo shows jaw-dropping footage of amazing sea creatures, including a color-shifting cuttlefish, a perfectly camouflaged octopus, and a Times Square's worth of neon light displays from fish who live in the blackest depths of the ocean. This short talk celebrates the pioneering work of ocean explorers like Edith Widder and Roger Hanlon.
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#animals #evolution #exploration #fish #science #technology #marine_biology #ocean

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👁How stretching actually changes your muscles
🧠Malachy McHugh
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣An athlete is preparing for a game. They've put on their gear and done their warmup, and now it's time for one more routine — stretching. Typically, athletes stretch before physical activity to avoid injuries like strains and tears. But does stretching actually prevent these issues? And if so, how long do the benefits of stretching last? Malachy McHugh explores the finer points of flexibility. [Directed by Sofia Pashaei, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].
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#animation #health #education #TED_Ed #exercise #human_body #biology

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👁This one weird trick will get you infinite gold
🧠Dan Finkel
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣A few years ago, the king decided your life would be forfeit unless you tripled the gold coins in his treasury. Fortunately, a strange little man appeared and magically performed the feat. Unfortunately, you promised him your first-born child in exchange for his help — and today he's come to collect. Can you figure out how to outsmart the man and keep your baby? Dan Finkel shows how. [Directed by Gavin Edwards, Movult, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Cem Misirlioglu].
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#TED_Ed #math #animation #education

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👁6 myths about the Middle Ages that everyone believes
🧠Stephanie Honchell Smith
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Medieval Europe. Where unbathed, sword-wielding knights ate rotten meat, thought the Earth was flat, defended chastity-belt wearing maidens, and tortured their foes with grisly gadgets. Except... this is more fiction than fact. So, where do all the myths about the Middle Ages come from? And what were they actually like? Stephanie Honchell Smith debunks common misconceptions about the time period. [Directed by Avi Ofer, narrated by Christina Greer, music by Stephen LaRosa].
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#education #history #animation #Europe #TED_Ed

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👁One of the most banned books of all time
🧠Mollie Godfrey
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In 1998, a school district removed one of American literature's most acclaimed works from its curriculum. Parents pushing for the ban said the book was both "sexually explicit" and "anti-white." The book at the center of this debate was Maya Angelou's "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings." Why was the memoir so controversial? Mollie Godfrey digs into one of the most banned books of all time. [Directed by Laura White, narrated by Karen Marie, music by Stephen LaRosa].
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#education #animation #TED_Ed #literature #writing #books #United_States #women #sexual_violence

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👁One of the most "dangerous" men in American history
🧠Keenan Norris
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In 1830, David Walker sewed a pamphlet into the lining of a coat. The volume was thin enough to be hidden, but its content was far from insubstantial. At the time, many members of the US government considered this pamphlet to be one of the most dangerous documents in American history. But what was this incendiary document? And who exactly was the man who wrote it? Keenan Norris investigates. [Directed by Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Cem Misirlioglu, Jared Samuel].
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#TED_Ed #education #animation #history #Slavery #United_States #race #literature #writing

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👁5 steps to building a personal brand you feel good about
🧠Marcos Salazar
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Whether you realize it or not, you have a personal brand, says social entrepreneur Marcos Salazar -- and you have the power to shape what it is. Here's how you can create a brand that captures who you are, who you'd like to be and how you want to make an impact on the world.
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#work #self #personal_growth #personality #communication #marketing

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👁3 stories of Pakistani resilience, told in film
🧠Jawad Sharif
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣TED Fellow Jawad Sharif was born with a rebellious streak -- and he's used it in his documentary films to amplify the unheard voices of Pakistan. Sharing three stories of everyday heroes -- a high-altitude mountaineer, a folk musician of a bygone instrument and the country's first transgender doctor -- Sharif shows how documentaries can be a space for both creation and defiance.
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#film #social_change #creativity #storytelling #TED_Fellows #art

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