Sunday, April 21, 2013

TED-Ed

I went to a conference on creativity and technology at the Milwaukee Art Museum yesterday where Logan Smalley, the director of TED-Ed, spoke.  TED-Ed provides hundreds of lessons created by teachers, animated by professionals.  Several great lessons related to Linguistics are available on the site.  My students are currently studying the History of English in our Linguistics class so below you will find some links to great videos relating to the history of English and word etymology.   Teachers have the ability to "flip" a lesson, which means to tailor the lesson for their own students.
 
"How did English evolve?"
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-did-english-evolve-kate-gardoqui 

"Why is there a 'b' in 'doubt'?"
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/beyond-the-shadow-of-a-doubt-gina-cooke

"Making sense of spelling?"
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/making-sense-of-spelling-gina-cooke



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