All Blog Posts Tagged 'speech' (6)

TED Commandments for Speaking

Thou Shalt Not Simply Trot Out thy Usual Shtick

Thou Shalt Dream a Great Dream, or Show Forth a Wondrous New Thing, Or Share Something Thou Hast Never Shared Before

Thou Shalt Reveal thy Curiosity and Thy Passion

Thou Shalt Tell a Story

Thou Shalt Freely Comment on the Utterances of Other Speakers for the Skae of Blessed Connection and Exquisite Controversy

Thou Shalt Not Flaunt thine Ego. Be Thou Vulnerable. Speak of thy Failure as well as thy Success.

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Added by Jeff Leppard on May 8, 2010 at 8:41pm — No Comments

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Assistive Technology, and Universal Design for Learning: Technology for the 21st Century ----

No, I haven't come up with the "theory of everything". I wrote two posts related to this topic, which can be found on my TechPsych blog:

TPACK Framework: Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Assistive Technology, and Universal Design for Learning…

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Added by Lynn Marentette on April 5, 2010 at 11:59am — No Comments

We survived Obama chat with students

This article summed it up quite nicely:

Whew, thank goodness we survived.

From all indications, school children who heard President Obama's speech last Tuesday have made it to the other side.

There haven't been reports of teams of child therapists rushing to schools to help children deal with trauma. I'm happy to announce the kids are OK and appear to be back in the routine of being children.

I can't speak for some parents and… Continue

Added by Christina on September 13, 2009 at 1:48pm — 2 Comments

76th Anniversary of FDR's "The Only Thing We have to Fear" Speech!

The well known and celebrated speech by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1933 was a somber reminder of the difficulties of the time. The speech was given as FDR's First Inaugural Address during the height of the Depression. Check out the video of this historic speech here at Remix America!

The only thing we have to fear is fear… Continue

Added by Erika Johansson on March 4, 2009 at 12:21pm — No Comments

Avatars Used to Translate Text and Speech into Sign Language for the Deaf - By Lance Winslow

By Lance Winslow

You know those cute little characters you pick to represent you on Internet forums and Blogs, well imagine a dynamic Avatar that works with speech recognition software and coverts it to sign language? A deaf person could attend Professor Lectures, Speeches or listen in on a group discussion without having to read lips. How about a Text to sign language Avatar that would read a book to a deaf person or an… Continue

Added by Lance Winslow on February 22, 2009 at 1:50am — No Comments

Redemption

Four years ago, a tall but rather skinny member of my robotics team stepped into the playing arena to compete in the finals of the 2nd National Robotics Olympiad which was held at the Alabang Town Center. It took the boy a couple of hours to assemble his lego robot. His robot will compete in the finals of a maze event.

And now it’s crunch time! It was a tense moment for all of us. It was the first time for us to join in the Robotics Olympiad. We didn’t even expect to reach the finals… Continue

Added by Roxan Cosico on May 29, 2008 at 7:30pm — No Comments