So I stumbled upon Big Think the other day. From what I understand, one of my childhood friends' brother started the site. When my mom told me to check out the url I immediately thought, "it's gonna be some personal homepage that isn't worth my time". Boy I was wrong.
Big Think has an amazing amount of potential in education. The mission of the site is to bring video interviews of the great minds and leaders of today discussing ideas that matter to them. The videos allow for comments and discussion on the site as well as the opportunity to present your own ideas for future videos. As educators we aim to help our students develop their thinking skills and to clearly express their own ideas. This will be a excellent tool to support that curricular goal.
Using this site will bring a whole new dimension to class discussions and is definitely worth a look.
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