Course description. TED Talks have become a very popular (virtual) method for sharing thoughts and ideas from a wide variety of disciplines. They provide original viewpoints that can stimulate your mind, open you to new knowledge, and provide you with new ways to explore the world. Each week 1, 2 or 3 TED Talk videos will be shown in class, and students will engage in lively facilitated conversation, sharing their perspectives on the ideas raised. There will be five different presenters from our Rainbow community--one for each class--each one focusing on a different topic.

Per the TED Talks website: "The organization is on a mission to discover and spread ideas that spark imagination, embrace possibility and catalyze impact” and are “devoted to curiosity, reason, wonder and the pursuit of knowledge — without an agenda ... (for those) who seek a deeper understanding of the world and connection with others ...”

Course overview.

Jan. 21 Siblings: birth order, rivalry, personality. Alison Morgan, presenter

Jan. 28 The power of fiction. Leah Ziph-Schatzberg, presenter

Feb. 4 Intro to Quantum Computing. David Rooks, presenter

Feb.11 Slowing down. Sanet Preklasa, presenter

Feb.18 The big picture. Thea Iberall, presenter

Ted Talks: A cornucopia of ideas