Thursday, February 19th

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a wonderful break. :)
Today in English 9:

• Please take out a computer and login
• You will be watching the three TED Talks posted and taking notes
• List the positives and negatives of each talk as you watch
• Focus:
• What grabbed your attention?
• How was information presented?
• Was it interesting?
• What was interesting?

Kevin Allocca is YouTube's trends manager, and he has deep thoughts about silly web videos. In this talk from TEDYouth, he shares the 4 reasons a video goes viral.

http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_allocca_why_videos_go_viral (7:20)

Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case. Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive, and introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress reduction: reaching out to others.

http://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend (14:28)

Who hasn’t sent a text message saying “I’m on my way” when it wasn’t true or fudged the truth a touch in their online dating profile? But Jeff Hancock doesn’t believe that the anonymity of the internet encourages dishonesty. In fact, he says the searchability and permanence of information online may even keep us honest.

http://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_hancock_3_types_of_digital_lies (18:31)

Be prepared to discuss each talk tomorrow in class!