Showing posts with label TEDxOverlake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TEDxOverlake. Show all posts

Monday, February 11, 2013

TEDxOverlake - Dr. Sara Goering - Philosophy for Kids: Sparking a Love of Learning

TEDxOverlake - Dr. Sara Goering - Philosophy for Kids: Sparking a Love of Learning Tube. Duration : 10.72 Mins.


Dr. Sara Goering is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Member of the Program on Values in Society, and Program Director for the Northwest Center for Philosophy for Children at the University of Washington, Seattle. Since graduate school, she has developed programs designed to bring philosophy to K-12 students, including a philosophy summer camp and outreach program at the University of Colorado, Boulder, the Center for the Advancement of Philosophy in Schools at California State University at Long Beach, and a regular UW class that sends undergraduate students into the Seattle public schools to lead weekly philosophy discussions with K-12 students. In thespirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.

Thursday, November 22, 2012

TEDxOverlake - Dr. H. Jack West - Self-Educated Patients and The Future of Cancer Care

TEDxOverlake - Dr. H. Jack West - Self-Educated Patients and The Future of Cancer Care Tube. Duration : 10.33 Mins.


Dr. Jack West is a medical oncologist at Swedish Cancer Institute and serves as President/CEO of the Global Resource for Advancing Cancer Education (GRACE), a nonprofit organization providing free, timely information on current and emerging optimal cancer treatments directly from experts to patients and caregivers. Prior to his current position, Dr. West attended Princeton University, then the University of Cambridge on a Fulbright Scholarship before returning to the US to attend Harvard Medical School. He completed his internship and residency at Boston's Brigham & Women's Hospital followed by a fellowship in medical oncology at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.