A Journey Through the Mind of an Artist | Dustin Yellin | TED Talks

Is this art? What is the intent of the artist? How would you judge the quality of his work? What is the response of the audience to his work? What are the knowledge claims he is making through his art?

This American Life

An excellent episode of This American Life (Episode 621 - Fear and Loathing in Homer and link to the episode at This American Life. It is also available using your favourite podcast app on both IOS and Android.  The transcript of the episode is also available here.
Rockville) with numerous connections to Theory of Knowledge and the IB Learner Profile. After watching this episode, IB students should aspire to "Be Like Ben." Here is the

Real Life Situation - Geography

In Mr. Pendergast's Geography class, you are beginning to examine the effect of disparities in the world. One of the resources he uses is a the following Tedtalk. In his Tedtalk, "How inequality harm societies," Richard Wilkinson concludes, "I think the take-home message though is that we can improve the real quality of human life by reducing the differences in incomes between us." What methods does Wilkinson use to justify this knowledge claim?
Here is an example of some TOK thinking on his talk. The knowledge questions recorded would be suitable for an entry in your TOK Field book.

Chelsea Manning, Art, and Algorithms

This interview with Chelsea Manning raises a number of TOK related issues. It would make a good real life situation for a presentation. To read the article, click here.

How do some companies spread ignorance and obfuscate knowledge?

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160105-the-man-who-studies-the-spread-of-ignorance

What knowledge questions arise from this real life situation?

Do Americans Think Differently Than Canadians?

Researchers have studied the tweets of Americans and Canadians over the same period of time and came up with some interesting conclusions. What knowledge questions arise from this research?http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/canadians-polite-twitter-1.3395242