We are all probably familiar with TED Talks and similar videos of intelligent, engaging, and influential people discussing a broad range of topics relevant to society. In that vein, TED-Ed offers a ...
All TED-Ed lessons can be edited to accommodate specific needs. “Our goal was to design a guided but also very flexible tool for teachers,” says Logan Smalley, the head of TED-Ed. But teachers aren’t ...
You may know TED, not as the guy from marketing, but as the nonprofit organization devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading” — or as the set of global conferences, Talks, and videos that touch on the many ...
The TED organization rolled out its education initiative today. So far, TED-Ed consists primarily of a YouTube channel with, as TED-Ed curator Chris Anderson describes it in a blog post, "a dozen ...
When Kim Preshoff’s students watch some animated TED-Ed videos, they don’t know that she was the one who came up with the lessons and wrote the scripts until the credits roll. The New York state-based ...
Given students’ easy access to videos and digital resources via mobile devices and computers, it makes sense that educators would incorporate such tools into their instruction. With a wealth of ...
As John stood on the stage discussing the importance of equity so eloquently, I wondered how he had gotten to that point. He was 11 years old, but his ideas were so clear, his words so refined. It was ...