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Introducing TED-Ed: Short lessons for teachers and students to spark curiosity

Posted by: Emily McManus
March 12, 2012 at 10:20 am EST
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This morning, we’re thrilled to introduce TED-Ed — a resource of short lessons designed to spark curiosity and promote further learning in and out of classrooms. Watch our introductory video above … read Chris Anderson’s personal note … and watch for more news and video throughout the day.

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  • Christopher Graves commented on Mar 13 2012

    I’m a HUGE fan of TED, and a teacher in the midwest. I’m very excited to see this project go ‘live’, and will surely track it and use it in my classroom in the future. Thanks for this!

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  • Minh-Trang Do commented on Mar 13 2012

    Chris Anderson’s note said that thellessons are geared to high school. Any thought about creating lessons for younger students? Young children have a highest sense of curiosity.

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  • James Dvorak commented on Mar 12 2012

    Do you have a Google+ page?

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