TEDxSummit Opening Night marked the start of a week-long global gathering of 650 TEDx organizers from over 90 countries, to celebrate “The power of x”. “X began as a superscript”, TED curator Chris Anderson explained, “to denote an independently organized event, but now it has come to signify a multiplier”. The multiplier effect encompasses ideas, […]
On Tuesday, the Webby Awards announced their 16th annual slate of nominees, and we’re thrilled that TED.com has earned five nominations across three categories. Check out the other nominees — what an honor to be in this company: WEBSITE: Radio/Podcasts, Best Use of Video or Moving Image, Education MOBILE & APPS: The TED iPad app, […]
Among the winners of the 71st annual Peabody Awards: TED.com! The judges wrote: An outgrowth of a 1984 conference that brought together leaders in technology, entertainment and design (TED), the site makes creative thinkers and their ideas available everywhere, anytime. We’re thrilled and honored to be among this company of Peabody award winners — the […]
In the video above, Marco Tempest and his collaborators onformative.com and checksum5.com show how they made the illusion in his latest TEDTalk. (More credits and info.) So we asked Marco Tempest: “What do our viewers need to know to appreciate ‘A magical tale…’?” Here is what he wrote … Magic has this unique ability to […]
When TED2012 Senior Fellow Nina Tandon (watch her TED Talk) isn’t researching how electrical stimulation encourages tissue growth at Columbia University, she’s teaching bioelectricity across town at Cooper Union. Now, with TEDinClass, she’s been connecting students to the TED community using TED’s Live Conversation platform – starting an exchange of ideas with the world at […]
A collaboration between TED and Japanese public broadcaster NHK is bringing TEDTalks to TV for the first time in Japan — for Super Presentation! It’s a series that harnesses TED speakers’ persuasive ideas to teach English, empower a new generation of independent thinkers, and build hope one year after the Japanese tsunami. Friday night at […]
[ted id=878] Michael Sandel (who re-introduced TEDsters to the art of civilized debate in the talk above) makes a provocative argument in this month’s Atlantic: Without quite realizing it — without ever deciding to do so — we drifted from having a market economy to being a market society. The difference is this: A market […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SWvDHvWXok&hd=1&w=560&h=315%5D This video comes from our new TED-Ed channel on YouTube. Now available as a full-length version (12 minutes): TED Curator Chris Anderson shares his obsession with questions that no one (yet) knows the answers to. An introduction leads into two big questions that Anderson (and all of us) pondered as a kid and […]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr4gWi9Jf6k] Educator Stacey Roshan from techieMusings shares this great, simple project: I work with a group of 9-12th grade students (very mixed skill level) and decided to do a unit focusing on social media. After the launch of TED-Ed, I got to thinking that maybe I could tie it all together … So I had […]
Musician, ethnomusicologist, author, and social media maven — Kyra Gaunt (see her TEDxChisinau talk here) won’t limit herself to one way of thinking. Using a variety of media, she works nonstop to help humanity see our own remarkable unity in diversity. Your work encompasses scholarship, musical performance, educational theory, race, gender, and more. How do […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqly8ERIkHM&w=560&h=315%5D Throughout today, we’ll be sharing incredible video from our new TED-Ed channel. In the deepest, darkest parts of the oceans are ecosystems with more diversity than a tropical rainforest. Taking us on a voyage into the ocean — from the deepest trenches to the remains of Titanic — marine biologist David Gallo explores […]
The TEDTalks we’re sharing on Monday and Tuesday are part of our new short-video initiative for teachers and students: TED-Ed. Find more great video on the TED-Ed channel on YouTube: youtube.com/TEDEd And you are a big part of helping TED-Ed grow! If these talks inspire you to share your own lesson, we want to hear […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9vnuaPGxrg&hd=1&w=560&h=315%5D Throughout today and tomorrow, we’ll be sharing incredible video from our new TED-Ed channel. In a new TED-Ed series designed to catalyze curiosity, TED Curator Chris Anderson shares his obsession with questions that no one (yet) knows the answers to. This introduction leads into two questions as follow-up films: Why can’t we see […]
TED’s Curator, Chris Anderson, writes this personal note on his blog: Today marks a big new chapter in the TED story, as we unveil the first part of our TED-Ed initiative. Viewed one way, it’s just the release on YouTube of a dozen short videos created for high school students and lifelong learners. But we’re […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfJ5XG5i2aw&w=560&h=315%5D 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.
Photo: James Duncan Davidson TED Curator Chris Anderson talks about the TED-Ed project — a major initiative to bring TED to school and education outside of the classroom. As part of that, he tries his own talk. With a pre-recorded animation (by Andrew Park) playing behind him, he asks a question that has bugged him ever […]