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Education

Join the TED-ED Brain Trust

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Every minute, 300 new learners are born into this world. How can TED play a role in enriching their education? We need your help to answer this question. In a few weeks, TED will be launching an online forum. We’re calling it the TED-ED Brain Trust. We’re seeking the expertise of visionary educators, students, organizations, []

TED2011 report — Session 2: Majestic

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The TED2011 house band, the Berklee City Music All-Stars, opens Session 2. Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler, founders of Handspring Puppet Company, bring a pioneering hyena puppet to stage. The Handspring Puppeteers bring a life-size horse puppet on stage, which is part of their latest production, “War Horse.” “Gamestorming” author Sunni Brown says, “The doodle []

TED2011 report — Session 1: Monumental

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It’s time for TED! Photo: TED / Robert Leslie Astronaut Cady Coleman talks to the audience newly assembled in Long Beach, Palm Springs and all over the world, from her home in zero-gravity on the International Space Station. Watch her talk. Then Gregory Groover Jr., from TED2011’s house band, the Berklee City Music All-Stars, played []

TED U Session 2: Smiles, bravery and serendipity

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At TED University Session 2 this morning, we discovered the science behind our smiles, witnessed a tale of a valiant shoe rescue, and heard about the “rich seed beds of serendipity.” Here are just a few of the highlights: Googler Amit Sood used his “20 percent” time to develop the  Google Art Project, which transports us []

Video: Watch the TED2011 opening titles

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[vimeo http://vimeo.com/20559195 w=525&h=294] From the blog of +1 Amsterdam: Last year we designed the opening title for TEDxAmsterdam. This work came to attention of Chris Anderson, the international TED curator. He was impressed and asked us to work on the opening film for their ‘flagship conference’: TED2011 in Long Beach, California. This year’s theme is []

Report from TED University Session 1

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At TED University Session 1, we learned about modernist cooking … saw a flower unfold in sped-up time … met a woman who grows her own clothes … and heard one of the most exquisite musical instruments ever made. A few highlights from this session:   Cellist Joshua Roman, a TED Fellow, played his (borrowed) []

Q&A

TED Fellow Chris Woebken and his animal superpowers

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The week of TED2011 kicked off with the TED Fellows pre-conference, where an extraordinary group of people shared some really fascinating work. The TED Blog spoke with a few Fellows after their presentations; look for more Q&As all week. Chris Woebken has created a device that gives you ant-vision, a billboard that translates for bats, []

Meet the TED2011 house band

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Sunday was the first onsite rehearsal for the TED2011 house band, six young stars from Berklee College of Music’s City Music program. These musicians, most still in high school, come from New York, New Jersey, Boston, Philly and Cleveland, and they’ve been getting together every weekend for a month to get ready for this gig. []

Q&A with TED2011 portraitist Siegfried Woldhek

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The bright, useful TED2011 Program Guide (download it for iPad or for desktop) draws a good helping of its personality from 50 extraordinary drawings, from the pen of illustrator Siegfried Woldhek. (If his name sounds familiar, watch his TEDTalk.) Charming and incisive, the portraits of TED2011 speakers and performers speak volumes about who they are. []

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Lo-fi photography at TED2011

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Usually when I’m photographing at TED, I’m using heavy digital SLRs with lots of lenses. This year, however, I’m also making a few fun photos with the most modest of cameras, my iPhone using the Instagram app. Here are a few of my favorites so far as the team gets the venue ready for TED. []