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 ...
We’re past winter break, and while spring break is around the corner, we still have months to go before summer brings empty classrooms and a bit of relaxation. Teachers and students might need a bit ...
Robotics is gaining popularity in classrooms across the country, moving from an old sci-fi concept to a way to engage students in STEM learning by solving real-world problems. One of the hurdles, ...
Recently I gave a TED talk on synesthesia, which you can see here on YouTube or at the TED–Ed web site. Mostly, given time constraints, it focused on grapheme synesthesia, one of the most common forms ...
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The failures of TED’s approach to merging education and entertainment sacrifices the former for the latter. Never before have the worlds of entertainment and education been so closely intertwined than ...
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 ...
Scott Kennedy's teaching style could be described as nothing less than animated. The geometry and Advanced Placement calculus teacher at Sachem High School East is enthusiastic in his descriptions, ...
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I just got a press release that the folks behind the TED conference have partnered with Netflix, and many of the TED talks will now be available through the online video server. That’s pretty cool! If ...
The head of TED, the organizer of conferences around brainy presentations on a wide variety of subjects, says online video will continue to play a central role for the group and he has high hopes for ...