Category Archives: Education

The Identity Crisis

Imagine a classroom where content from every possible discipline is explored. Where diverse individuals have dozens of entry points to inspiration. Where the teachers present the most relevant, compelling material – with the invitation to take action. Sound familiar?  TED’s … Continue reading

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TEDActiveEDU Synthesized and Visualized

Check out this great re-cap of the TEDActiveEDU group through the eyes of Stacy Weitzner (seen above), our visual thinker that was brought in by redu to help the education project team bring together their ideas for action on the … Continue reading

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The Online Standing Ovation: Students Empowered

Over the past few days I have been listening to amazing TED speakers hour after hour as they discussed the broad topics that TED so wonderfully curates for us. After each thoughtful presentation it has been great to see how … Continue reading

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“It’s not sexy but it has teeth”

As we work to converge to “an idea worth spreading” we are still determining the unit of change that will have a long-lasting impact in improving education.   Many of us in the group believe that education needs to be … Continue reading

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The Education Project, Day 2

While we have a late-night meeting for our education group still to come, it’s been a fascinating day two–one of the highlights being the announcement of a TED ED program, leaving us all excited to see what and how that will … Continue reading

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Where to start with a classroom revolution?

The idea of bringing together a group of TEDsters to think and design the first baby steps in a student led revolution of the classroom, the teaching environment full stop is exciting. Yet, the whole idea is all a bit … Continue reading

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