Who is Ted?
Rochelle E. Danquah, WCCCD Humanities
• Are you interested in creating
an environment of creative
and analytical thinkers?
• If you answered yes, then you
are in the right place.
• This session will introduce
you a creative educational
platform to support and
enhance your classroom or
lab.
• Enjoy the session, and I’ll see
you later!
Hi, I’m Ted!
What is Ted?
• TED is an acronym
– Technology
– Entertainment
– Design
• The Goal of TED:
– To bring together the world’s
most fascinating and creative
thinkers, doers and
storytellers, in an effort to
spread ideas in a wide
variety of subjects and
platforms.
TED Programs, Imitates,
and Platforms
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TED Conferences • TED, a powerhouse of fast, mindblowing and paradigm breaking talks
TED Talks
that last around 20 minutes.
TED Ed
TEDx
• Experts in diverse fields such as
TED Active
anthropology, entrepreneurship,
TED Books
cosmology or brain science deliver a
TED Fellows
presentation all under the motto of
TED Institution
‘Ideas Worth Sharing’.
TED Prize
• Source: www.higherexistence
TED Open TV
TED Youth
TED Global Classroom
• TED captures the wisdom of
people and share it with the
world.
• TED refers to its presenters
as:
– Storytellers
– Powerful innovators and
teachers
– Speakers gifted to reach people
live and recorded
• TED links the learning
community (students) to the
world’s best educators.
TED’s Content Structure and Delivery
• Structure of Presentation
– No Host or Fancy Introduction
of the presenter
– Open System (Free Content) for
the world to assess
– 1000 + talks
– 300,000,000 views
– Translated in over 80 languages
• The Speaker
– Selected from numerous field of
study
– Rock star presenter
• Speaker should speak
simple (uncomplicated)
– Speak are humorous, and
contagious with emotions
Richard Turere
Maasai Inventor
TED Talks
• TED Talks is a video
created from a
presentation at the
main TED conference
or one of its many
satellite events
around the world.
• TED Talks are
limited to a maximum
length of 18 minutes
but may be on any
topic.
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Source: http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/TED-talk
TED ED
• TED-Ed is a free
educational website for
teachers and learners.
We are a global and
interdisciplinary
initiative with a
commitment to creating
lessons worth sharing.
• Our approach to
education is an
extension of
TED's mission of
spreading great ideas.
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Source: http://support.ed.ted.com/customer/portal/articles/963941what-is-ted-ed-
TED Across the Curriculum
• The TED-Ed video library represent
collaborations between talented
educators and animators nominated
through the TED-Ed platform.
• This platform also allows educators to
take any useful educational video, not
just TED's, and easily create a
customized lesson around the video.
• Users can distribute the lessons,
publicly or privately, and track their
impact on the world, a class, or an
individual student.
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Source: http://support.ed.ted.com/customer/portal/articles/963941-what-is-ted-ed-
TED Across the Curriculum
• TED-Ed videos are geared towards a
high school / college audience.
• TED Ed videos are intended for
learners; they teach a lesson.
• TED-Ed is also a platform for
teachers. They can adapt TED-Ed
Original Lesson content to create
customized lessons to use in their
classrooms. or use our Create a
Lesson Tool to build their own new
lessons with any YouTube video.
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Source: http://support.ed.ted.com/customer/en/portal/articles/963770-who-is-ted-ed-for-
Signs of an Highly Effective
Educator and Classroom
• When educators apply “best teaching
practices” in teaching/learning and education,
they can produce creative and rich curriculum.
• The following platforms hit the trifecta of an
effective educator and classroom:
– visual (diagrams, videos) TED
– auditory (group discussions) TED
– tactile (hands-on experiments) TED
TED’s Learning Outcomes
• Enhance the value of curriculum subject
matter
• Create classroom inspiration
• Motivate students to learn by cultivating
curiosity
• Inspire students to ask questions
• Encourage learner to “THINK BIG”
TED and YOU!
• TED Talks: Youth Innovation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAoo--SeUIk
• TED Talks: A Message to Teachers from a Teacher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFnMTHhKdkw
• TED Talks: The Self-Made Million Who Can Not Read or
Write https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBKV4rOgSJU
• TED Ed: (Chemistry)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgD9yHSJ29I
• TED Ed: (Math)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHwVyplU3Pg
• TED Ed: (History)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWww0YIfJE&list=PLIhqfbAUYfDFCuiQD9ZRAFtiHTA11dPli
• TED Ed: (Philosophy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHwVyplU3Pg
SHARE YOUR IDEAS!
• Remember TED can help:
– Inspire creative thoughts and responses;
– Students can grasp concepts and material they
may not understand in the beginning of a
session;
– Promote students to think critically about how
they think about issues, situations, and subject
matters;
– Create and environment where all learners
discuss big ideas and concepts.