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March 19, 2:07 PM
The TED-Ed website allows you to engage in or create dynamic lessons around the hundreds of thousands of educational videos on YouTube. In this video, the familiar illustration assembled at the beginning of each TED-Ed video finds his [computer generated] voice and gives viewers a tour of ed.ted.com. The features explored include the ability to add multiple choice questions, open answer questions, "dig deeper" materials, and custom discussion topics to any video on YouTube.
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This video gives you a quick introduction on how to use Ted-Ed videos and Youtube to create online video enhanced lessons that are perfect for blended and online teaching environments.
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March 22, 2:19 PM
If you have not used any TEDed content for your courses you are missing out. Check out this site for amazing content to discuss with your PLN or to add some outside expert voices to your course. Delete the scoop?
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Today, however, we are providing you with a great tool from TED that allows teachers to use engaging videos to create customized lessons. TED Ed Beta enables you to use, tweak, or completely redo any lesson featured on TED-ED, or create lessons from scratch based on videos from YouTube. Delete the scoop?
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Mind Amplifier is available for the Kindle, Nook and iBookstore, and you can also download it through the TED Books app. And after the jump, watch Rheingold’s TEDTalk. Howard Rheingold believes that both designing and using digital media can actually improve our intelligence. As Rheingold sees it, human beings have the unique ability to build tools — like alphabets, speech, writing, and printing — that leverage our ability to think and cooperate. When it comes to computers and the Internet, Rheingold says there’s potential for us to systematically direct the evolution of intelligence. Delete the scoop?
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News, Articles and Community for district-level decision makers in K-12 education. Magazine published monthly, with daily news and blogs and online content. Archives available. Delete the scoop?
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View full lesson here: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-the-size-of-your-screen-matters-brian-gervase Published on Sep 13, 2012 by TEDEducation Watching a movie at home isn't quite the same experience as seeing it at a movie theater -- but why? Learn how changes in aspect ratio affect every film, and why your television might not be delivering the whole picture. Lesson by Brian Gervase, animation by Andrei Feheregyhazi. Delete the scoop?
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Will Richardson has spent the past decade thinking and writing about how emerging web technologies can be best used in classrooms and schools. Called 'a trendsetter in education' by The New York Times, Will is author of the bestselling book Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms, and has spoken to tens of thousands of educators in more than a dozen countries about the value of online learning networks. Delete the scoop?
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It seems that nearly every week we report on groundbreaking news from TED, the global nonprofit known for its “Ideas Worth Spreading”. Today, it announced its latest efforts in the education space: a dynamic TED-Ed site with new teacher tools for customized learning experiences. Delete the scoop?
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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-history-of-keeping-time
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I had planned to put a video together about “choosing a school for your children” to test out TED-Ed. However, my eight-year-old daughter caught wind of what I was doing and wanted to get in on the act. To cut a long story short my highly intellectual video-lesson turned into a (what she says is just as educational) video about sewing. No bad thing I’m sure. Delete the scoop?
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http://www.ted.com Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Tradi...
http://www.ted.com Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories -- and maybe, a way forward.
TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at
Gust MEES: A MUST watch and listen! I actually read one of his books...
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Does eLearning kill creativity? Brind on the eLearning revolution! What do you believe about open-source learning? What eLearning developers can learn... Via Ana Cristina Pratas Delete the scoop?
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Published on Oct 11, 2012 by TEDEducation Delete the scoop?
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Published on Sep 20, 2012 by TEDEducation
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View full lesson here: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/ainissa-ramirez-magical-metals-how-shape-memory-alloys-work Published on Sep 18, 2012 by TEDEducation From robots to braces to the Mars Rover, see how a special kind of metal called shape memory alloys advance technology in everyday ways that we don't always realize. Delete the scoop?
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View full lesson here: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/daniel-dulek-how-big-is-a-mole-not-the-animal-the-other-one Published on Sep 11, 2012 by TEDEducation The word "mole" suggests a small, furry burrowing animal to many. But in this lesson, we look at the concept of the mole in chemistry. Learn the incredible magnitude of the mole--and how something so big can help us calculate the tiniest particles in the world. Lesson by Daniel Dulek, animation by Augenblick Studios. Delete the scoop?
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Daphne Koller is enticing top universities to put their most intriguing courses online for free -- not just as a service, but as a way to research how people learn. With Coursera (cofounded by Andrew Ng), each keystroke, quiz, peer-to-peer discussion and self-graded assignment builds an unprecedented pool of data on how knowledge is processed. Delete the scoop?
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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/jackie-jenkins-greeting-the-world-in-peace Published on Sep 4, 2012 by TEDEducation Conflict and cultural clashes are a part of our global reality, but so is the universal desire for peace. From Bangladesh to Myanmar to Lesotho, discover this inspiring common sentiment in traditional greetings of peace. Delete the scoop?
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July 18, 2012 10:24 PM
Use engaging videos on TED-Ed to create customized lessons. You can use, tweak, or completely redo any lesson featured on TED-Ed, or create lessons from scratch based on any video from YouTube. Delete the scoop?
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July 17, 2012 3:24 PM
TED Talk Tag brain... TED does it again. Here's link to a dozen videos tagged: brain Happy viewing! Delete the scoop?
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: TED-Ed Turns Videos Into Interactive Lessons. Via Susan Bainbridge Delete the scoop?
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