I’m a big fan of the TED Talks and often visit their site for new speaker presentations. If you haven’t heard about TED, they coin their mission as “ideas worth spreading”. They run regular conferences at which leaders in their respective fields talk about their findings and ideas, film those speeches and post them on the web for all of us to view.
That’s not my reason for this post, though. Now, if you get as excited as I do about watching TED videos, you might find their latest initiative of interest. It’s called Ted-Ed. Yes, it has an education bend to it. It’s been running for a couple of months and I think it has some real potential. Although its library is a little thin right now (considering the thousands of TED videos out there), Ted-Ed is backed by some serious advisors – counting Melinda French Gates, Sir Ken Robinson and Salman Khan among them – and its concept to help teachers bring videos into the classroom is really quite interesting.
As parents we turn into teachers in the afternoons, helping our kids with homework and extra studies. So if you ever get stuck on a concept, history trivia or biology term, perhaps TED-Ed could be a great resource?
Here’s a link to learn more about how Ted-Ed works.
