TED Announces TED-Ed
from Chris Anderson:
After more than a year of planning and dreaming, today we’re launching our TED-Ed website, a new open platform for using video in education.It allows any teacher to take a video of their choice (yes, any video on YouTube, not just ours) and make it the heart of a “lesson” that can easily be assigned in class or as homework, complete with context, follow-up questions and further resources. The site is in beta. But we think there’s enough there to show why we’re so excited about this.This whole process is explained really well in this video created by the TED-Ed team.And a more detailed post explaining our thinking behind the site can be read here.I hope you’ll explore the new site and be as excited about it as we are. And please share your feedback by emailing education@ted.com. We’re eager to know how you think TED-Ed might best be used, and how we might improve it. If it works, it will be, as ever, through the power of all of us.With best regards,Chris Anderson , TED Curator
TEDxHilo we’re excited to share this information from TED. It’s especially important to many of our subscribers that are educators but also important for any parent or any age student.
“…a seminal moment for online education.”
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Our annual event in Hilo is called TEDxHilo, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxHilo event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.
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Aloha,
Will there be any hearing assistive devices available?
Mahalo,
bob
Aloha Bob, mtg our sound guy tonight. Did you have a specific preference for a device? We weren’t planning on running speakers in the room. So we can accommodate with a specific device, I’ll rent it.
Do we have to buy tickets for the TEDxLive Event?
sorry for the late reply Krista. It was free. The videos will be posted from the same event over the coming days. Sorry we missed you!
Brent,
Great meeting last night Can you send me your email and phone number? Will the Volcano members have access to the other participants contact information? I had some people who needed information about the Volcano Cultivators meetings but didn’t get their info. Mahalo
Aloha Mary, good questions, thanks for asking!
Yes, I can. I’ll send you my personal information using the email address you already provided. I’d share here but posting email addresses in public forums promotes spam.
We don’t share anyone’s personal information with anyone else.
Our email sign up form (top right of page) is easy to opt-into and out-of. One goal of our subscriber email list is to provide a low-frequency channel for subscribers to receive information about local TEDx events.
When we send messages to subscribers we comply with the Can-Spam Act: http://business.ftc.gov/documents/bus61-can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business (Something every organization should do.)
Our Facebook page may be useful for sharing Volcano Cultivator’s information with some folks in the group.
https://www.facebook.com/TEDx.Hilo.Hawaii
We also have a Twitter account, http://twitter.com/tedxhilo
Also, please feel free to cross-post the Volcano Cultivator’s information here. A lot of folks at the event were interested in learning more about the Volcano Cultivator’s. :) -mahalo