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We are all probably familiar with TED Talks and similar videos of intelligent, engaging, and influential people discussing a broad range of topics relevant to society. In that vein, TED-Ed offers a ...

School is back in session, and for many students, that means a major shift from an unstructured schedule to a more regimented school day. It may still be challenging to keep students’ attention on ...

Robotics is gaining popularity in classrooms across the country, moving from an old sci-fi concept to a way to engage students in STEM learning by solving real-world problems. One of the hurdles, ...

Recently I gave a TED talk on synesthesia, which you can see here on YouTube or at the TED–Ed web site. Mostly, given time constraints, it focused on grapheme synesthesia, one of the most common forms ...

Last month, the folks at TED announced their new education initiative. They call it “TED-Ed,” and it’s part of a brand new platform designed to “capture and amplify the voice of the world’s greatest ...