TED - Ideas Worth Spreading
Audience: K-12, Higher Ed
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Link: http://www.Ted.com
TED, Ideas Worth Spreading, contains a large library of riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world.
“TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, but its scope is much broader than that. The heart of TED comes from not its acronym but its slogan, “Ideas worth spreading.” I find myself adhering to the motto and spreading ideas myself to friends and visitors. Sharing both messages I identify with as well as messages that were new to me, it is truly an agent for change.
The podcasts offers a few segments per week in 20 minute or less video clips (and audio I guess if you’re into that). The best part though is that all the podcast archives are available to download, not just the last dozen.” (Greg. Urban Monarch blog post) Some themes included are The Rise of Collaboration; Technology, History, and Destiny; How the Mind Works; Bold Predictions, Stern Warnings; How We Learn; Tales of Invention; and many more. Speakers include Robert Ballard (deep sea explorer), Chris Anderson (editor for WIRED magazine), Jeff Bezos (founder of Amazon.com), George Smoot (Astrophysicist and Nobel Prize Winner), and hundreds of other world-renowned individuals.
The ideas presented on TED are often very though-provoking, sometimes controversial, and sometimes entertaining. This is a site worth exploring and listening in on.
Most of the videos used on this website are TED talks.