Lessons worth sharing | TED-Ed

What is TED?

TED is based on the belief that ideas have the power to change attitudes, lives, and ultimately the world. This fundamental philosophy drives all of TED’s endeavors, including TED conferences, TEDx, TED books, the TED Fellows Program, and the TED Open Translation Project. With this philosophy in mind, TED-Ed was founded in 2012 to support teachers and inspire curiosity in learners around the world.

What is TED-Ed?

TED-Ed is TED’s youth and education initiative. TED-Ed’s mission is to inspire and celebrate the ideas of teachers and students around the world. Everything we do supports learning—from producing a growing library of original animated videos, to providing an international platform for teachers to create their own interactive lessons, to helping curious students around the world bring TED into their schools and gain presentation literacy skills, to celebrating the innovative leadership of more than 650,000 teachers in the TED-Ed Global Network. TED-Ed has grown from an idea worth spreading to an award-winning education platform that reaches millions of teachers and students around the world every week.

What are TED-Ed animations?

TED-Ed animations are our signature content: short, award-winning animated videos about ideas that spark the curiosity of learners around the world. Each TED-Ed animation represents a creative collaboration between experts. These experts may include TED speakers and TED Fellows, as well as educators, designers, animators, screenwriters, directors, science writers, historians, journalists, and editors. These original animated videos, combined with questions and resources, form what we call TED-Ed lessons.