Tech Tool of the Week: TED Talks

This week's highlighted technology tool is TED Talks.  TED (Technology, Education, and Design) is a nonprofit organization that sponsors "riveting talks by remarkable people".  These talks are made free to the world through TED's website.  More than 900 talks are available, and they are all free to watch and use!  There are many fascinating talks by smart, interesting, creative people.  TED Talks are great for watching on your own or for sharing with your class!


Now you can not only watch TED talks on your computer, but also on your iPhone or iPad!  TED just released a free iPhone/iPad app which you can use to download any TED talk and watch it offline.  In addition, our school iPads all have the TED app installed.  So if you find a TED talk that you would like your students to watch, you could either project it in front of the entire class or have individuals students watch it on the iPads.


Here are a few recommendations for TED Talks to get you started.  These are all favorites of our very own Peter Moore.


Steve Jobs
John Wooden
Sheena Iyengar
Ken Robinson
The 20 most-watched TED Talks (as of June 2011)