EvangelinaC

Have you considered organizing TED talks held at public schools, starting with the US, particularly in poor neighborhoods? Seeing, the closer the better, is believing more, and I think it might be a positive inspiration for many students.

I just wanted to say that TED examples/videos increasingly come up as a reference in most intellectual (or not even so much) conversations I have with people in NYC. This I think is a testimony to the great job you guys are doing in promoting science, thought, knowledge - well done! "I've seen a TED talk" almost like - I had a question about life and I got some reliable answers - not bad at all.

Yes I agree. Although it is hard to put a number on the change TED has made I think it is obvious that change is huge.

TED-Ed Clubs is a great idea, I'll share it with my few teachers friends. And I agree literacy will be a challenge for the 21st century. But I'm happy to see effort made for that, even my 3 year old son goes to a daycare where they have a Show&Tell activity twice a week, where children get to pick up anything from home, usually a toy, bring it to school and tell other toddlers sitting in a circle about it. I am not kidding, children LOVE it. This morning my son who usually looks forward to daycare said he didn't want to go. When I told him it is a show and tell day and that he will miss it, he changed his mind and picked up his favorite, well, pirate ship, to bring and was worried not to be late. That tells me a lot about education and in what direction it needs to be reformed. Also my point above was suggesting something parallel to the TED-Ed Club, where the usual notables of TED and the usual guests do their talk at schools, and have the school students as additional guests, because children also need people to look up to.