Whoever you are, wherever you live, your ideas have power and take form when spread to others.
TEDxDenverED is looking for a few articulate change-makers, young and old, to join hundreds of fellow educators and creative professionals for an evening of inspiring talks, “shovel-ready” ideas and solutions to problems we’d all like to solve. If you [...]
Chances are that you have well-formed ideas about how teaching, growth and learning should take place, in and out of the classroom.
If you are an educator, you’ve been to plenty of conferences, trainings and tradeshows – but those environments might not always nurture your creative potential or inspire the secret sauce you are looking for.
If [...]
We’re looking for stories from young people who have a great idea… and have already set that idea in motion.
No idea is too small, and no child is too young to take action in the service of others.
TEDxDenverED will announce 4 underwriting sponsors in late May. Ours will be an unforgettable experience for all who attend – especially for those who participate in the creation of the event itself.
UPDATE: We are overwhelmed with applications and currently in the process of creating a simulcast event in downtown Denver. We would like to work [...]
Games like World of Warcraft give players the means to save worlds and incentive to learn the habits of heroes. What if we could harness this gamer power to solve real-world problems? Jane McGonigal says we can and explains how.
TEDxDenverED is a licensed TEDx Event to convene in the Summer of 2010, bringing together the most inspiring, committed, creative “doers” in American K12 education.
TEDxDenverED is an independently organized event under the guidance of TED. This site comes alive April 5th and will be updated regularly.
Educating the poor is more than just a numbers game, says Shukla Bose. She tells the story of her groundbreaking Parikrma Humanity Foundation, which brings hope to India’s slums by looking past the daunting statistics and focusing on treating each child as an individual.
Speaking at a London girls’ school, Michelle Obama makes a passionate, personal case for each student to take education seriously. It is this new, brilliant generation, she says, that will close the gap between the world as it is and the world as it should be.
