Friday, February 28, 2014

TED talk

TED is a nonprofit showcase devoted to spreading ideas and educating people on important and interesting information. It started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, and design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. TED conferences bring together the world's most fascinating thinkers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes or less. TED gives different programs and organizations the opportunity to show case their talents and presentations in front of a large audience and the video remains on the TED website. It helps the world be more innovative and it’s a great system of broadcast. Today, TED is one of the best form of an education system to be updated on new technology and it also gives you the mindset that you need because it enables you to have an open mind. TED has a positive affect on society because it brings together creative and smart people with different ideas they have ready to be presented to us to freely watch. If you do not feel like you want to be educated you could watch and inspirational video where people come on the show and talk about their life and how it may have shaped the way they are now. Overall, TED is very big across the nation and people should take advantage of it because it highly increases the knowledge of those who do tune in.

1 comment:

  1. Terence, it's so good to see that you're still blogging! I came across your site as I was preparing to teach my students about blogging. Hope you're doing well!

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