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A school in the cloud: Sugata Mitra accepts the TED Prize at TED2013
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A school in the cloud: Sugata Mitra accepts the TED Prize at TED2013

It’s a question on so many minds: what will the future of education look like? It’s something Sir Ken Robinson has asked for decades. And to...

Feb 26, 2013
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A 12 year old learns to scare lions: Richard Turere at TED2013
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A 12 year old learns to scare lions: Richard Turere at TED2013

Richard Turere is 12 years old, and he lives in Kenya, in Nairobi National Park. It’s a park with lots of animals that roam freely, in...

Feb 26, 2013
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The magic of books: Lisa Bu at TED2013
Culture

The magic of books: Lisa Bu at TED2013

TED’s own Lisa Bu takes the TED2013 stage now to tell a very personal tale of a journey through literature that began, well, with a sh...

Feb 26, 2013
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Make the most of your 20s: Meg Jay at TED2013
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Make the most of your 20s: Meg Jay at TED2013

In her 20s, Meg Jay saw her first psychotherapy client, Alex, who was there to talk about her guy problems. Jay didn’t take the sessio...

Feb 26, 2013
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Set high expectations for all students: Freeman Hrabowski at TED2013
Education

Set high expectations for all students: Freeman Hrabowski at TED2013

Freeman Hrabowski is president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), which has made an extraordinary name for itself educa...

Feb 26, 2013
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The Spark: Speakers in Session 3 at TED2013
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The Spark: Speakers in Session 3 at TED2013

An indefinable quality lies at the heart of any successful idea or project … a spark of intuition, genius or insight that acts as the ...

Feb 26, 2013
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Watch the TED Prize announcement live for free at 5pm Pacific
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Watch the TED Prize announcement live for free at 5pm Pacific

Watch all of TED2013 Session 3 for free at 5pm PST today: http://tedlive.ted.com/webcasts/2013 See the 2013 TED Prize revealed!

Feb 26, 2013
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TED Fellows names a hero: Taghi Amirani
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TED Fellows names a hero: Taghi Amirani

Monday on the TED Fellows stage, Tom Rielly did something unprecedented in the history of the Fellows — he singled out one for recogni...

Feb 26, 2013
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Embrace the shake: Phil Hansen at TED2013
Art

Embrace the shake: Phil Hansen at TED2013

In art school, Phil Hansen developed a shake in his hand. He couldn’t so much as draw a straight line anymore. After years of excellin...

Feb 26, 2013
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