Quantcast
Channel: TED Prize – TED Blog
Browsing all 122 articles
Browse latest View live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

8 great ideas for cities: The City 2.0 award-winners in video

As the world’s population expands toward 10 billion people within the next 50 years, urban citizens face an unprecedented opportunity to build more vibrant, just and inclusive urban centers. Because we...

View Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Sugata Mitra’s talk, in cartoon form

Many of you have already watched Sugata Mitra’s TED Prize talk, posted on TED.com earlier today, calling for the building of the School in the Cloud. Others of you may have read our written recap of...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

TED Weekends asks: What is at the heart of education?

Where does education go from here? Sugata Mitra: Build a School in the CloudOn Tuesday, Sugata Mitra accepted the 2013 TED Prize and offered a bold wish for the world: that we encourage children to...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Sugata Mitra shares his 5 favorite talks about education

Sugata Mitra’s bold efforts towards advancing learning earned him the first-ever $1 million dollar TED Prize. Sugata Mitra: Build a School in the CloudAt TED2013, Sugata asked the global TED community...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

TED Weekends reimagines education

At TED2013, Sugata Mitra accepted the TED Prize for 2013 with a striking talk. Sugata Mitra: Build a School in the CloudHis wish: for children to learn about any variety of subjects through...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Before the Hole in the Wall: A Q&A with 2013 TED Prize winner Sugata Mitra

Last week, education researcher Sugata Mitra won the first-ever $1 million TED Prize to build his School in the Cloud. Sugata Mitra: Build a School in the CloudPrior to his TED Prize win, Mitra was...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Cities without highways: A Q&A with TED Books essayist Diana Lind

In the 1950s, 3 out of every 10 people on the planet lived in a city. Today, that ratio has nearly doubled — and the United Nations projects that by 2050, nearly 7 in 10 people will live in urban...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

10 more communities turned Inside Out by TED Prize winner JR

This group of activists from Seoul, Korea, visited New York City, hoping to raise awareness of “Comfort Women” – some 200,000 Korean women who were forced into prostitution by the Japanese Army during...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

4 inspiring kids imagine the future of learning

After more than 13 years of research convinced him that children have the ability to learn almost anything on their own, 2013 TED Prize winner Sugata Mitra aspires to shape the future of learning by...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

From the Hole in the Wall to Yale: A Q&A with Arun Chavan

Sugata Mitra carved a hole in a wall in a New Delhi slum—about 3 feet high—and placed a computer in it. When kids asked what it was, he said, “I don’t know,” and walked away. Photo: courtesy of Sugata...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Nominations are now open for the 2014 TED Prize

Education innovator Sugata Mitra accepts the 2013 TED Prize and shares his wish for the world. Could you or someone you know win the prize in 2014? Photo: James Duncan Davidson Each year, the TED Prize...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

A documentary about JR, and his participatory art project INSIDE OUT, to...

The documentary INSIDE OUT: The People’s Art Project will premiere at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival in New York this Saturday, April 20, giving an intimate look into the courageous victories and...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

A gallery of JR mania: The artist takes Manhattan

Artist JR’s Inside Out photo truck is parked in Times Square in New York City through May 10 for a project he calls “Art vs. Advertising.” Photo: Instagram.com/newyorkermag TED Prize winner JR rolled...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Turning New York City INSIDE OUT: Volunteering at JR’s photo truck

JR, the man behind the participatory global art project INSIDE OUT, has parked a photobooth truck in Times Square, from now until May 10. Photo: Instagram/newyorkermag On an unseasonably chilly Monday...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Jamie Oliver gears up for Food Revolution Day on May 17

Tomorrow is a holiday, and one you can celebrate simply by eating. Jamie Oliver, who won the TED Prize in 2010, has declared May 17 as Food Revolution Day. Jamie Oliver's TED Prize wish: Teach every...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Turning Haiti, Tunisia and the West Bank inside out: A documentary on JR’s...

“We use images like a weapon to fight for social causes,” says a man in the trailer for INSIDE OUT: The People’s Art Project, a new documentary that airs on HBO tonight. The doc tells the story of...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

A look at 10 TED Prize wishes past, to help inspire new ones

A TED Prize wish must be ambitious and bold, with the ability to impact lives all across the globe. And yet, a TED Prize wish must also be practical — an actionable plan that can flourish with $1...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

What you would do with $1 million to inspire change in the world

An artist’s rendering of TED Prize winners past. Could you or someone you know receive the 2014 TED Prize? The $1 million TED Prize is a way for a passionate, motivated dreamer to put a world-changing...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

8 talks to inspire TED Prize wishes

TED Prize winners turn ideas into world-changing projects, with $1 million in seed money and the TED community’s support. Beyond having a solid track record of making high-impact change in their...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Filmmaker to make documentary about TED Prize winner Sugata Mitra

British director Jerry Rothwell has received the first annual Sundance Institute | TED Prize Filmmaker Award, and with it $125K to make a documentary about Sugata Mitra. Photo: Courtesy of Mitra Sugata...

View Article
Browsing all 122 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images