TED-Ed

 TED-Ed: Facilitate Curious Learners

If you’re looking for a comprehensive tool that have engaging contents, TED-Ed might be the tool you’re looking for! Created to peaked learners’ curiosity and learn from videos, TED-Ed provides animated videos in various topics to help learners of all ages explore new ideas in an engaging way.

What is TED-Ed?

Famous for its educational talk and animated videos, TED-Ed provides a platform to enhance learning process from videos to an educational format. The videos they provide are around 5-10 minutes long, making it ideal to have a short study session. Teachers can create a customized lessons around these lessons with discussion, quizzes and additional resources all without any fee!

Benefits of using TED-Ed

This tool comes with several advantages to enrich the learning experience:

1. Engaging and visual: the platform comes with animated videos that make complex topics simple and captivating. It’s perfect for visual learners.

2. Wide range of topics: TED-Ed has a lesson for every subject and age group. It even has some thought-provoking topics which you may have never thought about

3. Interactive lessons: Teachers can turn any TED-Ed video into an interactive lesson by adding questions, discussion prompts, and even short quizzes to make sure students grasp the content.

4. Accessible: This platform is flexible since it’s connected to the internet so students can watch the lessons at home or in the classroom.

Drawbacks of TED-Ed

Although TED-Ed is an amazing tool, there are some downsides:

1. Limited Customization: While you can add questions and discussion prompts, the structure is somewhat rigid. More flexibility to modify or adapt video content would be useful for teachers with specific lesson plans.
2. Internet Dependency: Just like many online tools, TED-Ed relies on a stable internet connection, which can be limiting for students without consistent access.
3. Not Interactive Enough: Although TED-Ed offers quizzes and discussions, the platform is still video-based. For some students, hands-on activities or more interactive elements might be necessary for deeper learning.

Usage in the classroom:

Personally, I have used TED-ED to give a quiz about a topic about kitchen appliances. Here's the link to the lesson I've made in TED-Ed https://ed.ted.com/on/tbqNfWCD