What is TEDxNYED?

This week the TEDxNYED website went live and the application is now open to all educators or those interested in the future of education.

The TEDx event will be hosted in New York City on March 6, 2010.  But while you could view the website to learn about the event, I wanted to introduce TEDxNYED and explain what prompted its creation.

In the summer of 2009, I came across a tweet about TEDx.  TED is a brand that almost everyone instantly recognizes as a leader in helping to spread innovative and thoughtful ideas around the world.  Now with TEDx, individuals could host their own independent TED event.  When I perused the list of current TEDx events, I did not see any dedicated to education.  It is then when I decided to start this process.

I currently work in New York City at an independent school.  I knew an epicenter like New York City would be an ideal location to bring together some amazing minds to discuss education.  As an educator who is involved in studying the potential of technology in shaping the future of education, I wanted the event to be centered on how new media and technology is shaping our educational landscape.

I brought together a number of amazing technology leaders, educators, and TEDsters from around New York City to help lead this event.  This group has worked hard over the last five months to create an event that will bring the best and brightest minds in education, media, and technology together to reach educators, leaders, and those passionate about education.  Our hope is that our speakers will spread ideas and help decision makers and interested parties understand this undercurrent in education and take these ideas back to their schools or organizations and make valuable change to educational instruction, design and access.

While we still have a great deal of planning still to do, we at TEDxNYED are well on our way and look forward to hosting this event on March 6, 2010.  We see this a great way for us to spread ideas on the future education while providing an opportunity to network and meet some amazing people who are dedicated to improving education.

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