TED-Ed's mission is to capture and amplify the voices of great educators around the world. We do this by pairing extraordinary educators with talented animators to produce a new library of curiosity-igniting videos.

The TED-Ed team provides an in depth look at the powerful features of the newly-launched TED-ED Beta website. You'll learn how TED-Ed videos are created, how they are arranged, about the learning materials that surround each video, and how you can create customized or "flipped" lessons based on any TED-Ed video or any video on YouTube.

The TED-Ed website allows you to engage in or create dynamic lessons around the hundreds of thousands of educational videos on YouTube. In this video, the familiar illustration assembled at the beginning of each TED-Ed video finds his [computer generated] voice and gives viewers a tour of ed.ted.com. The features explored include the ability to add multiple choice questions, open answer questions, "dig deeper" materials, and custom discussion topics to any video on YouTube.

How can a pack of playing cards accurately explain the complicated and nuanced neurological condition, synesthesia? TED-Ed animators explain the process of creating an original animation from planning (storyboard and animatic) to fruition, including the special secrets behind this animation (think playdough and green screens).

What style of animation perfectly mimics the movement of zombies? Puppet animation allows for just the right amount of zombie-like stiff limbs and jerky stumbles. TED-Ed animators show how to bring a zombie to life through 2D puppet animation (and how to try this at home).

Slam poetry packs an emotional punch by using powerful verbal metaphors; animation can do the same using visual tools. TED-Ed animators show how two separate techniques -- rotoscoping and more traditional hand-drawn animation -- bring to life the multilayered process of becoming a slam poet.

How can animation convey complex, intangible concepts? A visual metaphor, or an idea represented through imagery, can take an idea as massive as Big Data and tie it to the familiar depiction of a growing tree. TED-Ed animators explain how to make an abstract idea come alive visually.

In ‘The Pangaea Pop-up’ Lesson, animator Biljana Labovic decided the best way to illustrate moving, shifting tectonic plates was to use a physical object that could also move and shift. Here, Labovic explains how she and her team of animators created a pop-up book to visualize Pangaea -- and how you can make your own. Lesson and animation by TED-Ed.

We reached the 1,000,000 subscriber mark over the holiday break. We're back in the office, and we're ready to celebrate! If you would like to take a chance on seeing yourself cast as an animated character in a future TED-Ed Lesson, simply leave a comment below that includes a link to your favorite TED-Ed Lesson so far. The TED-Ed team will select a winner at random on Jan. 21st, 2015. A million thanks to each of you for playing a role in reaching this significant milestone.

In this 360° animation, explore the vibrant world of neon signs and learn the science of what makes them glow. -- When the Hoover Dam was completed, it created a huge source of hydroelectric power and zapped a sleepy desert town to life: Las Vegas, Nevada. With the power supply from the dam, Las Vegas soon exploded with vibrant displays. The source of these dazzling lights was electrified neon gas. In this special 360° animation, explore the colorful world of neon signs as Lippy shares what makes them glow.

Introducing TED-Ed's new 10-episode coding series, Think Like A Coder! The adventure follows a duo trying to save the world, solving programming puzzles along the way. -- We’re thrilled to announce our series: Think Like A Coder. This 10-episode narrative follows a girl, Ethic, and her robot companion, Hedge, as they attempt to save the world. The two embark on a quest to collect three artifacts and must solve their way through a series of programming puzzles to fix the problems plaguing their world. Coders and the code-curious, alike, are invited to join the adventure and practice thinking like a coder!

Join #TeamTrees and become a part of the biggest YouTube collaboration in history! Let’s work together to reforest our beautiful world, combat climate change and secure the funds to plant 20 million trees by the first day of 2020!

Identify the qualities of ideas worth spreading. This lesson is full of foundational knowledge that will help you get the most out of this course. Before you begin the lesson, take a moment to briefly reflect on the questions below. No need to have formal answers, but have an example or two in mind. If you need help, check out the Library for inspiration.

In this lesson, you'll engage in a brainstorm and develop a list of ideas for your talk. The video will guide you through a brainstorm process that you can use (more than once!) to help you identify your own best ideas. Before you begin this lesson, start to think about a few of the questions below.

You’ll decide which ideas to keep and which ideas to cut. In this lesson you'll learn how to articulate your big idea in the form of something called a "throughline," which will be the main idea of your talk and your roadmap for your talk. To prepare for this lesson, review the questions below and begin narrowing down the short list of ideas that you came up with in the last lesson to the 1-2 ideas you could imagine fleshing out into a full blown talk. Remember, you can use the TED Masterclass process to develop more than one talk. You just need to develop one at a time. So, feel free to choose one idea and save the others for future talks.

In this lesson, you'll create a plan for how to develop your talk. This lesson is designed to help you create a plan for how you will develop your talk. Instead of reviewing a video for this lesson, you’ll go through Activities and then record a short video for yourself. After this lesson, you will get to explore our Talk tools and learn about Voice and Presence.

Master your voice and body language to strengthen the impact of your talk. In this lesson, you’ll learn the qualities that can elevate your presentation. We’ll also ask you to practice recording -- with an emphasis on beginning to master your voice and presence on camera. These practice recordings will help you determine what adjustments you need to make before recording a final video at the end of this course.

You’ll learn how to connect with audience members (in person and online) as you deliver your talk. Looking to establish a strong connection with your audience? This lesson will provide you with several strategies that you can practice as you continue to develop your talk.

Learn the ways the ancient art of storytelling can shape your delivery. Looking to elevate your talk with a compelling story or two? This lesson will provide strategies on how and when to work compelling stories into your presentation.

You’ll learn how to express complex ideas with clarity. Looking to clearly explain a new topic? This lesson is designed to help you explain an intricate concept in a clear and compelling way.

You’ll learn how to convince others to genuinely consider your point of view. Is your talk based on convincing an audience to thoroughly embrace your perspective on a topic? This lesson will help you learn how to persuade an audience towards your point of view.

You’ll learn how to reveal your ideas in exciting and engaging ways. Have a finding or discovery to unveil? This lesson will help you learn how to reveal your learnings to audiences in exciting ways.

In this lesson, you'll learn how to (and how not to) use visuals to enhance your presentation. You will get the most out of this lesson if you already have a clear outline or script for your talk. We also recommend completing two other lessons within this section before attempting this lesson. Remember, you can take the lessons in this section of the course in any order. Try to progress in the order that fits the needs of your talk, and that takes into account any pre-existing presentation skills you've acquired.

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Get to know the story of Hisako Koyama with our animation “The woman who stared at the sun,” written by Alex Gendler and directed by Martina Meštrović. #shorts

An excerpt of our animated interpretation of William Shakespeare’s poem “All the World’s a Stage” directed by Jérémie Balais and Jeff Le Bars.

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Take a look behind the scenes of our video, “The Opposites Game”, animated by Anna Samo and Lisa LaBracio! Here's the creative process behind the final animation’s scenes.

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An excerpt of our video, “What is Juneteenth, and why is it important?” written by Karlos K. Hill and Soraya Field Fiorio, and directed by Rémi Cans, Atypicalist.

An excerpt of our video “What you might not know about the Declaration of Independence”, written by Kenneth C. Davis and animated by Karrot Animation

An excerpt of our video “Which sunscreen should you choose?” written by Mary Poffenroth and animated by Rob Kohr and Travis Spangler.

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Our animated interpretation of Clint Smith’s poem “Ode to the Only Black Kid in the Class" directed by Niv Sekar. This animation is part of our series, "There's a Poem for That," which features animated interpretations of poems both old and new that give language to some of life's biggest feelings.