<p>The first two videos in this series show promise for providing high quality content for classrooms.</p>
<p>Grant<br>
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After more than a year of dreaming and planning, our new educational initiative TED-Ed <a href="http://ted.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=07487d1456302a286cf9c4ccc&id=c31044cd8d&e=e20062fcad" style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal" target="_blank">launched today</a>, and we couldn't be more excited. Here's the <a href="http://ted.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=07487d1456302a286cf9c4ccc&id=03fbef275f&e=e20062fcad" style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal" target="_blank">back-story</a>. </div>
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And there's growing <a href="http://ted.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=07487d1456302a286cf9c4ccc&id=c67f4ce97b&e=e20062fcad" style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal" target="_blank">media coverage</a> already.</div>
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Anything you can do to spread the word would be hugely welcome. We're especially eager for great <a href="http://ted.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=07487d1456302a286cf9c4ccc&id=3faa4d3bb0&e=e20062fcad" style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal" target="_blank">educators</a> and talented <a href="http://ted.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=07487d1456302a286cf9c4ccc&id=c72f40f833&e=e20062fcad" style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal" target="_blank">animators</a> to be nominated for future work. We'd also value your commenting on the <a href="http://ted.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=07487d1456302a286cf9c4ccc&id=44b434bfbf&e=e20062fcad" style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal" target="_blank">videos</a> in the youtube channel, and helping set the tone! </div>
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And finally, we'd love your feedback on the initiative, and any suggestions on how to improve it. Please write to <a href="mailto:education@ted.com?subject=TED-Ed%20feedback" style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal" target="_blank">education@ted.com</a>.</div>
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<strong>Chris Anderson, TED Curator</strong></div>
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P.S. The second part of our TED-Ed launch comes next month with the opening of a major new section of <a href="http://ted.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=07487d1456302a286cf9c4ccc&id=6214e3da7a&e=e20062fcad" style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal" target="_blank">ted.com </a>offering tools for teachers to amplify the educational value of videos. Watch this space!</div>
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