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A pioneer in brush technique, drummer Clayton Cameron has toured with Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Bennett and jazz legend Kenny Burrell.  In his TEDTalk titled, "A-ryhthm-etic" Cameron explores the math behind music beats and proves that hip-hop and jazz aren't cooler than math, they just rely on it. 

What We Are Watching: "The Internet of Things"

In Marca Annuziata's Ted Talk titled, "Welcome to the Age of Industrial Internet"  this globally respected economist
talks about how we are going to be able to collaborate in better, faster, and more efficient ways across networks. 

"Everyone's talking about the "Internet of Things," but what exactly does that mean for our future? In this thoughtful talk, Annunziata looks at how technology is transforming the industrial sector, creating machines that can see, feel, sense and react -- so they can be operated far more efficiently. Think: airplane parts that send an alert when they need to be serviced, or wind turbines that communicate with one another to generate more electricity. It's a future with exciting implications for us all."

Why We Collaborate: Dispatch from TED's Radio Hour

"The world has over a trillion hours a year of free time to commit to shared projects," says professor Clay Shirky, professor of Social and Economic Effects of Internet Technologies at New York University. But what motivates dozens, thousands, even millions of people to come together on the Internet and commit their time to a project for free? What is the key to making a successful collaboration work? In this hour, TED speakers unravel ideas behind the mystery of mass collaborations that build a better world." Over the last year, TED has launched a weekly radio hour modeled after their highly successful TED Talks. This collection of interviews, archived on the web, Clay Shirley asks: What motivates us to collaborate? And Jason Fried asks: Is too much collaboration a bad thing? , 

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As a part of the TEDGlobal program novelist, Abha Dawesar adresses "Life in the Digital Now". She takes an interesting look at technology by talking about the self, immersive experiences, and our sense of time.  Her thoughts on this came out of her experience of living in Manhattan, post Hurricane Sandy where she lived without water and electricity for some time. Click here to see the TED talk where she she considers: "Have our lives become fixated on the drive to digitally connect, that we miss out on what is real?"

Sir Ken Robinson on Changing Education Paragdigms

Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we're educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.

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This is why the folks at TED thinks you should be listening too (and watching) this talk by their own Lisa Bu.

"At TED's annual staff retreat, everyone has to get up and talk about something -- either about work, or about something interesting from their own lives. In fall 2012, our own Lisa Bu prepared a talk about her love of reading. And our quiet, funny and efficient Content Distribution Manager simply brought down the house, with a story that's too good not to share. We are thrilled and proud that Lisa is the first TED staffer ever to be invited to speak on the mainstage at the TED Conference.

Born and raised in Hunan, China, Lisa Bu has been with TED since 2011. Before that, she spent seven years as a talk show producer and a digital media content director at Wisconsin Public Radio. She's also a computer programmer, with a PhD in journalism and an MBA in information systems from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as a BA in Chinese from Nanjing University in China."

Richard Culatta at TEDx Beacon Street

Richard Culatta is the Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the Department of Education. His recent TED Talk on Re-imagining Learning distills his thoughts on a changing learning landscape culled from his work in k-12, higher ed, and work environments. His work focuses on leveraging technology to create personalized learning and using social media to create efffective large-scale distributed learning.

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Salman Khan, hedge fund analyst turned education innovator founded the Khan Academy, an online source of over 2,200 streaming educational videos in a range of disciplines, comments on transforming education in this TED Talk.

TED Talks Education

In cooperation with PBS, TED Talks Education will premier Weds may 7, at 10 pm. Hosted by John Legend, this one hour program "brings together a diverse group of teachers and education advocates delivering short, high-impact talks on the theme of teaching and learning." Tune in every week.  Click here for more information on the program.