What if you could Share your story with the world?
Ted Talks
Everything you need is inside you, but sometimes getting started can feel overwhelming. That's where we come in. Along with the TED-Ed Student Talks program, 98thPercentile will help you discover your idea, craft your story, and learn different ways to share it. It always starts with a story—don't let it wait any longer!
You may have seen people talk on a variety of topics and experiences on TED.com, or heard about one of the thousands of TEDx events that happen around the world. Well, guess what??
Now you have a chance to appear on TED talks too!
TED-Ed Student Talks is one of the many initiatives of TED community for students and youth. It is a free curriculum that supports students as they discover, explore and present their big ideas in the form of short, TED-style talks.
What students learn from our Masterclass?
TED-ED
Students learn powerful skills to deliver your best Ted Style talk. Some of them are –
We are going to share a few resources provided by the TED team like students’ Idea Journal with you. You are requested to go through it and take a printout of the Idea Journal for the best learning experience.
Leader
TED-ED Student Talks masterclass is aimed at anyone who has big ideas, is inspired to make profound change in the world, and not sure how to do it. We will walk you through finding your passion, thinking big ideas and sharing them in an engaging way that connects with an audience.
And as if that wasn't enough, this masterclass also gives you an opportunity for your talk to go on TED’s YouTube channel!!
Public Speaking Instructor, 98thPercentile
OUR SUCCESS STORIES
Alina is very enthusiastic and loves to be always on time. She is in Grade 4 in 98thPercentile. She loves crafting, playing chess, and reading books on astronomy. When asked about her interests, she said “I am crazy about astronomy and dream of becoming an astronaut and working at NASA in Florida when I grow up. I hope to travel to Mars someday.”
Rahyun is a quiet, respectful and diligent student. She not only works hard, but also scores very well and is eager to learn and understand. She enjoys riding a bicycle, reading books, and playing board games and badminton. She is a huge K-pop fan! Rahyun’s parents and 98thPercentile teachers, Ms. Candalynne and Ms. Gail, appreciate her efforts in achieving a grade level increase from 3.1 to 5.8 in under two months! They are confident of her continued success.
Vihaan is a confident and intelligent child. He has demonstrated remarkable growth in his MATH computation skills. Not only academics but there has also been a tremendous change in Vihaan in terms of earnestness. He is curious and possesses an urge to learn new things. Vihaan joined 98thpercentile almost 1.5 years ago. Currently, he is doing grade 7 and is all set to get promoted to grade 8 while continuing grade 5 in his school.
TED Ed’s Success Stories
Frequently Asked Questions
The TED-Ed Student Talks program supports groups of students developing TED-style talks in over 100 countries. On any given day, 50,000+ students are led by educators through the process of identifying, developing and sharing their ideas. Every day, educators are incorporating TED-Ed Student Talks into existing curricula, programs and extracurricular activities in innovative ways and educators report an increase in students' confidence skills and ability to develop their original ideas, as well as development of student’s speaking, perspective-taking, empathy, cultural and global awareness skills. Students are then invited, but not required, to share their Talk with the world by uploading it to the TED-Ed Student Talks YouTube Channel. To date, we have amplified thousands of student talks.
A master class is a class given to students of a particular discipline by an expert of that discipline—usually music, but also science, painting, drama, games, or on any other occasion where skills are being developed
Any US resident who is currently in Grade 3-8 in any of the schools is eligible to apply.
The masterclass would be held on April 8, 2022. Zoom links to attend the masterclass would be shared with registered participants via mail.
Interested parents can submit their email ID on this landing page. Once shared, you will get a detailed form on the email ID provided. To complete the registration process, you have to furnish all the details requested in the detailed form.
The duration of the masterclass is 1 hour.
This event is organized by 98thPercentile, a leading online learning company providing accelerated after-school programs in Math, English, Coding & Public Speaking.
No, this masterclass is completely free of cost.
The masterclass shall not be repeated. We might upload the recorded session on our youtube channel Click Here
During each live masterclass, you can ask a question by typing it into the Q&A box located in the control panel in ZOOM. Questions are answered at the end of the masterclass, for approximately 10 minutes. We will do our best to answer as many questions as possible.
All you need is a computer with an Internet connection or a smartphone with a strong Wi-Fi connection and speakers. You may also use a headset instead of speakers.