Educators at the forefront. AI is reshaping education. Educators should lead the conversation.

TED and Google have partnered to create a free, 60-minute professional development workshop built specifically for educators everywhere — because the people closest to the work should be shaping the story of AI in education.
Free | 60 minutes | Start anytime | Open to educators everywhere
This workshop is your gateway to:
  • A structured framework for turning your classroom experience into a compelling idea
  • Free access to TED's official public speaking course
  • Additional TED resources and a global community of educators
  • A direct invitation to submit your idea to TED's curation team
No matter your role in education — teacher, librarian, administrator, university faculty — this workshop is for you.

Your idea could reach the TED stage at TED2027

As part of a global idea search powered by TED and Google, five educators from around the world will be selected to deliver their TED Talks on the Community Stage at TED2027 in San Diego — and see their talks published and shared on TED's global platform.
Here's how it works:
  • Take this free 60-minute workshop to begin crafting your idea
  • Develop your through-line — the single connected thread at the heart of your talk
  • Submit your idea to TED's curation team for consideration
⏰ Submission deadline: November 15, 2026
The workshop is your first step. Register now to get started and make sure your idea has the chance to be heard.

What you'll walk away with

This workshop is designed to help you do three things:
  • Uncover your ideas — Reflect on your experiences as an educator and identify the insights that are uniquely yours and worth sharing
  • Sharpen your message — Learn how to craft a through-line: the single, specific sentence that gives your talk focus, direction, and impact
  • Develop your voice — Unlock TED's official public speaking course and resources to help you grow as a communicator
By the end of the workshop, you'll have a working thesis statement for a potential TED-style talk — and enhanced communication skills you can use for the rest of your career.
You'll also gain access to a global network of educators who are inspired to share their ideas and help you share yours.
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Educators have far more worth sharing than they realize.

The bits that others find remarkable in you may be completely invisible to you. This workshop helps you find them.

Why TED and Google are partnering on this

Technologists and pundits are dominating the conversation about AI in education. The people closest to the work — educators — are almost entirely absent from it.
TED has spent four decades helping people find the idea at the center of their work and say it out loud. Google's Gemini tools are already in classrooms worldwide, and Google wants to hear from the people using them every day.
Together, that means educators get the stage — not just a seat in the audience.
  • 137 million viewers of TED Talks
  • 248 countries reached
  • 1 million+ educators in the TED-Ed network
This workshop gave me the language to articulate something I'd been doing in my classroom for years but could never quite explain. By the end, I had a through-line I was genuinely excited about — and the confidence to share it.
Maria Chen

Your workshop guide

Logan Smalley
Head of Education and Learning
TED
Logan Smalley is TED's Head of Education and Learning, as well as the founding Executive Director of TED's education initiative, TED-Ed. He is also the director of the award-winning feature length documentary, Darius Goes West and the founder of Call Me Ishmael -- a participatory literary initiative that was an honoree for the National Book Foundation's Innovations in Reading prize in 2015.
Logan began his career as a high school special education teacher in his hometown of Athens, GA, and he currently lives and works in Santa Cruz, CA.
  • Logan Smalley
    Head of Education and Learning
    TED
    Logan Smalley is TED's Head of Education and Learning, as well as the founding Executive Director of TED's education initiative, TED-Ed. He is also the director of the award-winning feature length documentary, Darius Goes West and the founder of Call Me Ishmael -- a participatory literary initiative that was an honoree for the National Book Foundation's Innovations in Reading prize in 2015.
    Logan began his career as a high school special education teacher in his hometown of Athens, GA, and he currently lives and works in Santa Cruz, CA.
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