60 Minutes featured a story on Sal Khan last week regarding Khan Academy. A not-for-profit organization "with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education to anyone anywhere." By incorporating video tutorials and practice sets in the areas of math, science, humanities and test preparations (SAT, GMAT, etc.), Khan Academy has found its way into public education in the state of California. Khan Academy attempts to provide students additional instruction in academic areas at home or school, while allowing teachers to track and facilitate students' learning in the classroom. Khan Academy also provides opportunities for differentiated instruction by allowing students to move on from mastered lessons and embark upon new lessons. All the while, the Khan Academy provides teachers with data collection software to notate student progress. Teachers love data!
On a personal note, I shared this site with my daughter, a high school junior, who is tackling Trigonometry, Algebra II and Chemistry II this year. She was excited about this resource due to the ability to re-visit instruction and also learn differing ways for problem solving. The fact that this site is FREE and available to my children is amazing!!!!
Melissa this is ingenuous how he stumbled over this just by tutoring his cousin using Yahoo’s Doodle notepad. These videos are priceless for students of all ages, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteKhan's story inspires me and I hope his success continues to help students all over the world.
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