" KHAN ACADEMY SEEKS TO BRIDGE THE EDUCATION GAP WITH ON-LINE LEARNING"
In a recent MARKETPLACE program on NPR (May 24, 2024), Salman Khan, the founder of The Khan Academy was interviewed. He reviewed the story of how The Khan Academy came about and how it now is viewed by over 2 million students each month on its YouTube Channel.
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1. Started as a way to tutor his cousins.
2. Others saw these lessons on YouTube and enjoyed using them
3. Now has 2100 free educational videos available for elementary, middle, high school subjects.
4. Sal Kahn feels that it is so popular because students don�t all move at the same pace. Doing lessons this way allows for self directed pace and allows frequent reviews.
5. With this free software and videos, Khan feels that this can revolutionize the way education is done in the classroom. (go to the Khan Academy site for demo �see links below)
REGULAR READ: It began as a way of trying to tutor his cousins. They lived in one state and he lived in another, so he put the lessons on YouTube. Soon, people were sending him emails saying that they saw his lessons and that it helped them. So, the former hedge fund manager became the sole faculty member of the Khan Academy. There are now 2,100 educational videos and, amazingly enough, they are all free.
Sal Khan feels that students do not all move at the same pace in a classroom. With this approach, the student can go at her own pace and can review or stop at any point. Material can be mastered before moving on to the next area which depends on what has been learned before. Mr. Kahn feels that this technology, software, and these videos can help to change how education is done in the classroom. He emphasizes that this is to augment what the teacher is doing but not to replace it.
Khan Academy looks to bridge the education gap with online learning.See the links below to review the article and learn more about the Khan Academy. And to see demos.
"KHAN ACADEMY LOOKS TO BRIDGE THE EDUCATION GAP WITH ONLINE LEARNING".
In the interview, Kai Ryssdal talked with Salman Khan, the founder of The Khan Academy. He reviewed the history of how the Khan Academy came into existence. It was quite accidentally. Since it started just a few years ago, it has grown enormously and is now viewed by over two million students each month on its YouTube Channel.
It began simply as a way for Salman Khan, who lived in Boston, to tutor his cousins who lived in New Orleans. He put the lessons on YouTube. soon, people were sending him emails saying that they saw his lessons and that it helmed them. So, the former hedge fund manager becaem the sole faculty member of the Khan Academy. There are now 2,100 educational videos available on the web site and they are all free.
Sal Khan feels that students do not all move at the same pace in a classroom. With this approach, the student can go at her own pace and can review or stop at any point. Material can be mastered before moving on to the next area. Often, the new area depends on what was learned before. Mr. Kahn feels that this technology, software, and these videos can help to change how education is done in the classroom. He emphasizes that this is to augment what the teacher is doing but not to replace it.
See the lings below to review the article and learn more about the Khan Academy. Do your children already know about it? Do their teachers already know about it?
REGULAR READ: It began as a way of trying to tutor his cousins. They lived in one state and he lived in another, so he put the lessons on YouTube. Soon, people were sending him emails saying that they saw his lessons and that it helped them. So, the former hedge fund manager became the sole faculty member of the Khan Academy. There are now 2,100 educational videos and, amazingly enough, they are all free.
Sal Khan feels that students do not all move at the same pace in a classroom. With this approach, the student can go at her own pace and can review or stop at any point. Material can be mastered before moving on to the next area which depends on what has been learned before. Mr. Kahn feels that this technology, software, and these videos can help to change how education is done in the classroom. He emphasizes that this is to augment what the teacher is doing but not to replace it.
