Instructional videos such as Khan Academy have a place, but we need to be aware of their limitations. The following blog post points some of these out with some good supporting examples.<br> <a href="http://fnoschese.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/khan-academy-is-an-indictment-of-education/">http://fnoschese.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/khan-academy-is-an-indictment-of-education/</a><br>
<br>Regards Roland<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 6:41 AM, Caryl Bigenho <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cbigenho@hotmail.com">cbigenho@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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Hi...<div><br></div><div>When I first saw the Khan Academy videos, I didn't like them. They just seemed to be the traditional "Sage on a Stage" style of teaching.... not at all collaborative or constructionist. But then, I watched his TED talk ( <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education.html" target="_blank">http://www.ted.com/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education.html</a> ) and, now, I am a "convert." </div>
<div><br></div><div>Taken alone... forget it! But combined with his program of practice exercises and "awards" ( <a href="http://www.khanacademy.org/exercisedashboard" target="_blank">http://www.khanacademy.org/exercisedashboard</a> ), the Khan Academy material is excellent! Also, teachers who "flip" their classes and use a collaborative setting in their classrooms should find a lot more time for individual student attention where needed. Students who "get it" right away can also re-enforce their learning by helping others. Better understanding and achievement for all students should be a logical result.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Caryl<br><br>> Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 15:12:56 -0400<br>> From: <a href="mailto:ndoiron@andrew.cmu.edu" target="_blank">ndoiron@andrew.cmu.edu</a><br>> To: <a href="mailto:iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br>
> Subject: Re: [IAEP] Khan academy content<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>> <br>> <br>> You can download around 1000 of the Khan Academy videos in OGV format<br>> (playable on XO laptops) from Archive.org Here's an English/Spanish<br>
> index of relevant categories <a href="http://mapmeld.com/khan_categories.html" target="_blank">http://mapmeld.com/khan_categories.html</a><br>> <br>> If you're skeptical or haven't seen his videos, his talk sparked a great<br>
> discussion about math education on Hacker News:<br>> <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2307532" target="_blank">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2307532</a><br>> <br>> For more recent videos, including YouTube, there's this media guide:<br>
> <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/MediaGuide" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/MediaGuide</a><br>> <br>> Regards,<br>> Nick Doiron<br>> <br>> <br>> On Mon, April 4, 2011 3:57 pm, Chris Leonard wrote:<br>
> > I haven't really looked into this, but I thought it might be of interest<br>> > to some on the list.<br>> ><br>> > <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/04/the-khan-academy-and-educ_n_8443" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/04/the-khan-academy-and-educ_n_8443</a><br>
> > 90.html<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > <a href="http://www.khanacademy.org/" target="_blank">http://www.khanacademy.org/</a><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > One might imagine these videos being stored on the School Server for<br>
> > local access. According to the page below it is all cc-by-sa<br>> ><br>> > <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/khanacademy.org/forge/home/mission-principles-" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/a/khanacademy.org/forge/home/mission-principles-</a><br>
> > and-values<br>> ><br>> > I was very happy to see this statement "begin to translate the lessons<br>> > into Arabic, Bengali, French, German, Hindi-Urdu, Indonesian, Mandarin,<br>> > Portuguese, Russian and Spanish so they could be distributed globally. "<br>
> ><br>> ><br>> > This page covers their localization process:<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > <a href="http://www.khanacademy.org/contribute" target="_blank">http://www.khanacademy.org/contribute</a><br>
> ><br>> ><br>> > cjl _______________________________________________<br>> > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)<br>> > <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br>
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