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Mr. Yingling’s 5 th Period American History. Khanacademy.org. What is it?. Khan Academy is an organization that provides free videos and activities for students, educators, or anyone. Non-profit with the goal of changing education by providing free world-class education for anyone, anywhere. .
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Mr. Yingling’s 5th Period American History Khanacademy.org
What is it? • Khan Academy is an organization that provides free videos and activities for students, educators, or anyone. • Non-profit with the goal of changing education by providing free world-class education for anyone, anywhere.
Multi-Purpose • Khan Academy can be used in numerous content areas as a learning device or even as a refresher. • Math • Science • Economics • Social Studies
How It Works • Khan Academy features videos AND activities to learn different lessons in several subjects. • Videos and activities are fairly short, but offer a lot: short, sweet and to the point.
Where to Begin • Create account using your school email and a password • Join: 5th Period American History • Access code 5TVRBB (write down just in case) • Intro from Sal Khan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDHOBpu02SA
Class Progress 5 Bonus points on the next test for highest class averages on each video quiz
Classroom Applications • Diagrams and text are utilized and explained simultaneously • Can be used inside AND outside the classroom
References • khanacademy.org • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDHOBpu02SA • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_academy
Strengths • Videos are short • Students get a break from me lecturing • Easy to follow and informative • Certain subject areas lack additional content • As the teacher, I will have to supplement the videos
Challenges • Certain subject areas lack additional content • Limited subjects • As the teacher, I will have to supplement the videos
Personal Review • Great resource to supplement instruction within the classroom for a moderate array of subjects. • Personally would utilize the website • Even subjects that I am not so familiar with were easy to follow and learn from