Khan Academy is a free online tutoring program created by Salman Khan that offers instructional videos and interactive exercises on a variety of subjects including math, science, computing, arts, and languages. It has over 10 million users worldwide and is being used in more than 29,000 classrooms. Teachers can use Khan Academy videos in lessons and assign homework on the program to track student progress. Benefits include personalized learning, identifying student needs, and freeing up class time for other activities. Drawbacks include lack of guidance on classroom integration and limited access for some students without technology.
Khan Academy is a free online tutoring program created by Salman Khan that offers instructional videos and interactive exercises on a variety of subjects including math, science, computing, arts, and languages. It has over 10 million users worldwide and is being used in more than 29,000 classrooms. Teachers can use Khan Academy videos in lessons and assign homework on the program to track student progress. Benefits include personalized learning, identifying student needs, and freeing up class time for other activities. Drawbacks include lack of guidance on classroom integration and limited access for some students without technology.
Khan Academy is a free online tutoring program created by Salman Khan that offers instructional videos and interactive exercises on a variety of subjects including math, science, computing, arts, and languages. It has over 10 million users worldwide and is being used in more than 29,000 classrooms. Teachers can use Khan Academy videos in lessons and assign homework on the program to track student progress. Benefits include personalized learning, identifying student needs, and freeing up class time for other activities. Drawbacks include lack of guidance on classroom integration and limited access for some students without technology.
WHAT IS KHAN ACADEMY? • Khan Academy is an emerging technology that offers free tutoring which can be used by students, parents and teachers with courses on: Math, Science, Language arts, Computing, Arts & Humanities, Economics, Test prep, Life skills, and Reading. • Khan Academy is a software program, created by Salman Khan to offer self-paced instructional videos on subjects; including, content exercises, quizzes, unit tests, corrective feedback, progress tracking, and discussion boards. KHAN ACADEMY IN THE CLASSROOM: • Khan Academy has over 10 million users worldwide and is now being used in more than 29,000 classrooms to personalize instruction. Khan Academy allows teachers to have more engaging instruction by giving students the opportunity to master subjects in a quicker time, yet still at their own pace. • Teachers use Khans videos for instruction in part with their lesson plans to help free more class time for other learning activities. Teachers show students videos in class, and then have them complete problem worksheets from the provided material. Homework can be assigned for students to which they can complete modules and quizzes on the software program where teachers can track students progress. PROS OF KHAN ACADEMY: • A free program for students which allows them to get interactive tutoring in subjects that can be accessed from anywhere in the world. • Gives students the opportunity to master subjects in a way that works best for them. • Identifies the needs of learners so teachers can modify classroom instruction. • Videos offer alternative explanations for students to better comprehend the material being taught. • The software makes for quicker instruction so class time can be used for other learning activities. CONS OF KHAN ACADEMY: • When used in the classroom as part of instruction, students work independently on work at their own pace on their own accounts rather then as a group project. • Not all students may have access if required to complete homework since the software is a computer-based program and requires access to technology in order to be used. • If Khan Academy is not integrated properly into the classroom, then it will not serve its intended purpose to free up class time for other learning activities; however, a guide for teachers is not provided on how to successfully integrate Khan Academy into the classroom curriculum. https://www.khanacademy.org/ SIGN UP PICK A COURSE
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