My latest discovery was Salman Khan's Academy which proposes an idea that you can learn everything. I would say that it would be everything for an English pupil, but not everything for a learner of a foreign language. However, it is a really great source which we (English teachers) can use to let students learn something new with the help of English.
Some interesting statistics:
Moving education to a new level so that learners:
- watch video at your own time, at your own pace;
- review video when necessary without being embarrassed to ask to repeat;
- when you acquire a new concept, there is no one around with a question "Do you understand this?";
- comfortable in your own room or wherever you like.
Teachers can now flip the classroom:
- use lectures at home, do hometasks in class;
- use technology to humanize the classroom;
- make classes interactive.
The Process:
- video, video, test (some hints are included);
- from simple to more advanced;
- can teach and learn everything.
Teachers can see student's progress. It is shown in an overall table or can be individualized.
Colors represent the level of proficiency:
- Green - proficient;
- Blue - working on it;
- Red - stuck.
Teacher can intervene learning of those students who have red areas and give them extra explanation and practice, or first put student with green with another one with red in the same area together and let them learn from each other. It is peer-to-peer tutoring.
The main aim of Khan Academy is to make teaching and interaction as productive as possible.
Teacher can create a class, add students there and know exactly:
Some interesting statistics:
- 4200 free micro lectures
- 100 - 200 watched videos a day
- over 1 million of students
Moving education to a new level so that learners:
- watch video at your own time, at your own pace;
- review video when necessary without being embarrassed to ask to repeat;
- when you acquire a new concept, there is no one around with a question "Do you understand this?";
- comfortable in your own room or wherever you like.
Teachers can now flip the classroom:
- use lectures at home, do hometasks in class;
- use technology to humanize the classroom;
- make classes interactive.
The Process:
- video, video, test (some hints are included);
- from simple to more advanced;
- can teach and learn everything.
Teachers can see student's progress. It is shown in an overall table or can be individualized.
Colors represent the level of proficiency:
- Green - proficient;
- Blue - working on it;
- Red - stuck.
Teacher can intervene learning of those students who have red areas and give them extra explanation and practice, or first put student with green with another one with red in the same area together and let them learn from each other. It is peer-to-peer tutoring.
The main aim of Khan Academy is to make teaching and interaction as productive as possible.
Teacher can create a class, add students there and know exactly:
- what student did;
- how long they spend every day;
- what students have watched;
- when they pause videos;
- where they stop watching;
- what exercises are they using;
- what they have been focused on.
IT IS A GLOBAL ONE-WORLD CLASSROOM
Salman Khan presented his speech in 2011 at TED Talks in California in March 2011 and received a standing ovation. His full speech you can find here.
The website of Khan Academy is https://www.khanacademy.org/ It is in English, and it is the most developed resource. However, today they have translated in in several languages. The Russian version of this resource can be found here. It contains the same information, but it is difficult to navigate on this website.
This is how Khan Academy main page looks like:
And this is the choice of subjects. Isn't it amazing?!
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