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By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » Better Online Math

dy/dan » Blog Archive » Better Online Math — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:01:42 +0000

[…] Currently, the online math experience begins with a lecture. The implicit assumption is that students need to be talked at for awhile before they can do anything meaningful. Not only is that untrue but it results in bored learners and poor learning. […]

By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » I’ll Be On Al Jazeera’s The Stream With Sal Khan Tomorrow

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:35:09 +0000

[…] first, Khan poses his lectures as a "first pass" or a "first scaffold" at new material. This is less effective and less engaging than a lecture posed in response a precursor activity that sets students up to need that lecture […]

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mtt2k on the way « Resource Room Dot Net Blog — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:59:06 +0000

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By: Khan Academy: The future of education? « I Love History…and Research

Khan Academy: The future of education? « I Love History…and Research — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 22:11:22 +0000

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By: Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:35:21 +0000

Todd Smith:

Who claims the Khan academy videos come first?

Sal Khan does. peterb:

I’d be more impressed by the Khan Academy nitpicking if I got the sense that the nitpickers had ever, like, watched any kids actually use it. Any kids at all. Ever.

I spent two quarters working in the field with a school that was implementing Khan Academy in a 1:1 computing environment. And I wrote about it. FWIW, these threads would stay open a lot longer if everyone here could be bothered to do the assigned reading. It would be especially great if we could mind what Sal Khan says he intends for his project (every student starting their conceptual development with a video about the concept) rather than what we imagine he intends for his project (ie. "it's just a supplement, it could be used in the middle of a three-act lesson, etc.", which is all great stuff, but totally beside the point).

By: peterb

peterb — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:41:07 +0000

I’d be more impressed by the Khan Academy nitpicking if I got the sense that the nitpickers had ever, like, watched any kids actually use it. Any kids at all. Ever.

By: Dan R

Dan R — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:28:17 +0000

Frank,

The popular idea of flipping does nothing toward helping children really learn. A good teacher doesn’t need to “flip” anything. Here’s a great link about flipping. Be sure to read the comments.

http://smartblogs.com/education/2012/08/07/flipped-classrooms-lets-change-discussion/

By: Kelly Henderson

Kelly Henderson — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:00:32 +0000

Jeremy Bell-

But Khan thinks that slope is “rise over run”. Clearly, he must be destroyed.

By: Jeremy Bell

Jeremy Bell — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:59:26 +0000

Dan you used to be so inspiring – what happened? I used to come here to digest the beginnings of an innovative solution to creating engagement in mathematics. Watching your three act videos, seeing clips of you using it in class, watching vlogs of you discussing what worked and didn’t work – that’s what inspired me to come here.

Is this marketing? Are you just driving traffic by using buzz words like “khan academy”? If that’s the case, then brilliant, but just to let you know that these rants and hating on KA isn’t really helping teachers like me out in the field.

By: Joe Henderson

Joe Henderson — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:50:43 +0000

Right on. Experience first, sense-making afterward. We know from the National Academies Research that this is the most effective way:

http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309070368

Highly recommend that if you don’t already know about it.