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Khan Academy: Friend or Foe?

A Principal's Reflections

Khan is the creator of Khan Academy. He began his keynote by sharing a video montage of Khan Academy highlights and then presenting some impressive statistics on usage. The catalyst for Khan Academy began some years ago with a Yahoo doodle Sal developed to help a family member with her struggles in math.

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Meet the Platform That ‘Gets to Know You’—and Cuts Test Prep Time in Half

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His efforts paid off: he boosted his SAT score by more than 350 points and landed a spot in Yale’s class of 2006. When Phan tutors his Asia-based students who hope to attend college in the US, he has them follow The Edge Prep curriculum and take the eight official SAT tests on Khan Academy.

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Meet the Platform That 'Gets to Know You'—and Cuts Test Prep Time in Half

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His efforts paid off: he boosted his SAT score by more than 350 points and landed a spot in Yale’s class of 2006. When Phan tutors his Asia-based students who hope to attend college in the US, he has them follow The Edge Prep curriculum and take the eight official SAT tests on Khan Academy.

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Are Free Educational Videos Worth It?

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Similarly, when using Google to search for educational videos the results will yield both YouTube videos under the video tab (Google purchased YouTube in 2006) and websites from across the internet. Common hits are videos from dispersed free and paid-for educational videos websites such as TEDx , Udemy , Khan Academy , and Coursera.

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Google Offers Free Cloud Access to Colleges, Plays Catch Up to Amazon, Microsoft

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Amazon Web Services has dominated the cloud service business by being around longest (2006) and nabbing corporate and governmental customers like Comcast, Adobe and the Department of Defense. work with Best Buy, Kaplan and Khan Academy. Having launched earliest in 2006, Amazon has “matured for a while,” Gupta says.