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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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Sal Khan on Expanding Into Early Learning and Launching a Peer-to-Peer Tutoring Platform

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Sal Khan has been as busy as ever. Over the last year, he’s helped Khan Academy manage a three-fold user increase, has grown and developed an online program geared toward early learners, and launched a new peer-to-peer tutoring platform to keep students connected and learning during the pandemic.

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How Is Cloud Computing Revolutionizing the Education Industry?

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American entrepreneur Salman Khan (not to be confused with the Bollywood actor of the same name) founded a similar project ten years later, namely the Khan Academy. According to statistics published by Gartner analyst Thomas Bittman, only 4% of the school and education system was interested in cloud computing in 2009.

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Top 7 TED Talks every teacher should see

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Taking the stage back in 2009 made me feel like I was a teacher again, and I loved teaching. Founder of Khan Academy, Sal Khan, talks about the absurdity of the educational system and calls for a different approach to teaching and assessing: mastery-based learning. Being on a TED stage is incredible as well.

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Omidyar Network Spins Off Education Portfolio Into Independent Investment Firm

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Since 2009, Omidyar Network has invested $200 million in 100 educational for-profit and nonprofit organizations, according to Klement. They include Andela, Khan Academy and Code.org. Not all of its bets have been home runs. AltSchool (which rebranded as Altitude Learning), has drastically scaled back its team and ambitions.

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TenMarks Shutdown Leaves Teachers Wanting, Competitors Circling

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In replacing TenMarks for its second- through eighth-graders, Yakima has identified three alternative online math curriculum providers: Freckle, Zearn and the nonprofit Khan Academy. Some teachers already use Freckle and Khan Academy on their own.) We’re missing it,” Fitterer says.

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Change is a Mindset

A Principal's Reflections

Luckily change came in the form of a little blue bird that gave me the kick in the butt that I desperately needed back in 2009. The best part is that NMHS teachers themselves are creating the interactive content as opposed to relying on Khan Academy. It was a huge problem for us. We were in a rut and didn''t even know it.