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10 Online Video Resources About Math

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There are great reasons to use online videos to learn math: Visual Learning: for many, this makes complex topics easier to understand Flexibility: access content at their own pace Engagement: engaging and interactive Review and Replay: revisit specific sections of a video as many times as needed to reinforce understanding.

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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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Khan Academy Wants to Make 'Mastery Learning' Mainstream. Will Partnering With Schools Help?

Edsurge

A big idea driving Khan Academy is a belief in “mastery learning”—that students should show proficiency in one set of materials before moving on to the next. The nonprofit’s latest push to make mastery learning mainstream involves partnering with school districts who adopt Khan Academy’s materials and platform.

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Khan Academy plunged into classrooms, then classrooms went online

The Hechinger Report

Although Khan Academy was one of the first online learning organizations to promote the idea that kids could learn at home at their own pace, Khan denied the suggestion that working with traditional schools was a significant change in direction, instead calling it “a natural evolution of our work.”. Published with permission.

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5 Tech Tools for Math Class

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2 Khan Academy. Khan Academy is a website that provides online math and science education for students of all ages. It has a huge library of videos and questions, covers a wide range of topics, and adapts to each student’s level. Give ByteLearn a try in your classroom today! 3 IXL Learning. Final thoughts.

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Smartphones in Education: Redirecting Distraction with Mobile Learning

ViewSonic Education

These powerful handheld devices not only enable access to the Internet and a universe of educational apps, but their fast speeds and vast processing power make them essential tools, particularly for engineering and science students. However, blanket bans ignore the benefits that mobile learning can bring to the classroom.

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8 Great Websites and Apps to Help Kids With Fractions

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Luckily, there are a lot of online apps on offer that are accessible to students and make learning much easier than traditional methods. The teaching resources include video content, which is an engaging way to break down the more in-depth ideas without solely relying on text.