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Sal Khan: Test Prep Is ‘the Last Thing We Want to Be’

Edsurge

Ten years ago, Sal Khan set out to change that with his Khan Academy videos, which let kids replay lessons as many times as they want. Here in education, Khan doesn’t need much introduction. EdSurge: The theme of the conference is reimagining education. What does that mean to you? Even with our SAT prep.

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Why Flipped Learning Is Still Going Strong 10 Years Later

Edsurge

By 2008 it had its own conference, FlipCon (which closed in 2016). Early this decade there was perhaps no one person—not even Bergmann or Sams—more associated with flipping the classroom than Sal Khan, due in no small part to the more than 140 million views his Khan Academy videos had racked up by 2012. Jon Bergmann.

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8 Ed-tech organizations every teacher should know about

Neo LMS

So here are eight ed-tech organizations every teachers should know about: ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education). Structure: Membership-based. ISTE describes itself as a community of educators passionate about technology. ITEEA (International Technology and Engineering Educators Association). Level: K12.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

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