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

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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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Why Mastery Based Learning is a Good Option

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Because learning is student-driven rather than teacher-driven, learner-paced rather than unit-paced, technology is critical to the rollout of this approach. That means not only digital devices but infrastructure and teacher training. What is Standards-based Grading? Visible Learning and John Hattie. What is MBL.

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Why Flipped Learning Is Still Going Strong 10 Years Later

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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. But to hear Khan tell it, that association was little more than a coincidence of timing.

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Curriculum Design is Emotional Work—This Teacher Makes It Easier

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When school leadership made this announcement in August during our staff training, I immediately felt overwhelmed and confused. Khan Academy videos coupled with IXL exercises aligned to standards we were learning in class. You’ve got time to plan ahead.”

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8 Ed-tech organizations every teacher should know about

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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

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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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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Testing, Testing… From the Khan Academy blog : “ Khan Academy is the Official Practice Partner for AP.” ” This is the second major partnership the organization has made with the College Board , as Khan Academy is also its test prep site of choice for the SAT.