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Three Things We Learned at Khan Academy Over the Last Decade

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This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. In 2005, Sal Khan founded Khan Academy, the online education nonprofit where is now CEO, and in 2014 he founded the Khan Lab School. At the same time, we knew that technology was nowhere near a silver bullet.

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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. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Smartphones in Education: Redirecting Distraction with Mobile Learning

ViewSonic Education

If you’re interested in how to better integrate technology into your classroom, visit ViewSonic Education. . While the benefits of technology in the classroom have been well established, mobile devices are another issue. Read on for a list of creative ways you can transform a distracting mobile device into a learning tool.

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Kiddom’s Content Library Makes Differentiation Faster Than Ever

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While it offers many appealing pieces (homework assignment and grading, easy communication, and built-in metrics), one unique to Kiddom is their robust K-12 content library. Khan Academy. The library is searchable by topic with preview features for selections. How to use the library. This includes: ABCYa.com.

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Use the SAMR Model to Energize Class Tech

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This is a question I get often from teachers: Technology is always an extra layer of work in my classroom. The problem was four-fold: students didn’t have the technology foundation to smoothly incorporate digital tools into projects. This provides an easy, natural, resilient, and native way to integrate technology into teaching.

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Use the SAMR Model to Spearhead Technology in Your Classroom

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This is a question I get often from teachers: Technology is always an extra layer of work in my classroom. The problem was four-fold: students didn’t have the technology foundation to smoothly incorporate digital tools into projects. This provides an easy, natural, resilient, and native way to integrate technology into teaching.