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A free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere: this is the goal of the Khan Academy, a passion project that grew from an ex-engineer and hedge funder's online tutoring sessions with his niece, who was struggling with algebra, into a worldwide phenomenon. Today millions of students, parents, and teachers use the Khan Academy's free videos and software, which have expanded to encompass nearly every conceivable subject; and Academy techniques are being employed with exciting results in a growing number of classrooms around the globe.
Like many innovators, Khan rethinks existing assumptions and imagines what education could be if freed from them. And his core idea-liberating teachers from lecturing and state-mandated calendars and opening up class time for truly human interaction-has become his life's passion. Schools seek his advice about connecting to students in a digital age, and people of all ages and backgrounds flock to the site to utilize this fresh approach to learning.
Like many innovators, Khan rethinks existing assumptions and imagines what education could be if freed from them. And his core idea-liberating teachers from lecturing and state-mandated calendars and opening up class time for truly human interaction-has become his life's passion. Schools seek his advice about connecting to students in a digital age, and people of all ages and backgrounds flock to the site to utilize this fresh approach to learning.
The One World School House
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The One World School House
Khan, S. (2012). One world schoolhouse. Great Britain: Grand Central Publishing.
A free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere: this is the goal of the Khan Academy, a passion project that grew from an ex-engineer and hedge funder's online tutoring sessions with his niece, who was struggling with algebra, into a worldwide phenomenon. Today millions of students, parents, and teachers use the Khan Academy's free videos and software, which have expanded to encompass nearly every conceivable subject; and Academy techniques are being employed with exciting results in a growing number of classrooms around the globe.
Like many innovators, Khan rethinks existing assumptions and imagines what education could be if freed from them. And his core idea-liberating teachers from lecturing and state-mandated calendars and opening up class time for truly human interaction-has become his life's passion. Schools seek his advice about connecting to students in a digital age, and people of all ages and backgrounds flock to the site to utilize this fresh approach to learning.
Like many innovators, Khan rethinks existing assumptions and imagines what education could be if freed from them. And his core idea-liberating teachers from lecturing and state-mandated calendars and opening up class time for truly human interaction-has become his life's passion. Schools seek his advice about connecting to students in a digital age, and people of all ages and backgrounds flock to the site to utilize this fresh approach to learning.
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A Review of
Learning to Teach and The Broken Model
For more information on Part 1 and 2, please follow the link below:
https://www.emaze.com/@AOTIWZZOT/the-one-world-school-house
https://www.emaze.com/@AOTIWZZOT/the-one-world-school-house
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Salman Khan Illustrates how our current classroom model is broken. Children are marched along in age group batches and taught under an umbrella of one size fits all curricula. Because of this factory approach to education, many children are left behind with gaps in their comprehension.
For more information about the Prussian Model, or factory model, of education, please watch the video "The Origins of the American Public Education System: Horace Mann & the Prussian Model of Obedience"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZp7eVJNJuw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZp7eVJNJuw
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As Khan started tutoring his cousins in math, he wrote a simple software program that could assist him with generating problems and tracking their learning. This was the birth of khan academy.
You may find the link to Khan Academy below:
https://www.khanacademy.org/profile/kaid_976107109747600682911238/courses
https://www.khanacademy.org/profile/kaid_976107109747600682911238/courses
By writing this software program, khan reimagines education. Mastery learning is not a new concept, it was first introduced in the 1920s and again in the 1960s, but lost popularity due to the higher costs associated with this method. Khan's use of technology makes this method of education affordable and equitable to all.
More information about the Winnetka Plan (1920s) and Benjamin Bloom (1960s) can be found below:
http://schugurensky.faculty.asu.edu/moments/1919winnetka.html
https://tguskey.com/wp-content/uploads/Mastery-Learning-5-Revisiting-Blooms...
http://schugurensky.faculty.asu.edu/moments/1919winnetka.html
https://tguskey.com/wp-content/uploads/Mastery-Learning-5-Revisiting-Blooms...
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Sal Khan shows us how his software program could be beneficial in a flipped classroom. This would allow students to use the support of technology at home to watch lectures, then come to class the next day prepared to ask questions and engage in meaningful conversation about the content.
To learn about what a flipped classroom looks like, you may follow the link below for an informational video:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=what+is+a+flipped+classroom&docid=6080...
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=what+is+a+flipped+classroom&docid=6080...
As we saw in the first half of the book, sal khan developed a simple software program to assist with tutoring his cousins. As khan academy gained momentum, he needed to refine this program. These refinements included tracking How many problems a student got right or wrong, how much time they spent on each problem, and provided students with a "knowledge map."
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Khan knew he couldn't stay behind the computer screen forever. He needed to test the waters by applying his software in an actual classroom. His first chance to do this came in 2007 with a program known as Penninsula Bridge.
This leap into a real classroom was a major stepping stone for khan academy. Peninsula Bridge is a summer program that provides educational opportunities to motivated middle-school kids from under-resourced schools. Khan was invited to participate in a pilot program to test how well this method would assist in getting kids prepared to face algebra.
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3 Teachers decided to implement khan academy in their curriculum. 2 out of the 3 decided to start their students with basic math, such as 1+1. The other teacher decided to start their students with a review of 5th-grade math. at the end of the program, it was found that the students who started from the beginning actually made more gains in achievement than their peers who started with a review. this proved two things: learning gaps can start in early elementary school, and Khan academy was efficient in closing those gaps.
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Khan academy was continuing to gain momentum and Salman Khan had a decision to make... should He quit his day job as a hedge fund analyst and commit to Khan academy full time?
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After quitting his day job his first sign of hope was an invitation to meet with some interested investors at google in January 2010. After 2 meetings khan put forth a proposal, if accepted, he would be granted $2 million to put towards the expansion of khan academy.
The history of how Khan Academy started and who originally funded this mission:
https://support.khanacademy.org/hc/en-us/articles/202483180-What-is-the-his...
https://support.khanacademy.org/hc/en-us/articles/202483180-What-is-the-his...
Khan soon received even more support from Ann Doerr, the wife of famed venture capitalist, John Doerr. She was a big fan of his program and sent him a donation of $10,000 to go towards khan academy. After she found out that khan and his family were living off of their savings as he expanded khan academy, she generously donated $100,000 to keep the family afloat.
Things started happening quickly for khan. Bill Gates had started using khan academy for his own kids and invited khan to his headquarters in Washington. The Gates Foundation awarded him $1.5 million to get office space and hire employees and later gave $4 million to support other projects.
Now with funding secure and Khan Academy stabilized, khan knew he needed to get back out there in a real classroom and get real data. This was the beginning of the Los altos experiment.
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At the end of November 2010, the pilot program at Los Altos was up and running. It included 2 5th grade classes and 2 7th grade classes. During this time major improvements were being made to the software program at the suggestion of real classroom teachers.
At the end of the experiment, students were tested to see how much progress was made by using khan academy. At the beginning of the year, the 5th-grade group was already at 91 percent proficiency, but at the end of the experiment, they were at 96 percent. the biggest achievement was seen in the 7th-grade classes. Relative to their prior year, the average score improved by 106 percent. Khan had proven yet again that his program was helping students achieve true mastery and closing their learning gaps. These students were finally blossoming.
More information about how Khan Academy has impacted this school district:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=the+los+altos+experiment+with+khan+aca...
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=the+los+altos+experiment+with+khan+aca...
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Through his development of khan academy and that of his own educational experience, Salman Khan has explicit views on how he envisions the future of education.
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Khan believes that the school of the future should model after a one-room schoolhouse. Children of different ages should be able to co-exist: The older students take on responsibility for the younger students and the younger students look up to and emulate the older ones.
An article covering the advantages and disadvantages of multiage classrooms:
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED504569.pdf
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED504569.pdf
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teaching should be a team sport. By merging classrooms together, teachers can now support and learn from each other. Younger teachers can learn from more experienced ones, and the older teachers can absorb fresh ideas from the younger ones. Teachers with special expertise can lead a topic with the others in support roles. Students benefit by enjoying different techniques employed by different teachers.
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Ordered chaos can be a good thing. Khan believes the school of the future should have up to 100 students of varying ages in each class with multiple teachers. students would break apart into different groups working on project-based learning. only about 2 hours of their time would be spent on computers doing mastery-based learning in their core subject areas.
The benefits of project-based learning:
https://www.methodschools.org/blog/the-benefits-of-project-based-learning
https://www.methodschools.org/blog/the-benefits-of-project-based-learning
If Khan had it his way, he would pull the plug on summer vacation. During those months educational infrastructure sits vacant and so do the minds of our students. He would prefer a scenario of a perpetual school experience where vacations can be taken whenever. Students are learning at their own pace so we don't need to worry about them falling behind.
This link will take you to an article that seems to oppose the idea of the "summer slide." Sometimes it's helpful to see both sides when making our own conclusions about how to approach education.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-learn/201707/facts-and-fict...
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-learn/201707/facts-and-fict...
We live in a world of inequality and instability. Technology can help reach students in rural and underserved communities around the world. With Khan Academy, Not only can we close the learning gap, but we can also start closing the inequality gap as well.
The link below takes you to a video produced by Harvard and illustrates inequality in education:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=the+inequality+gap+in+education&view=d...
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=the+inequality+gap+in+education&view=d...
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Khan (2012) states that "...the school of the future should be built around an updated version of the one-room schoolhouse. Kids of different ages should mix." (pg. 194)
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I have had experience as a classroom paraprofessional working in a k-5 multiage classroom. magical things happen when you mix different age groups of children together. they work cooperatively and it resembles much more of what will be expected of them outside of school in society. as a future educator, I know this opportunity to teach in a multiage classroom might not be a reality for me. I would, however, like to form a reading co-op between first and fourth graders. The younger students are just starting to read and could benefit from an older student showing them reading strategies and giving book recommendations. The older students solidify their understanding of reading skills and have their first opportunity at mentorship.
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Khan (2012) remarks on his vision of the school of the future saying that "I can see (and hear!) a boisterous subgroup learning economics and trying out market simulations by way of board games." He goes on to say "I would have another group, divided into teams, building robots or designing mobile apps or testing out novel ways for structures to capture sunlight." (pg. 204)
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This illustration of project-based learning aligns with a progressivist approach to education. As an educator, I would love to apply this type of hands-on learning to all subject areas, however, this type of learning would be easiest to apply to science lessons. Students will be actively engaged in real world applications of their lesson material.
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