at Gel 2010
given description:
What started as algebra lessons for his cousins has turned into a world-changing project. Hundreds of thousands of users worldwide have benefited from Sal Khan's friendly, accessible Youtube videos explaining math, science, and other subjects.
Sal has a vision of teaching the entire world, for free. His not-for-profit Khan Academy has the mission of "providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere." In this outstanding Gel video, Sal describes the elements of the good experience he's trying to create.
whoa whoa whoa... here's your differentiation teachers... or life long learners...
anybody can learn anything...then when we get together in a room... we can just be doing...
in Sal's words... why it works to learn this way:
1. self-paced 5:40
his cousins first said - you are better on youtube. - mostly because you can rewind or fast forward...
he says... face-to-face is stressful... everyone thinks you should get it right away. this is self-paced.
2. focus on the learning
he says mit is great, but if given a lecturer to look at, you naturally focus on them. here, you don't see the teacher, so you focus on the learning
3. it's like a conversation 7:00
not scripted... started out of laziness.. for his cousins -
not a finished product.. but a conversation... which people say -makes them feel comfortable about say math. people get to see the thought process of making mistakes.
4. focus is on intuition 8:20
he tries to deliver things the way he wished it was delivered to him
not memorization... it's not a nice to have, not a - let's make A students... but let's learn. there is a deep hunger for this type of thing....
letter - "first time i smiled doing a derivative."
"i actually got a natural high, like,... i'm doing kung fu here."
as teachers we think we're the only one's who get off on this... actually learning something is the highest high in human being can have.
"spent entire summer on your youtube page... had basic deficiencies in math.. on placement test... didn't miss a single math problem."
i need to watch this video again... i know i missed a lot... of stuff that really matters.
whoa whoa whoa... here's your differentiation teachers... or life long learners...
anybody can learn anything...then when we get together in a room... we can just be doing...
in Sal's words... why it works to learn this way:
1. self-paced 5:40
his cousins first said - you are better on youtube. - mostly because you can rewind or fast forward...
he says... face-to-face is stressful... everyone thinks you should get it right away. this is self-paced.
2. focus on the learning
he says mit is great, but if given a lecturer to look at, you naturally focus on them. here, you don't see the teacher, so you focus on the learning
3. it's like a conversation 7:00
not scripted... started out of laziness.. for his cousins -
not a finished product.. but a conversation... which people say -makes them feel comfortable about say math. people get to see the thought process of making mistakes.
4. focus is on intuition 8:20
he tries to deliver things the way he wished it was delivered to him
not memorization... it's not a nice to have, not a - let's make A students... but let's learn. there is a deep hunger for this type of thing....
letter - "first time i smiled doing a derivative."
"i actually got a natural high, like,... i'm doing kung fu here."
as teachers we think we're the only one's who get off on this... actually learning something is the highest high in human being can have.
"spent entire summer on your youtube page... had basic deficiencies in math.. on placement test... didn't miss a single math problem."
i need to watch this video again... i know i missed a lot... of stuff that really matters.
Sal Khan at Gel 2010 from Gel Conference on Vimeo.
great write up in The Chronicle of Higher Ed
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