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Khan Academy: Figuring out how kids learn with #TeachWithKhan educator Tambra Kascic
In a recent interview, our Teacher Community Program Manager, Aviv, spoke to Tambra Kascic, an #alwaysgrowing educator with a special commitment to figuring out how kids learn and sharing her expertise in the #TeachWithKhan Facebook and Twitter communities. Aviv at Khan Academy: Can you describe your journey to becoming a teacher? Tambra: Before I started teaching, I aspired to work in engineering technologies, and wound up working for a military-based supplier company. This is where I worked on various military equipment during Desert Storm and I got the opportunity to inspect the Atlantis space shuttle windows! I decided to re-attend college at age 48 to complete a degree in secondary education mathematics because I got tired of hearing teens say, “I hate math.” This is where I learned about Khan Academy from a grad student who was teaching a biology lab I was enrolled in.Aviv at Khan Academy: That’s an incredible journey! How did you address…
Saylor.org: Saylor Academy and Montgomery County Community College Partner to Promote Student Degree Completion
Saylor Academy is very pleased to announce a new partnership with Montgomery County Community College of Pennsylvania (MCCC), to provide alternative associate degree completion opportunities for MCCC students. MCCC and Saylor Academy both recognize that adult learners require flexible educational options to balance skill development with work and life demands. Saylor Academy’s always-available, self-paced course [...] Read More... The post Saylor Academy and Montgomery County Community College Partner to Promote Student Degree Completion appeared first on Saylor Academy.
Saylor.org: Saylor Academy, CUNY SPS Partner to Offer Adults Flexible Degree Paths
CUNY SPS and Saylor Academy partner to offer affordable degrees for adult learners. Adults can start with free Saylor.org courses to earn college credit. [...] Read More... The post Saylor Academy, CUNY SPS Partner to Offer Adults Flexible Degree Paths appeared first on Saylor Academy.
Khan Academy: After seeing substantial score gains in a pilot study, Khan Academy launches a new offering for school districts
Two years ago, Khan Academy started a pilot program with Long Beach Unified School District in Long Beach, California, to explore how to work with teachers and unlock student potential. Bolstered by the pilot’s success, we’re pleased to announce the introduction of Khan Academy Districts, a landmark new offering for school districts across the country.In addition to Long Beach Unified, Compton Unified School District and Madera Unified School District in California and Seminole County Public Schools in Florida will use Khan Academy Districts this school year. Khan Academy and Long Beach Unified conducted a joint correlational study in the 2017-2018 school year of more than 5,000 students. Research shows:Teaching with Khan Academy for one class period per week for at least 30 minutes was associated with students gaining an additional 22 points on the state mathematics assessment.Long Beach Unified reported students who used Khan Academy gained twice the district average…
Saylor.org: Announcing the Saylor Academy Summit: Closing the Global Skills Gap
Global leaders will discuss the global skills gap, learn innovative education models to solve at the Saylor Academy Summit in Washington, DC. Register at summit.saylor.org. [...] Read More... The post Announcing the Saylor Academy Summit: Closing the Global Skills Gap appeared first on Saylor Academy.
Saylor.org: Earning a US College Degree from India
Krishnaraj used Saylor Academy to earn a US degree from Mumbai, India. You can too, with free online courses at Saylor.org [...] Read More... The post Earning a US College Degree from India appeared first on Saylor Academy.
Khan Academy: Engineering principles help us scale to better meet our mission
Growth is a goal for every organization and company. At Khan Academy, our nonprofit mission is to reach all learners around the world whose lives can be improved with access to a free education. To give you an idea of our growth towards our mission, today 18 million people learn on Khan Academy every month, up from nine million in 2016. How have we been able to deliver more content, more features, and continually improved experiences for our users? Our VP of Engineering, Marta Kosarchyn, shares out a powerful and an often overlooked strategy for scaling growth. Read more in the Khan Engineering blog. Inspired by our mission? Be sure to check out our careers page. Making the right shifts keeps things running smoothly. Photo by Alok Sharma on Unsplash…
Khan Academy: Meet the Best Presentation winner at the first-ever Khan Academy Ambassador Summer Summit
Amy Forsythe is a high school math teacher as Mason High School in Mason, Ohio. Amy attended our inaugural Khan Academy Ambassador Summer Summit in July and we’re delighted to share this guest blog post! By Amy ForsytheMy experience at the the pilot Khan Academy Ambassador Summer Summit—#KhanCon—was amazing! My expectation was that I would learn some new tricks for using Khan Academy in my classroom and maybe even get some insider info on what changes will be taking place in the future, and that definitely happened. I not only heard things that will help me in my classroom, but I also got great tips on how Khan Academy can help others. While those tangible learnings were huge, the real WOW moments for me were the connections I made with other Ambassadors and the Khan Academy staff. It is an incredible experience to be around others who share your passion for something. We realized how much we all have in common despite being from different states, d…
Khan Academy: 2018 in review: Annual Report
Last year more than 70 million people used Khan Academy. Even more importantly 1.5 million of those users spent enough time on Khan Academy to lead to significant academic results. Wow!We are so proud of everyone who spent time learning on Khan Academy and are especially grateful to our community of supporters who make it all possible. Check out some of the things we accomplished in 2018! 1. World-class learning around the worldMore people than ever before use Khan Academy to learn and reach their potential! World map of usage in 2018 2. Equalizing access to collegeStudents’ ability to achieve their goals shouldn’t depend on their families’ ability to pay for test prep.In 2018, 2.3 million students used Khan Academy to prepare for the SAT.3. Doing more to reach the students who need it most Lack of access to quality education is a persistent barrier to progress in the United States. This lack of opportunity disproportionately affects low-income familie…
Khan Academy: Helping aspiring teachers reach higher with new Official Praxis® Core Prep
Teachers and students are the heart of all that we do at Khan Academy. That’s why it was a no-brainer for us to partner with ETS, the makers of the Praxis® exams, to help aspiring teachers enter the profession. Our new Khan Academy Official Praxis® Core Prep is a free, first-of-its-kind preparation resource which is now available for tomorrow’s educators. Watch our announcement videoAspiring teachers can use Official Praxis® Core Prep to create a personalized learning plan to prepare for the Praxis® Core Academic Skills for Educators (Core) test, a key exam for many candidates entering teacher preparation programs. Using Official Praxis® Core Prep can strengthen the reading, writing, and math skills needed to succeed on the Praxis® Core test, in teacher preparation programs, and in the classroom. “There are a lot of resources out there that say they will help you, but they are expensive and you never know if they will real…
OLI. Carnegie Mellon University: OLI and Lumen make teaching courses even easier
OLI and Lumen make teaching courses even easier by improving delivery and support CMU's Open Learning Initiative has partnered with evidence-based courseware provider Lumen Learning to deliver a smoother experience to OLI instructors. Beginning with General Chemistry and Anatomy & Physiology, Lumen will help instructors make The post OLI and Lumen make teaching courses even easier appeared first on OLI.
OLI. Carnegie Mellon University: Dean Scheines discusses the OpenSimon learning engineering community
Dean Scheines discusses the OpenSimon learning engineering community Dr. Richard Scheines chats about Learning Engineering with Enrollment Growth University's podcast, discussing how The Simon Initiative's Open Simon community is working to improve learning. Dr. Scheines is the Faculty Lead of The Simon Initiative and Dean of The post Dean Scheines discusses the OpenSimon learning engineering community appeared first on OLI.
OLI. Carnegie Mellon University: Seven elite universities, including CMU, offering free online courses
Seven elite universities, including CMU, offering free online courses OLI and CMU are in good company on a curated list of top-tier schools that offer free online courses. Learn about the other schools and their online offerings below. Read more The post Seven elite universities, including CMU, offering free online courses appeared first on OLI.
Khan Academy: Announcing Our New Partnership with NWEA to Accelerate Student Learning
Teachers have long told us they want more actionable insights into the assessments they give every year in their classrooms to improve learning for every student.That’s why we’re excited to announce that Khan Academy is partnering with NWEA, a mission-driven education nonprofit and maker of the gold-standard classroom assessment, MAP Growth. Together we’re developing MAP Accelerator, a unique classroom tool designed to help teachers deeply integrate personalized learning and assessment to accelerate student achievement.Watch our announcement video: MAP Accelerator will help teachers quickly and easily deliver a personalized learning path for every student based on their MAP Growth results. Teachers will be able to identify which students need extra help to fill gaps and unleash learning for students who are ready to move ahead. Teachers can use MAP Accelerator to differentiate instruction for students with diverse academic needs, particularly traditionally…
Khan Academy: Old School, New School: Mastery-Based Learning
By Beatrice, a guest blogger who is a junior in high schoolThe high school I attend in Silicon Valley requires all juniors to spend one week participating in an internship or shadow week. I was lucky to be able to spend my week at Khan Academy. During my shadow week, I learned how Khan Academy reaches people all over the world who are driven to deepen their education. It was also a chance to attend communications team meetings, learn about the testimonial process, and understand how press release requests are handled. Throughout the week, I also realized that Khan Academy, Khan Lab School and the Waldorf school that I attend share the belief that students understand concepts best through mastery-based learning—an educational pedagogy that allows students to learn at a pace that is suitable to them. At first glance, it might seem surprising that an online learning experience like Khan Academy, a startup like Khan Lab School, and a Waldorf school that has roots in a philosoph…
OLI. Carnegie Mellon University: OLI and Simon Initiative’s OpenSimon Toolkit in the news
OLI and Simon Initiative's OpenSimon Toolkit in the news Photo by Jeffrey R. Young, EdSurge Last week The Simon Initiative announced its OpenSimon Toolkit, an effort to make Carnegie Mellon University's learning engineering techniques, tools, and materials openly available. Here's some of the press OpenSimon The post OLI and Simon Initiative’s OpenSimon Toolkit in the news appeared first on OLI.
OLI. Carnegie Mellon University: OpenSimon Toolkit to make every classroom a learning laboratory
OpenSimon Toolkit to make every classroom a learning laboratory Carnegie Mellon University has launched OpenSimon — a learning engineering community that will catalyze a revolution in learning and teaching for the world’s educational institutions. Central to this effort is the release of the OpenSimon Toolkit. This suite of The post OpenSimon Toolkit to make every classroom a learning laboratory appeared first on OLI.
OLI. Carnegie Mellon University: CMU working to close the “opportunity gap” for students
CMU working to close the "opportunity gap" for students A pair of separate, but complementary, research projects led by Carnegie Mellon University will use cutting-edge research in motivation, thinking, culturally affirming teaching and human-computer interaction to galvanize a community of teachers, mentors and parents around improving The post CMU working to close the “opportunity gap” for students appeared first on OLI.
Khan Academy: Khan Academy students make it work in new documentary series
At Phillips Magnet Elementary School in Napa, California, where 65% of students are second-language learners and 85% come from low-income backgrounds, one group of students is bringing light to a community no longer willing to stay in the shadows.Watch the trailer:The new docuseries ‘Make it Work’, now available on Amazon Prime Video and The Roku Channel, features students who are inspired by their teacher and powered by lessons from Khan Academy. Follow their journey as they apply newfound skills to propose a public improvement project to make the streets around their school safer.“I’m so proud of these students,” says Sal Khan, Khan Academy’s founder. “Their success shows us how students who have access to a high-quality education are able to unlock their full potential and accomplish great things. I want that for every child in America and around the world.” Narrated by YouTube icon Hank Green and produced and directed by Emmy Award-wi…
Khan Academy: Sal joins the Cult of Pedagogy podcast to discuss mastery!
We’ve heard so many good things from Khan Academy teachers about the Cult of Pedagogy podcast and the teacher tools and resources found on its site that we had to get involved! Recently, Sal joined the podcast to discuss how our new mastery learning system can make a big difference in classrooms, the importance of teachers in unlocking the potential in every student, and why Khan Academy’s nonprofit status is more important than ever. 🔊Check out the episode here https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/khan-mastery-learning/ …