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Khan Academy A Teachers Guide to KHANACADEMY.ORG
Intro
In this course you will be learning how to use and implement the khanacademy learning system. By using this system you will be actively improving your students skills in many different areas of study. Khan academy started out with Sal Khan a hedge fund worker turned tutor to his niece. Word got out about his awesome tutoring he created videos and would post them to site called YouTube. Khan Academy is a non profit organization funded by wealthy entrepreneurs and received a large grant from Google and the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation in 2010. This site has improved student confidence and teacher communication with students and other educators.
Objectives
To become knowledgeable of Khanacademy.com Navigating the tool bar Signing up for a Coach Account Tracking student progress
Implementing these techniques in Classroom Environment Following the activities Watching videos in class Signing in as a student
Prerequisites
Need to have knowledge as an Instructor
Have some knowledge of using the internet
Khanacademy.com
WHY?
It’s a free source for learning
You can be a teacher, Student, Parent, or Tutor and use KHANACADEMY.COM
Can track your progress or students progress
The videos and files are by industry professionals'
Can learn or teach at your own pace
BENIFITS EMPOWERS
MOTIVATIONAL
ACHIEVEMENTS
Words to Know
Dashboard
Coach Account
Manage Students
Student Progress
Skill Progress
Grid
Activity
Real time
Essentials
Laptop or Computer
Internet Access
Gmail or Facebook account
Signing in
Step 1
Step 2
Creating a Class
Create a name
Then click “Create Class”
Click on the icon
Adding Students
Type email of student you would like to add in your class
Step 1 Go to kahnacademy.com and click on the coach icon on the top left
Step 2 Type in your Gmail or Facebook account information and agree to terms
Step 3 Create a class called “Mathematics” and click create class
Step 4 Invite a student to your class by typing in their email
Click add student
Activity #1 Signing in and adding student.
Checking progress
This is your menu that you will be using to check your students data.
Can be found in the student Progress tab on top left corner in coach Menu
Checking Progress
Specific Student Skills Skills
Observe all skills attempted by student and are clickable to see how they did in that subject
Recommendations If student isn't doing well this
is were you can get useful recommendations to help them succeed
Videos Videos watched
Badges Any Badges earned by the
student
Activity Graph showing progress of
student activity
Focus Showing in a pie chart style
how long each section took in videos and Skill taking
Does Khan Academy Help Kids Learn Math?https://www.edsurge.com
71% of students liked Khan Academy; 32% liked math more as a result of using it;
85% of teachers believe it had a positive impact on student's understanding of math; 86% would recommend it to other teachers;
The majority of use cases was supplemental: Just 20% of teachers say Khan Academy played a role in introducing new concepts.
“…positive relationships were found between Khan Academy use and better-than-expected achievement and non-achievement outcomes, including level of math anxiety and confidence in one's ability to do math.”
“...demonstrate[ing] how a technology provider can collaborate with schools and independent researchers to obtain and respond to feedback to execute rapid cycles of improvement to its digital education offering.”