Khan Academy Pilot Educators On Khan Academy 110
theodp writes "In what may surprise Khan Academy backers Google and Bill Gates, educators from the Los Altos School District where KA was initially piloted and implemented have responded to some recent KA critiques with a blog entry which notes, 'Teachers in our district have determined that the greatest value of the Khan Academy lies, not in the videos, but in the exercise modules and data generated as students work practice problems.' Not too surprisingly, when it comes to revolutionizing student learning, teachers are bullish on teachers. 'Key to this revolution are the Los Altos teachers,' the educators conclude. 'Teachers in our district are highly valued for their pedagogical perspective, content knowledge, experience, and creative abilities. When district administrators put tools in the hands of teachers and give them room to work, amazing things happen for students. Tools will come and go, but it's the teachers who create meaningful learning experiences that challenge students to grow.'"
And who is surprised? (Score:1, Insightful)
Why would this surprise anyone? Establishment tends to protect itself by embracing change in limited ways while re-emphasizing why "it" is valuable. This is no different than a homeopathic doctor saying "While I respect alopathic medicine, I think their real value is in their diagnostic techniques. The real benefit that myself and the other doctors at my practice play is bringing our wealth of homeopathic understanding to each issue at patient bring in." Not to equate all teaches with homeopathic physicia
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It doesn't. In california, the teachers union (along with other unions) operates like the mafia. Tax dollars come in and are funneled directly to the unions via the public school districts. The unions in turn use their voting bloc and monetary support for the democratic party to cement control.
They have a stranglehold on education dollars and they control the legislature. Nothing even vaguely threatening to the current union system will get to the floor for debate much less come to a vote. The losers are the taxpayers and the students.
As someone who donates money to a friend who works as a teacher just so she can afford extra paper for her students, you're full of shit.
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Well now you know why these people target education, don't you? They feed on people's ignorance.
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In North America, Teachers are consistently one of the least respected, poorest paid professionals, yet they work some of the longest hours (out of altruism) of anyone. Those teachers who don't burn out after their first few years, and continue to make it a career are the true heroes.
And yet, somehow they (or at least a plurality of them) still feel that the unions are doing them a service by being around to protect them from abuse! Despite the fact that the unions soak up untold millions of dollars every year for their own (mostly political) purposes, and protect the teachers that work way less instead of way more (there are plenty of those types around too) they willingly still get behind such a detrimental organization...
Something is really wrong with the way that works.
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I guess everybody's experience could vary by location, but in my state (Ohio), all teacher salary information is available online at http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/teacher-salary [buckeyeinstitute.org]. When I search on the elementary school in my neighborhood, the 2011 salaries for full time employees range from 25K to 91K (this includes everyone from janitor to principals). The median employee is making just over 60K. That may not be great for some areas of the country, but here in Ohio, that is a good salary and based off of
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In North America, Teachers are consistently one of the ... poorest paid professionals
I constantly hear this trotted out, but if you look at the actual facts and figures, salaries teachers in the USA are amongst the highest in the world (basically within the top 10 of all countries on the planet), and also basically on par with teacher salaries amongst first-world countries. Where does this meme come from?
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your teh l33t hax0r (Score:3, Insightful)
No, they're glorified babysitters. I (very briefly) dated an education major in college. She was stressed out over a project she had due for one of her classes in which she needed to make a lesson plan for third graders.
So you briefly dated one (lucky her), and from that experience alone, you came with the conclusion they are all glorified babysitters. Flawless logic based on extensive experience in the field. Today is not raining, ergo, it never rains. Modus ponens whoring ftw!!!!!!
Really challenging program there, eh?
I cannot say what challenges said person had (assume that person ever existed), but I have to ask: have you ever made a lesson plan? For 3rd graders? Also, a program is perceived as challenging depending on a variety of factors, and not just on
Your spats are crooked sir and you look pedestrian (Score:2)
Don't get me wrong. I used to partake on the same Business/Education bashing when I was in school. We all did (well, except the few who didn't revel in sociopathic/narcissist tendencies.) Fortunately, I grew up to recognize it's just an infantile, narcissist, callous and ultimately useless look-at-me-mine-is-bigger kind of thing. I suggest you grow out of it, too.
Hear Hear, spoken like a true gentleman, sir! Lets not lower ourselves to pointless name calling and other such common behavior. Its boorish and undignified of an educated individual.
Especially since one should be basing philosophy majors, those filthy little beggars are the vermin of Academia! Why, I I hear they aren't even circumcised!
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And doctors hate patients, lawyers hate clients, engineers hate machines, programmers hate computers.
Damn, it's like you have no idea what people act like.
^^^ Exactly this. A million times this. People who engage in 'X people hate their clients or whatever' or 'people who do X sucks' (or simply 'we are better than people who do X') are just taking a crap with there asses aiming at the zenith, never thinking their own crap will eventually land on their faces, gravity and all that.
Generalizations are the root of all evil in general (no pun intended), and the root of stupid, kindergartenish fallacies in particular. Particularly so when the generalization is ai
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In california, the teachers union (along with other unions) operates like the mafia. Tax dollars come in and are funneled directly to the unions via the public school districts.
You know that's all public record, right? Why don't you request those balance sheets and publish it in the newspaper if it's true? The answer is because it's not, the unions are funded by union dues paid by the teachers ... of course, you don't know what's really going on or how really poor most schools and teachers are, you're just regurgitating talking points against unions that Glenn Beck or someone fed you.
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Whoa Hoss. Just stop right there. In my state the district can place a tax levy on the ballot, but the voters decide. And just who do you think the "district" is anyway? It's your friends and neighbors that give up their time and effort to do the job that your bitching about. Fuckwit...
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It's absolutely ridiculous that teachers can make $25,000 a year or more. Without unions, we would see teacher salaries go down to something more commeasurate with their work, and something that local governments can actually afford.
$25,000/year is ridiculours? Are they supposed to get by on minimum wage?
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Yes, it's ridiculous. Teachers deserve at least 3 times that.
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you sir, just earned douchebag of the year. $25,000/yr is pigeon feed in comparison to the work they do. Teachers are horribly underpaid, $25,000 is nowhere near enough. Thats barely enough to live off of, even with a very tight and strict budget. sure, if you are 12 yrs old $25,000/yr seems pretty awesome. but if you're a teacher, and you have a spouse, and kids, and a house to take care of, $25,000 barely supports any of that at all. In my ideal world, I would say teachers should make no less than $35,000
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This kind of shit is why I no longer self identify as a Republican anymore. Teachers are overpaid at $25,000???? I guess you think all US labor should be minimum wage so capital can get richer. Son, that's what starts revolutions...
Republicans used to be about limited government, now it's all about the race to the bottom. I am astonished at the uneducated lemmings that have taken over the party.
--> No sense of value
--> No understanding of economics
--> No recollection of history
It's truly incredible...
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You might want to take a look at the salaries of the administrators. Most of the waste is there.
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Does anyone really think teaching is that much different than any knowledge driven task?
I mean, programming tools certainly write better software, and search tools certainly provide a better coverage of a subject than individuals. Teaching someone is not about presenting the knowledge and reasons, not even if if it includes a rigorous explanation. Teaching is about taking someone from some lower level of understanding and knowledge and bringing them to a higher level of understanding and knowledge. There
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Yes, it is. First off, you're not just dealing with the students, you're dealing with (sometimes) batshit-crazy parents, in addition to your own supervisory chain. You're dealing with 25 students in a room, 12 of which have IEPs or 504 documentation, and you may or may not have any in-room support for those kids, depending on the subject area and district. And you're having to deal with students who just won't do the work or are disruptive, you're likely to get little support from the school in terms of dis
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Of course, we all know that your claim is total BS, but the fact that you would think it was even plausible as a d
Teachers see writing on the wall (Score:4, Interesting)
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I can't learn as well on TV. I can't concentrate on it like I can with a book or an interactive lesson on the computer. TV lessons go way too slow or too fast. It's the same with lectures.
Guided self study works the best - for me anyway. Which sucked for me in school because instructors demanded class participation.
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Guided self study works the best - for me anyway.
More or less the same here. I've never really learned anything non-trivial "from a teacher", learned all on my own or out of a book.
Which sucked for me in school because instructors demanded class participation.
Keep ahead of the class... I knew how to integrate by parts long before I sat in the boring lecture, so answering questions wasn't much of a challenge. Learning how to sit quietly while bored is good training for the workforce, we call it "meetings".
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More or less the same here. I've never really learned anything non-trivial "from a teacher", learned all on my own or out of a book.
Many people are like this, it doesn't mean teachers are useless. A good teacher has the knowledge and experience to help guide your self-study. A good teacher will recommend books or subjects or projects to enhance your learning. Reading is great and all, but sometimes you kind of flail in the dark on your own because you don't know what is important to your topic, and what isn't. You don't as a novice know what has already been done, and what is still unknown. A good teacher is there to bounce ideas off of
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Many people are like this, it doesn't mean teachers are useless
Right on, I have little use for them personally, but a very similar analogy is I don't want to eliminate or de-fund eyeglasses, for example, just because they're not my thing. The main point was if you are teaching yourself, make sure to say ahead of the class and then class participation is a breeze, the claim that self teaching = no class participation is a false dilemma.
You mean ... (Score:5, Informative)
You mean we can't just point the technology at the kids and make them learn? It takes actual teachers actually teaching, and not being rigidly restricted to rote scripts?
Whoa....who'd a thunk it?
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It depends on the student really. Some kids have the get up and go to do it themselves, others don't, for various reasons. I think their parents and family can play as much of or even a far more important role in encouraging learning. Really we need to ingrain a personal responsbility ethic into the education system, it would be beneficial in many ways. I could see teachers changing from knowledge dispensers to effective tutoring aides over time though.
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Oh ya, not denying that. I just being sarcastic at the nothing that once again, the technology magic bullet isnt one, and, zomg!, letting teachers teach is what actually matters.
My wife is one, and she complains often about all the various requirements dont leave much time to go beyond "the script", and the rules even dont allow for it. teachers today arent really teachers or educators, they are isntructors. instructors are like what I had in tech school training for my MOS in the marines. "this is this and
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Our education system is a total failure given the resources pour
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"You wasted $150,000 on an education you coulda got for $1.50 in late fees at the public library." - from Good Will Hunting
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"The true university of these days is a collection of books." - Carlyle, Thomas
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Wikipedia says the second one is:
"What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books."
Which is subtly, but IMO importantly, different.
Though perhaps he said or wrote both things separately.
An extremely useful resource. (Score:5, Interesting)
A family member of mine quit high school a year ago when she was just beginning 11th grade. At that time, she didn't even understand fractions and could only do the most basic of basic math. Still, she got to grade 11 just by memorizing material, regurgitating it on a test, and then forgetting it. After she quit (she convinced her mother to let her learn math on her own), she started using Khan Academy. She's currently learning calculus and actually seems to understand the material (unlike many public school students). While Khan Academy may not be revolutionary or perfect, it's an extremely useful resource. You can't, however, just watch the videos passively and expect to learn. You have to actually think about the material, do things on your own, and attempt to understand it.
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Absolutely right. This is an attempt to take billions of dollars and shift it to private industry. Romney referred to us as "Company" and not a "Country" the other day. We're at the point where I'm nostalgic for Bush II calling us "Consumers" instead of "Citizens". The middle class was created when wealth was redistributed down. Those at the top have spent the last 60 years working to reverse that, and they've nearly succeeded. Four years of Romney with a Republican congress will seal the deal.
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The middle class was created when wealth was redistributed down
That would be amazing considering the middle class really began to emerge during the industrial revolution before there was even an income tax.
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I have an uncle who thinks he's Napoleon. That doesn't mean I'm going to post anonymous astroturf forum comments asking people to enlist in his army.
What the hell are you talking about? I just shared a good experience that a family member had using Khan Academy.
Um, that's also how school works.
I explicitly called it a resource and said that it wasn't perfect. Like a book, it is only a resource. Some people can teach themselves and others can't. Teachers are not one-size-fits-all solutions, and I did not say that everyone could do this. You don't have to drop out of school to use it, either.
But I will say this: right now, it's a hell of a lot better than our inefficient, soul-crushing p
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If you didn't actually quote the OP, I would have thought you replied to the wrong post by accident. What do corporations have to do with Khan Academy, which is a non-profit funded by donations?
I mean, I fully agree that the 'privatization' of certain government services is a bad thing, I just don't see how it's relevant. If anything, Khan Academy can save our education system from the abysmal failure it's been for years. Best of all, it's a solution that doesn't depend on charter schools, which is the whol
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I am not intending too bash educators or the classroom experience, but I do not believe that you have supported your argument in favor of in class learning. In a perfect scenario, the in class experience has all of the advantage of the online experience with the added benefit of an instructor that can answer our question in person and adapt the course to the needs of the class. What about the real and all too imperfect world? Much of my public education involved some of the following problems that would not
Did I Miss Something? (Score:5, Informative)
Not too surprisingly, when it comes to revolutionizing student learning, teachers are bullish on teachers.
Is the purpose of this to revolutionize student learning or augment it? It's important because I think some people are thinking that students will not have to go to school anymore and instead just log into Khan Academy whereas I think the appropriate spot is as an aid or augmenting tool for educators everywhere -- parents, teachers, professors, you name it.
Also in that blog article:
While we don’t have official study results yet, great things are happening in our district for students and some of them are directly related to our use of Khan Academy. Teachers who have used Khan Academy as an instructional tool, have rethought their use of instructional time and are spending more time in math class on less traditional teaching methods effectively changing the student experience. Students are excited about the use of Khan Academy for several reasons: They get direct feedback when they are working a set of problems, they are able to visually see areas where they have excelled in math, and they are able to take some ownership of their own learning. Students are motivated in math and are excited to take on new challenges.
Which sounds pretty positive -- like the teachers are learning from the videos on how to more effectively teach math. They also say:
It is no secret that Khan Academy videos have come under fire in recent weeks. As educators in the Los Altos School District where Salman Khan’s free product was initially piloted and implemented, we would like to share our experiences utilizing Khan Academy as an instructional tool in a blended learning environment. By sharing our experiences, we hope to provide accurate information on how Khan Academy can be effectively used, clear up a few misconceptions, and share some of the lessons we have learned on our journey thus far.
The whole blog posting sounds like a departure from what the summary lead me to believe. I don't think anyone would be shocked or surprised to hear that teachers are using this as an augmenting tool and as for them being "bullish" I don't really see it. They are cautiously optimistic about this pilot program and say that it has resulted in good things inside the classroom.
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I am a middle aged self taught mathematician, philosopher, scientist, computer programmer, and cyberneticist. I've been using complex numbers and calculus since the schools only offered long division and number lines (~11.5 years old). I found that schooling supplied the very "ceiling" of which you speak. Ignoring my homework and instead advancing my development outside the class room (my Library, and other sources of knowledge: BBSs, and SIG groups at HAL-PC) I surpassed EVERYONE at my school, includin
Teaching actually does matter (Score:1)
While I would almost immediately agree that this report sounds like they are trivializing KA as just another tool to protect their jobs, there is some value to actually having a good teacher that engages your kid on an individual level. This is born out by smaller class sizes allowing for more individualized instruction, which in turn leads to less of a one-size-fits-all approach that is often derided for creating people who don't think, but just regurgitate information on demand.
Some good teachers can make
A video can't answer questions. (Score:5, Interesting)
It also isn't nearly as good as a real teacher at inspiring students, and when a student doesn't get it, a video can't think of an alternate way to explain the same issue, or find an analogy the student understands.
This hatred of teachers becomes a downward spiral. We hate them, so we won't raise their pay, so fewer good people are inclined to take up the job -- who needs the hatred and the low pay? -- and so the quality gets worse, and down it goes.
Khan Academy is great, but it's only assistive technology, not a substitute for the real thing.
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Khan Academy is great, but it's only assistive technology, not a substitute for the real thing.
I beg to differ. In some cases, people really do learn better when they're self-taught (and Khan Academy is just a resource). Everyone learns in different ways, and teachers aren't one-size-fits-all solutions.
but it can be better then big lecture classes (Score:3)
but it can be better then big lecture classes where it's about the same with out the DVR control's.
Teachers (Score:3, Interesting)
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Why was this marked +4 Interesting? The poster basically posted a random all-encompassing opinion with out any sources.
In North America? Have you traveled to parts outside of the Continental US to make that claim? I don't think Mexico & Canada would like to be put into the same bucket.
Least Respected? You said NA so I am guessing compared to the world. There are many countries out there where the senior students run the school and/or the teachers only show up to work on pay day.
Poorest Paid Professional? Google: http://www.teacherportal.com/teacher-salaries-by-state/ [teacherportal.com]
Average HOUSEHOLD income? Google: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States [wikipedia.org]
Nuff Said (if you compare to most other countries, foreign teachers make less or about the same relative to other jobs there).
Longest hours? Google: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/survey-teachers-work-53-hours-per-week-on-average/2012/03/16/gIQAqGxYGS_blog.html [washingtonpost.com]
53?!? And 6-8 weeks of PTO? WOW. Talk to any IT Developer, 50-100 hours per week. Average, easily 60. I was in Accounting & Auditing and averaged 55 hours (60+ for month, quarter, & annual closes). In IT, averaged 55; 100+ for deadlines. As an IT PM, 50-70 hours. 15-20 days PTO + 10 holidays.
And no, that does not count the hours spent on further education, certifications, and air travel for clients. And in the consulting world, not seeing home Monday to Thursday. Yes, our salaries are higher, 50k starting and growing to 80k+ over 5+ years, but considering the hours, I think comparable to teachers.
BUT COME ON, "consistently one of the least respected, poorest paid professionals... longest hours of anyone"? BULL! Go see a few episodes of Dirty Jobs.
Seniority has nothing to do with teachers becoming "heroes". My teacher heroes can be counted on both hands and they were some of the least paid in the schools (except 2). I respect them to the Nth degree. But the worst teachers, although just 4, made some of the highest salaries (90k+). Every time this topic comes up, I remember those 4 and think how much of a handicap each generation that they touch start off with. All the other teachers were mediocre but I still thank them for their contribution to what I am today.
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Longest hours? Google: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/survey-teachers-work-53-hours-per-week-on-average/2012/03/16/gIQAqGxYGS_blog.html [washingtonpost.com]
53?!? And 6-8 weeks of PTO? WOW. Talk to any IT Developer, 50-100 hours per week. Average, easily 60. I was in Accounting & Auditing and averaged 55 hours (60+ for month, quarter, & annual closes). In IT, averaged 55; 100+ for deadlines. As an IT PM, 50-70 hours. 15-20 days PTO + 10 holidays.
And no, that does not count the hours spent on further education, certifications, and air travel for clients. And in the consulting world, not seeing home Monday to Thursday. Yes, our salaries are higher, 50k starting and growing to 80k+ over 5+ years, but considering the hours, I think comparable to teachers.
Just because you personally and possibly your industry are overworked doesn't mean you should belittle how hard teachers work. Why are you putting in so many hours anyway? In a school the (good) teachers put in extra time out of the love of teaching and their desire to see their students succeed and the teachers are overworked because there's not enough money to hire extra teachers.
Is IT really an important enough job to be putting in 100 hours per week? That's 14 hours/day 7 days/week during crunch time!
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You seem to making the argument that working 50-100 hours per week should be the goal of every Citizen. Screw that. I want to enjoy life with my family. You can work your 100hrs/week. Enjoy that heart attack at age 45 and leave teachers alone.
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Why is this modderated +4? Its sources are crap.
Yeah, here is a group I am going to trust. Who owns the site? Oh an ad company. What three colleges are on their site, oh, on-line for profits. Yeah, no bias there to drag the numbers up.
Heres one to try: MYTH: Teachers make just as much as other, comparable professions. [nea.org] It says:
"FACT: According to a recent study by the National Association o
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It doesn't try to replace teachers, it's an attempt to change the role of teachers. Instead of being a lecturer - basically thrown in the spotlight in front of a large group of kids and trying to teach them all at once - a teacher can now work with individuals. The data Khan Academy provides them is phenomenal. They know who is working on what and how well they're doing. This allows the teachers to focus on the kids who need help while letting those who are ahead of the curve continue working at a faster pa
Pilot educators (Score:2, Interesting)
There's no way I'm getting on a plane where the pilot learned how to fly from Khan's academy.
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There is no way that I am getting on a plane where the pilot learned to fly by sitting in a 30 person classroom with unruly 15 year olds while copying down notes that are written on a blackboard.
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Classrooms provide very poor environments for social learning because children are learning from children who are equally immature. Human beings were not meant to be grouped by age and monitored in large groups by a single adult. We only do this for efficiency reasons, not because it is good for the childs social or cognitive development. The average public school is detrimental to a childs social skills. Kids can be downright abusive toward each other and not only do they create a culture where poor social
Flipping the Classroom (Score:3)
It's all explained here:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7420278n&tag=contentBody;storyMediaBox [cbsnews.com]
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Yes. My comment down thread touches on this, but this video really does highlight where things can go.
Teachers get the time to figure out the kids. Once they do that, they can mentor and build that kid into the great person they can be, well educated, capable.
Sweet mercy, you mean videos aren't the answer? (Score:5, Interesting)
I loathe watching videos. Hate hate hate. Videos are not effective for general learning. And I know, some people "have different learning styles", but everybody and their brother thinks that it's a good idea to make invariably-shitty videos about things that people want to learn. I want to read something with pictures. I don't want to watch a damn video.
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I think it has to do with how you learned to learn. I don't want to watch videos either, unless they are very content-dense. But I grew up with a set of encylopedias in my room, and I'm a speed reader. For the average kid who grew up in front of a TV, videos are probably the most effective single method.
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I want to read something with pictures. I don't want to watch a damn video.
Check khan's interactive transcripts.
Now you can read something with moving pictures.
MENTORS -- That's the new model (Score:4, Interesting)
Looking back on my own primary school education, which happened in the 70's and 80's, the best education I got was from those teachers who delivered the material well, often relating it to real life things, or concepts that I could understand, and those that took the time to understand who I was, even if I didn't yet. They were the mentors. They helped to change my life for the better. They teased out things they saw and developed them. They are the ones I did contact long after school to say, "thanks."
I can understand teachers -- educators in general getting a bit nervous over something like Kahn Academy. After all, who really needs teachers when kids can just plug in and get smart?
But the thing is, a vast majority of kids won't do that. Some of them can't. Others can, but won't be self-aware and self-directed enough to do that. For most kids, we need teachers at a minimum, and we really need mentors big. A short story:
In High School, I was exposed to Apple ][ computers. There is an Apple //e on my desk that I use regularly to this day. (Electronics, retro programming, writing) We had some programmed instruction material on disks that was supposed to teach us about the computers. Most everybody was new as the computers were only there for a year or two before I showed up.
Basically, the whole idea was to have the teacher shepard the students through the material, answering questions, etc... and most importantly, just make sure they do it. Anyone could do this, given a dry run or two, and some supplementary material to prep on. In fact, as a student, I did exactly that as part of some project.
That's what the teachers fear, and they are right about it too. The thing is, we've been fixated in the US, on test scores and other hard metrics to a point where we totally ignore the real education. Class time is planned down to small increments, test score stakes have been raised right along with requirements in such a way as to dictate what happens in the classroom, and this denies the educator the opportunity to actually educate!
Now, back to that story! These problems were not really manifesting themselves during my time. Some changes could be seen, but for the most part, my High School education was robust, as it happened before we really started the ugly changes. A few of us found out that we could type ctrl-c on the keyboard and break the flow of the BASIC program contained on the disks! Of course, it didn't take long to LIST the program, and then change it, saving it back onto the disk, which we did.
Back then, material would be contained on copied floppies with those floppies distributed each day from the stack. One never really got the same floppy, and students would sometimes carry their own data floppy too, depending on what they were doing. A group of four of us modified that program, with the goal of introducing some jokes in the hopes of the floppy shuffle putting them in the hands of other students! It worked great! The day after we did it, one of us got the modified disk, no fun, but three other students got them too, and the laughter triggered questions leading back to us!
Now, why do we need educators? How does mentoring play out in this digital age where we've got so much information available? This is why:
That teacher, who doubled as the geometry teacher, took us aside and talked about it. He could have disciplined us at that time, really impacting lives, but he didn't. Instead, we got assigned a different track. Our requirement for that year was to learn all we could. We had to decide to do something, state why, then actually do it. If we did that, we got the A grade. If we didn't, we were back in the planned track, just doing the rote exercises, and probably a B grade, because he knew better.
That year changed my life, and that of my four friends! We went from running games to cracking them. We learned binary math the hard way, having just the computer, some photocopied reference material a
let's get this straight (Score:1)
Khan Academy is a huge win for teachers (Score:1)
It also tells you how good the software is. If 80% of the people
School Motton (Score:3, Funny)