Khan Academy
"Let's use video to reinvent education" Salman Khan
What is Khan Academy?
Khan Academy is a non-profit educational website created in 2006 by educator Salman Khan. The stated mission is to provide "a free world-class education for anyone anywhere."
The website features 700 micro lectures via video tutorials that are stored on YouTube.All of the Khan Academy resources are available to anyone free of charge. Teachers can create an account that will allow them to set up classes for their students to use, or they can link or embed any of the videos available in the site in a web page.
Khan Academy Library covers math, science topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics, as well as the humanities with playlists on finance and history.
The site is a great resource for teachers looking for video tutorials that could be used in conjunction with a flipped classroom.
Khan Academy in the Real World
Khan Academy Home
https://www.khanacademy.org/
To see how Khan Academy works in a K-12 classroom click on the link below
https://www.khanacademy.org/coach-res/case-studies
To browse their library:
https://www.khanacademy.org/library
Take a quick tour
https://www.khanacademy.org/talks-and-interviews/other-features/v/overview-of-khanacademy-org
https://www.khanacademy.org/
To see how Khan Academy works in a K-12 classroom click on the link below
https://www.khanacademy.org/coach-res/case-studies
To browse their library:
https://www.khanacademy.org/library
Take a quick tour
https://www.khanacademy.org/talks-and-interviews/other-features/v/overview-of-khanacademy-org
Sample videos
The first video below is a 6th grade level Introduction to Ratios
The second video is a 7th grade level Adding Fractions with Different Signs
The third video is an 8th grade level video on Recognizing Irrational Numbers
The second video is a 7th grade level Adding Fractions with Different Signs
The third video is an 8th grade level video on Recognizing Irrational Numbers