Winkler, Kirsten. "Free Internet-Based Education Can Change Education." What Is the Role of Technology in Education? Ed. Judeen Bartos. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2013. At Issue. Rpt. from "Khan's Biggest Impact: Changing the Economics of Education." bigthink.com. 2011. Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 16 Oct. 2013.
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Khan Academy is a relatively new website with a big offer: provide a completely free world-class education available on the Internet. The significance of this is, of course, that it's free. The Knowledge Map model Khan Academy provides tracks mastery of subjects, particularly in mathematics. It also provides a free resource to educators, allowing them to use Khan Academy to coach their students using the website's resources. This free information model, unlike the more common freemium and premium models, is gaining popularity through Khan Academy.
I've used Khan Academy before. Plenty of times actually. I know from experience that it is a top-notch website for education, particularly in the math area. They also provide a resource for developing with Javascript, and as a computer scientist, that's actually really cool. Khan Academy is definitely one of the strongest examples of using technology to transform education.
Khan Academy is a relatively new website with a big offer: provide a completely free world-class education available on the Internet. The significance of this is, of course, that it's free. The Knowledge Map model Khan Academy provides tracks mastery of subjects, particularly in mathematics. It also provides a free resource to educators, allowing them to use Khan Academy to coach their students using the website's resources. This free information model, unlike the more common freemium and premium models, is gaining popularity through Khan Academy.
I've used Khan Academy before. Plenty of times actually. I know from experience that it is a top-notch website for education, particularly in the math area. They also provide a resource for developing with Javascript, and as a computer scientist, that's actually really cool. Khan Academy is definitely one of the strongest examples of using technology to transform education.
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ReplyDeleteFortunately I don't have to put much effort into this. The very first paragraph of this article is:
"Kirsten Winkler is a journalist, consultant, and entrepreneur who focuses on online education. Her blog, kirstenwinkler.com, is one of the leading outlets in education 2.0 and was listed by the Edublog Awards website under the category of "Best New Blog" in 2009."
A quick Google confirms her blog does exist and she actually is a real person that does this. She organized a conference based on her website EDUKWEST recently.
Oh, Salman Khan and Jimmy Wales are also real people too. I trust you've used Wikipedia and like I said, I've been using Khan Academy for years, as well as hundreds of thousands of other people.
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