Innovation can be found in every nook and corner of the country.Everytime you see an apple phone the words that come out is "wow".That is exactly how i felt when I stumbled upon this websitehttp://khanacademy.com. It contains a free online collection of more than 3,200 micro lectures via video tutorials stored on YouTube teaching mathematics, history, healthcare and medicine, finance, physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, economics, cosmology, organic chemistry, American civics, art history, macroeconomics and microeconomics, and computer science.
What makes it more attractive is the fact that all these lessons have been recorded by an MIT & Harvard graduate in a closet at home with the help of a cheap headset. His name is Salman Khan.And obviously along with the the main ingredient is very important i.e. Passion. Yes, only the passion to do something for others combined with intellect can help create such an impact as Khanacademy did. The mission of this non-profit organization may not sound very unique but serves a very strong purpose.
"It is our mission to accelerate learning for students of all ages."
So how did this website plan to accelerate learning. The strategy was to invert the normal rhythms of school, so that lectures are viewed on the kids’ own time and homework is done at school. Though it may sound very weird actually, it actually makes a whole lot of sense when we realize that students need someone around to help them with homework rather than when they are learning. This simple but innovative concept is now actually helping millions of kids around the world improve their grades and also enhance their learning potential.
The whole concept of virtual teaching and practice seems to be based on a very old method of one-to-one tutoring. This method had been proved to very effective but was always considered expensive until now. The most impressive part is the way Khan teaches those lessons. He always assumes that he is teaching a seven-year old and therefore he never skips any step (which generally teachers do) while solving anything. He has an uncanny ability to inhabit the mind of someone who doesn’t already understand something.
Khanacademy being a non-profit organization has significant backing from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Google. Also, from time time, it has received several donations.
What makes it more attractive is the fact that all these lessons have been recorded by an MIT & Harvard graduate in a closet at home with the help of a cheap headset. His name is Salman Khan.And obviously along with the the main ingredient is very important i.e. Passion. Yes, only the passion to do something for others combined with intellect can help create such an impact as Khanacademy did. The mission of this non-profit organization may not sound very unique but serves a very strong purpose.
"It is our mission to accelerate learning for students of all ages."
So how did this website plan to accelerate learning. The strategy was to invert the normal rhythms of school, so that lectures are viewed on the kids’ own time and homework is done at school. Though it may sound very weird actually, it actually makes a whole lot of sense when we realize that students need someone around to help them with homework rather than when they are learning. This simple but innovative concept is now actually helping millions of kids around the world improve their grades and also enhance their learning potential.
The whole concept of virtual teaching and practice seems to be based on a very old method of one-to-one tutoring. This method had been proved to very effective but was always considered expensive until now. The most impressive part is the way Khan teaches those lessons. He always assumes that he is teaching a seven-year old and therefore he never skips any step (which generally teachers do) while solving anything. He has an uncanny ability to inhabit the mind of someone who doesn’t already understand something.
Khanacademy being a non-profit organization has significant backing from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Google. Also, from time time, it has received several donations.
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