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.”