KHANACADEM

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Presentation by Antonia

Wallace and Rebecca Brown

What

is K

han

Aca

dem

y? Khan Academy is a website that allows you

to navigate through levels of maths, with

video lessons and exercises.

Sig

nin

g U

p

You can sign up as a teacher or a pupil.

Teacher and Student

It is completely free.

Only a name and Gmail account needed, no complicated forms or

identification needed.

You can also log in with Facebook.

Easy

To S

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Math

s Pr

e-t

est Before you can start

doing your own exercises you have to

complete the Maths Pre-

test.

Student

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reen

A new addition to the site is the ‘Mastery Challenge’ which lets you practice what you have learned and helps you go up a level.

The activities set by your teacher are here.

The activities which the site thinks you should complete are here.

Student

Mast

ery

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nge

Every so often you complete the Mastery

Challenge which is a

hard exercise that grills

you on everything you

have learnt and also a

few harder things you

haven’t, however you

can skip these questions

by pressing the ‘I haven’t learnt this yet!’

button.

Student

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the M

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nge

Your questions score.

This is what you have improved on

in this exercise.

You should improve on question topics you get wrong. Student

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hed

Act

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ies

The more points you get, the quicker you go up a level.

The harder the activity, the more points you get.

The ‘Math Pretest’ is something you do to test what level of maths you are at.

Student

Mis

sion P

rogre

ss

Chart

This is your mission progress chart. It shows all the topics and what level you are on.

These are the levels on the chart, they get darker the better you get.

Student

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ng in

an

Exe

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The question is here. If you are confused you

can watch the video lesson which teaches you what to do.

You can also get hints which show you how to work out the question.

If you get more than 5 questions right in a row, you get extra points.

Write your answer here.

Student

Aft

er

an E

xerc

ise

This shows how you did when you answered questions.

You earn badges when

you have done an achievement.

You earn points for different things. Points

make you go up levels.

Student

Manage Y

our

Stu

dents

Teacher

This is one class list with pupils on. A teacher can see students’ progress and set them work.

It is easy to create classes and add students. It is all in one area, and is easy

to navigate and understand.M

anage Y

our

Stu

dents

Teacher

You can see how each

student is doing and

what level of progress

they are on. If a student is struggling

you can see it and choose specific work

for them. The next day

at school a teacher can also help the student.

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Teacher

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tudents

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This is what level the student is on (see before).

This is what the student has struggled

with.

Teacher

Set

Speci

fic

Work

You can set work for

each student. Look at

the recommended tasks for a student which have been advised from their skill

progress. It is easy to

set a due date and time.

Teacher

Set

Speci

fic

Work

Teacher

This is a student’s progress, a teacher can set them extra work if they need more help.

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ece

nt

Act

ivit

ies

See what your student

has been spending time on. You can see

what videos they have

watched, what tasks

they have completed,

how much time they

have spent on Khan Academy and how much help they needed.

Teacher

See R

ece

nt

Act

ivit

ies

Teacher

This is the activity of one pupil (in a class of two.) You can see that Pupil 1 (turquoise) has earned many energy points and is doing many extra activities. Then look at Pupil 2 (dark blue.) Pupil 2 is struggling, however the red line on the graph shows their progress during their time on Khan Academy. You can easily see where the pupil begins to understand and earns their first badge and energy points.

Khan Academy can easily show a teacher the progress of their students; which exercises they found easiest and what they are struggling with.

Badges are available

for different topics. They are fun to achieve and students

will want to earn them.In

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Work

Hard

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Subje

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Khan

Aca

dem

y

Khan Academy is mainly

a maths based site, however they are extending the subject

matter to many other

key subjects (such as

humanities and sciences), with new videos – and hopefully

soon some new lessons!

Salm

an K

han’s

M

oti

ves

Salman Khan set up a

YouTube channel to help his niece revise

some maths for a exam. Soon, his videos

were so helpful to many people that he

decided to create a website to help everyone all over the

world.

Salm

an K

han’s

Id

eas

The Swiss Cheese Concept”

Teachers will teach a topic,

but when most people have

understood, they will move

on. However, there will be a

few people that don’t

understand, and there will

always be a gap in their

knowledge and they might

not understand things

afterwards. Khan Academy

can help pupils fully grasp

the concept before moving

on to another topic.

Khan A

cadem

y in

Am

eri

ca

In America , many schools

use Khan Academy as a

maths homework tool,

teachers set work and

students do it, working at

their own pace and using

hints and watching videos

for help. Teachers can see

their progress and what

extra help they needed,

and then focus on things

the next day in class,

instead of rushing ahead.

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ad

Poin

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Good BadThere are no complications after signing up.

You need a Gmail or Facebook account to sign up.

Your teacher can set you homework and lessons you should learn, and also set a due date.

There is no ‘notepad’ on the screen when doing activities, so you might need a separate piece of pen and paper.

A teacher can see a chart on their students progress.

It is mainly focused on maths.

There are many levels and lessons.

It is easy to add a teacher or pupil to a class.

A teacher can control many classes at once.

Pupils will have the chance to fully understand a concept before the teacher moves on in class.

Concl

usi

on Overall, Khan

Academy is a friendly,

easy site to use for helping with maths as

it contains many different topics and lessons to help you learn.