Monday, April 11, 2011

Reflection #9: Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education

Reinventing education

Wow this video is really neat! It introduces yet another great, free resource for teachers. One aspect that really hit home for me was when he was talking about how this type of technology humanizes education and humanizes the classroom. That is something i worried about a lot when this class first started and we started covering all these different ways to incorporate technology. I think getting rid of the "one size fits all" lectures is a great idea and anything we can do to personalize and individualize our students curriculum should be done! There is also the option of working on this outside of class at your own time. This gives kids more practice time and the opportunity to feel more confident about their skills and understanding of the material. This resource also provides a ton of data about the students learning progress. This makes the time spent with individual students more productive and beneficial. You can actually see learning happening in the data! So cool!

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