[Fredslist] Amazing story on 60 minutes last night about education. Go to Kahn Academy.

[Kelly Welles]

Couldn't agree more. For anyone with an interest in how math (and no doubt most other education) will be enhanced in the future, this 60 Minutes feature on the paradigm shifting Kahn Academcy for teaching math is exhilarating beyond words. You have to see it to catch the magic. I'm sure you can download the segment by Googling 60 mintues. Or maybe Youtube by now.
 
For any parent whose kids have difficulty with math or who may be struggling with their own math tutoring skills, the online Kahn Academy is the best thing that ever happened to math education. Sal Kahn is a former hedge fund manager who discoverd the joy of sharing what he knows about math. He knows a lot: One gets a genius (three MIT degrees and a Harvard MBA), a humanitarian (he provides this education for free) and a gifted educator all rolled into one magnificent human being. I bet even Einstein would love Sal's methods.
 
What's more, the Kahn Academy not only helps teachers interact more effectively with students in the class room (this is proactive cyber-education), but makes learning math fun. That's right. Fun. Kids just love it.
Imagine!
 
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From: Debra Adler <dadler97 at aol.com>
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It really was an aw inspiring story.  To hear that Bill Gates was using the YouTube lesson to teac his children reallly shows you how impressive Sal is.  And, his mission statement to want to teach anyone and everyone a good education for free is a noble one to say the least!  I was really impressed and touched by this remarkable story.  The money raised by the Gates Foundation along with others has really enabled Sal to put together one impressive team to teach other courses too.

Debra Adler
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From: David Henry <dhenry at telenoticiasusa.com>
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Sent: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 1:41 pm
Subject: [Fredslist] Amazing story on 60 minutes last night about education


If you didn’t see 60 minutes last night, you missed an amazing story about the Khan Academy, a non-profit with the goal of providing a free education for anyone, anywhere.

The story was about a guy named Sal Khan who started teaching/tutoring his niece  in math using lessons he recorded on YouTube.  His sole goal was to help his niece.  What happened was that others from around the world started using his videos to learn or teach their children.  And because of the power of what he was doing and the power of YouTube, it took off.

He left his job as a hedge fund analyst to start the Khan Academy, which is a non-profit that now receives big funding from the likes of the Gates Foundation.  

It’s an amazing story, especially if you have kids at any level in school…or simply want to learn something new yourself.  

Here’s the link to the story:  http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57394905/khan-academy-the-future-of-education/?tag=contentMain;cbsCarousel


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