Podcast Reflection #9: Salman Khan Let’s use video to reinvent education
I am a big fan of TED talks let along Khan academy. I have personally used this site to help with my multiple mathematics courses and chemistry courses. I completely agree with the idea of students/learners can go back and view the videos when they forget a certain subject matter. I do believe many people do not ask questions when they fill as if they are already supposed to know the material. It makes it more comfortable to ask for help, which is crucial to understanding. The idea of flipping the classroom where the students watch the lecture for homework and do the homework in the classroom is wonderful. Like Mr. Khan said it does allow the students to use these videos at their own pace. This allows the student to ask valuable questions in the classroom and develop more personal relationships with their instructors. Besides being a wonderful tool to flip the classroom, the idea of having a check to make sure the students understand the concept before moving on. This idea of having the 10 questions until you have mastered the concept is wonderful to help the students understand the concept instead of maybe not knowing a certain part of the lesson and having the class move on. It builds on the basics that you have mastered and continues on. It is fantastic. I want to use this program in my classroom. I am very excited because I will be able to do more hands on learning and experiments with my students when integrating this technology into the classroom. It also will allow me to help the students with the specific parts that they are struggling with and not spend time on the subjects they understand and probably boring them going over material they already know. I cannot stress enough how important the person-to-person contact is when learning. The students greatly benefit from it and the classroom is enriched. I am all raves about this and hope the Khan academy gets used in many classrooms and that learners/students know about this resource and use it to aid in their learning and development.
I am a big fan of TED talks let along Khan academy. I have personally used this site to help with my multiple mathematics courses and chemistry courses. I completely agree with the idea of students/learners can go back and view the videos when they forget a certain subject matter. I do believe many people do not ask questions when they fill as if they are already supposed to know the material. It makes it more comfortable to ask for help, which is crucial to understanding. The idea of flipping the classroom where the students watch the lecture for homework and do the homework in the classroom is wonderful. Like Mr. Khan said it does allow the students to use these videos at their own pace. This allows the student to ask valuable questions in the classroom and develop more personal relationships with their instructors. Besides being a wonderful tool to flip the classroom, the idea of having a check to make sure the students understand the concept before moving on. This idea of having the 10 questions until you have mastered the concept is wonderful to help the students understand the concept instead of maybe not knowing a certain part of the lesson and having the class move on. It builds on the basics that you have mastered and continues on. It is fantastic. I want to use this program in my classroom. I am very excited because I will be able to do more hands on learning and experiments with my students when integrating this technology into the classroom. It also will allow me to help the students with the specific parts that they are struggling with and not spend time on the subjects they understand and probably boring them going over material they already know. I cannot stress enough how important the person-to-person contact is when learning. The students greatly benefit from it and the classroom is enriched. I am all raves about this and hope the Khan academy gets used in many classrooms and that learners/students know about this resource and use it to aid in their learning and development. 
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