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glasseye
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The Khan Academy

Post by glasseye » Wed Nov 23, 2011 4:48 pm

Heard of this guy? Salman Khan?

From MIT:
BS in math
BS in electrical engineering
MS in electrical engineering and computer science

From Harvard:
MBA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_Khan_%28educator%29


This is the take-away. A 15 minute YouTube video on how The Khan Academy and the internet could revolutionize education.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM95HHI4 ... ata_player

Anybody out there got kids? :study: :cheers:
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Re: The Khan Academy

Post by dingo » Thu Nov 24, 2011 12:34 pm

yeah...great use of internet.
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Re: The Khan Academy

Post by BellePlaine » Thu Dec 01, 2011 3:15 pm

I like the Khan Academy. They did an interview with him a couple of years ago on NPR.
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