Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Khan Academy

  • Khan Academy to Launch Computer Science Curriculum

    Khan Academy has not yet divulged details of the curriculum. But in a blog post last December, Resig said it would be likely that its computer science curriculum would teach JavaScript as a first language.

    www.pcworld.com

  • Major players in online education market

    Khan Academy is an educational nonprofit founded in September 2008 by Salman A. Khan '98. According to its website, its mission is to "change education for the better by providing a free world-class education for anyone anywhere.

    tech.mit.edu

  • For popular Khan Academy, a critical voice amid the adulation

    His Silicon Valley-based Khan Academy posts free videos -- most of which star Khan himself -- and offers accompanying questions on everything from addition to calculus to art history.

    www.mercurynews.com

  • Khan Academy, Coursera Partner with Crowdsource Subtitling Platform Amara

    In an effort to allow more students the opportunity to be able to access and understand the courses available through Coursera and the Khan Academy, these two organizations are now partnering with Amara, which is a crowd source subtitling platform ...

    www.collegeclasses.com

  • Khan Academy and Coursera adopt crowd sourced subtitling platform

    CHENNAI: Amara, a crowd source subtitling platform that engages volunteers from around the world to translate online videos, announced on Tuesday that it's being adopted by Coursera and Khan Academy, to make academic video content globally ...

    timesofindia.indiatimes.com

  • Amara's Wiki-Style Translation Platform Enables Global Growth Of Education ...

    Amara, a nonprofit crowd source subtitling platform that engages volunteers from around the world to translate online videos, has been adopted by two leading online education providers, Coursera and Khan Academy, to make academic videos globally ...

    www.forbes.com

  • Supplement Your Child's Education and Learn a Thing or Two Yourself with ...

    Khan Academy is an app that allows children and adults of all ages to learn about almost any subject entirely free, making it a great supplement for traditional classroom learning and for children who are homeschooled.

    www.padgadget.com

  • Flip teaching with Khan Academy

    http://khanacademy.org is a totally free web site with thousands of short videos on a variety of subjects though the vast majority are math.

    www.southcoasttoday.com

  • Video-Content Startup Aims to Compete with Khan Academy

    Fans of Khan Academy take notice. Ariel Braunstein, co-creator of the Flip Video camcorders, announced the launch of Knowmia, an online tutoring service for K-12 students.

    blogs.edweek.org

  • Given the double-edged sword social media has become, self-regulation by ...

    Salman Khan is famous: he has delivered a series of films grossing 100 crore-plus. He has a namesake, equally famous, though amongst a different circle of admirers.

    economictimes.indiatimes.com

  • Silicon Valley's power Chinese restaurant; Khan Academy critics; more

    In the past year, education-reform icon Sal Khan has been lauded by Bill Gates as the "teacher to the world" and has been listed among Time magazine's 100 most influential people.

    www.siliconvalley.com

  • Education Will Never Be the Same with Coursera, Khan Academy

    With the downfall of many European nations economies, it seems that many more people are benefiting from the online education opportunities that are being presented through organizations such as the Khan Academy, and this has shown the world that the ...

    www.collegeclasses.com

  • Educators Evaluate 'Flipped Classrooms'

    The movement was inspired partly by the work of Salman Khan, who created a library of free online tutoring videos spanning a variety of academic subjects, known as the Khan Academy, which many view as a touchstone of the flipped-classroom technique.

    www.edweek.org

  • iProf aims higher revenue

    Based on the Khan Academy model, iProf will provide students access to free content including video lectures and demos to prepare for competitive exams like IIT-JEE, AIPMT, CAT, IAS, CA CPT as well as XI and XII exams.

    www.thehindubusinessline.com

  • How Sal Khan is exorcising the math spectre from the minds of millions of ...

    With generous contributions from Google and the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation among others, Khan Academy has built a team and created a video database of over 3200 videos spanning subjects from math to science, economics, finance, history and art ...

    economictimes.indiatimes.com

  • Los Altos Tweets About Sergey Brin & Passarelle

    Frank Noschese ‏@fnoscheseGood stuff here. cc @mpershan@ddmeyer RT @kamithor Our side of the story: LosAltos School District & Khan Academy http://patch.com/bvdJC. 2. Frank Noschese ‏@fnoschese @jybuell @mpershan @ddmeyer Don't you think ...

    losaltos.patch.com

  • 5 Ways To Learn Code From The Comfort Of Your Own Browser

    Khan Academy is an educational non-profit focused on providing high-quality education for everyone. They produce a collection of free online micro lectures on a variety of different subjects, including mathematics, history, computer science, finance ...

    techcrunch.com

  • Remains of the Day: Flash Player for Android Will Die Tomorrow

    Flash Player for Android will no longer be available starting tomorrow, Khan Academy launches new computer science program, Tweetbot for Mac updates with drafts and animated GIF support, and Google+ launches vanity URLs for verified accounts.

    lifehacker.com

  • Cool App-titude: Khan Academy

    With this free education app, knowledge is literally at your fingertips. The Khan Academy iPad app features more than 3,200 videos from the nonprofit organization's extensive library.

    www.afcea.org

  • Answer Underground Aims To Be A Mobile-Focused Quora For Education, Hits ...

    Sure, there's Wikipedia, Google (and Google Scholar), Khan Academy and there are even Q&A sites like Yahoo Answers or Answers.

    techcrunch.com

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