Sal Khan, Serial Education Revolutionary
freddiedeboer.substack.com
Sal Khan, Serial Education Revolutionary
1–8 of 8 posts
Re: Sal Khan, Serial Education Revolutionary
#2It's true that Khan Academy has not revolutionized education, but my three children, and probably millions of others, have benefited from it, so I would be less critical of Khan than the author.
Re: Sal Khan, Serial Education Revolutionary
#3> What’s deeply frustrating is that for more than a decade Sal Khan similarly said that the videos on his “Khan Academy” would revolutionize education, and they utterly failed to do so.
How does one determine whether an edtech startup like KA has succeeded or failed? As someone who has found KA useful at times, I don't understand where the author is coming from
Re: Sal Khan, Serial Education Revolutionary
#4> What’s deeply frustrating is that for more than a decade Sal Khan similarly said that the videos on his “Khan Academy” would revolutionize education, and they utterly failed to do so. How does one determine whether an edtech startup like KA has succeeded or failed? As someone who has found KA useful at times, I don't understand where the author is coming from
It's a glorified youtube channel. Not a technology. That's most of the crux. It worked because Khan was early and made good content
Re: Sal Khan, Serial Education Revolutionary
#5Yes, Sal Khan's original idea did not materialize but as per these stats hundreds of millions of people have used Khan Academy [1].
The author says: "“Hey Sal, why should we trust your new TED Talk, when your last one turned out to be a litany of pretty delusions and optimistic fables?”"
This is an excessively harsh take on someone whose work has benefitted millions of motivated learners especially in the developing world.
[1] https://www.prosperityforamerica.org/khan-academy-statistics...
Re: Sal Khan, Serial Education Revolutionary
#6> What’s deeply frustrating is that for more than a decade Sal Khan similarly said that the videos on his “Khan Academy” would revolutionize education, and they utterly failed to do so. How does one determine whether an edtech startup like KA has succeeded or failed? As someone who has found KA useful at times, I don't understand where the author is coming from
It's a glorified youtube channel. Not a technology. That's most of the crux. It worked because Khan was early and made good content
There is quite a bit more than a youtube channel. They have student tracking and tools for parents and teachers.
Re: Sal Khan, Serial Education Revolutionary
#7> What’s deeply frustrating is that for more than a decade Sal Khan similarly said that the videos on his “Khan Academy” would revolutionize education, and they utterly failed to do so. How does one determine whether an edtech startup like KA has succeeded or failed? As someone who has found KA useful at times, I don't understand where the author is coming from
It's a glorified youtube channel. Not a technology. That's most of the crux. It worked because Khan was early and made good content
The math exercises and lessons for kids has been very helpful preparing my young ones for common-core bullshit.
Re: Sal Khan, Serial Education Revolutionary
#8Kind of weird to dump on Khan like he was liar and a flunky.
My kids have benefitted by his very clear educational videos as have millions of kids around the world, many of which no doubt are economically and "genetically"(?!!!) disadvantaged.