tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post7972002539000072636..comments2024-03-27T08:53:29.267-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Khan Academy:This Is BetterPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-72668898133372197372020-04-30T01:48:42.300-04:002020-04-30T01:48:42.300-04:00"If I stand in a classroom and deliver direct..."If I stand in a classroom and deliver direct instruction, take no questions, and if prompted will only re-deliver the exact same instruction over and over again, then I am a lousy teacher. But somehow if I do all that on a video on line, I'm now a visionary genius" This is true.A lousy teacher in face to face interaction could become a genius teacher on online video.Adama Srinivashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03615225737163485979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-45771223655424799582020-04-29T16:56:15.106-04:002020-04-29T16:56:15.106-04:00My kids HATE Kahn Academy and I must admit that I ...My kids HATE Kahn Academy and I must admit that I do, too. I used to like it in the beginning when it first came out. Once it aligned with Common Core it became a drudgery. My kids won't even try it anymore. I will go to it if I need to help my son with his Algebra, but I find the instruction very different from what I remember from my school math experience back in the day. Usually the best instruction I find online comes from math teachers who post supplements online via Youtube videos using a white board.....I understand their process way better than the Common Core garbage from KA. edblisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792046029260177146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-20822981921069162452020-04-29T08:44:46.334-04:002020-04-29T08:44:46.334-04:00Salman Kahn, like all ed-tech "gurus" wh...Salman Kahn, like all ed-tech "gurus" who are completely detached and disengaged from the world of real students and real classrooms, just doesn't get it and never will. Kids despise online learning and video instruction because none of it can replicate the nuanced explanations and re-phrasings and helpful examples that kids need to understand what we present. Nor can they replicate the countless bag of tricks we use to constantly refocus their attention and provide those motivational nudges, many of which are made at the individual (personal) level. Nor can the online materials include the intuitive feedback loops built into teacher's brains that have us constantly tweaking, adding, deleting, and changing our presentations and activities in order to make them less confusing and more engaging. If a lesson has any element that could possibly confuse students - it will; creating crystal clear lessons and activities that do not confuse kids (without nuanced explanations, re-phrasings, or helpful examples) is nearly impossible. Because the online approach can never replicate this, kids will forever dislike the innate confusion that they are stuck with. NY Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08292448959963091160noreply@blogger.com