The future of the educational system in America and possibly the world

[severn]

Originally Posted by DJprestige21

Originally Posted by Severn

Originally Posted by dmxgod

I'm a teacher and I do not want to sit and watch 20 minutes of a video..cliff notes please and then we can have a discussion

Right here is the reason this does not work with most people.
As a teacher I can tell you the true problem in education is motivation. Most people just don't care, don't have parents who care or don't have friends who care enough to make them get into their learning. This really only works with motivated students, as do MOST forms of education. Why? Because they want to learn in the first place and will do so even if they have the worst teachers.

Great idea, as are most educational ones, but the problem then becomes that when unsupervised people tend to do what they like and want to, not what they should.

Perhaps this is the extra push that kids on the verge of proper academic performance need? 



Its tough to say but many of the kids you describe are already a sinking ship, of course there is no need to rub this in their faces even if it is frustrating. We can only think positive that these kids will turn out with some type of success.




Despite that, even if Khan academy only helps the kids who are born to be successful it is still worth every cent for every B+ student it has helped have them gain an A.

I completely agree with you on the kids who get B's but could get A's. I feel I was in some classes one of those kids.
It's not those kids that I worry about though, it's the kids who get c-'s c+'s or fail and think this is the way out. Or kids who take this as a way to improve their marks because everyone says it's the new thing. 

Many of those kids will buy into the new fad, but do worse and that scares me because I really care about how these kids do in school and where they end up. 

I wish people would spend more time and money helping the kids who NEED the help to simply pass the courses and do the work instead of the ones getting B's instead of A's as the kid who fails is more likely to have a negative impact on my community and the future of the education system than the kid who does okay. 

Education is just like Society, every day there becomes a further and further gap between the successful and unsuccessful. The rich and poor.

 

[dmxgod]

Originally Posted by Mo Matik

Cliffs:

-Khan Academy offers video lectures for specific topics.  Kids can play, pause, replay, etc.  They already cover a very wide range of subjects
-They have recently added this new form of review problems.  In the math section for example, students need 10 questions in a row to pass on a concept.
-Students watch lectures as homework, and at school they work through the problems.  They can work together well which is good.  It removes the procrastination from homework. 
-Teachers can track the progress of the students really well.  You can see how long it takes for a student to learn, and even track progression on a long term scale.  It can offer useful objective statistics per student that can answer questions about learning. 


It's really worth watching the video though.  Very interesting.

I like the idea..but if parents don't believe in the system or value education it's useless..

They have many websites (one website I use with my GED students is called StudyIsland.com) basically it does the same type of thing Khan Academy is mentioning only it's based on the Common Core standards..

I like using technology in the classroom with websites like StudyIsland.com because it's a great supplemental tool in order to find out if your students are mastering the concepts that you are teaching, and if they are not..then I may have to use a different strategy to help them learn it...

 

[djprestige21]

Originally Posted by Severn

DJprestige21 wrote:

Many of those kids will buy into the new fad, but do worse and that scares me because I really care about how these kids do in school and where they end up. 

I wish people would spend more time and money helping the kids who NEED the help to simply pass the courses and do the work instead of the ones getting B's instead of A's as the kid who fails is more likely to have a negative impact on my community and the future of the education system than the kid who does okay. 

Education is just like Society, every day there becomes a further and further gap between the successful and unsuccessful. The rich and poor.

A bit off topic but this is a fairly large reason why I am a republican.

 

[theknowledgeableprofessor]

I believe teachers who view their students as predestined failures and "sinking ships" are the true reason to blame a failing education system.

wink wink.

 

[AZwildcats]

Originally Posted by theknowledgeableprofessor

I believe teachers who view their students as predestined failures and "sinking ships" are the true reason to blame a failing education system.

wink wink.

I agree, but also i think the work ethic and willingness to learn plays a part

 

[late registrant]

Khan Academy.

Had no clue dude was this big, though (pause). I thought he just made math tutoring videos on youtube. but major props for him and what he's doing.

 

[mo matik]

I like the idea..but if parents don't believe in the system or value education it's useless..


I think it's pretty intuitive. If you presented your argument as those 2 videos, it makes it kinda hard not to agree with, no?

 

[hankmoody]

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/07/ff_khan/all/1

How Khan Academy Is Changing the Rules of Education
By Clive Thompson July 15, 2011 | 9:17 pm | Wired August 2011

 

[mrbrown]

brb

porn distracting me while Im using computer......

its only use as teenager

 

[sevit86]

Originally Posted by Mo Matik

your avi

your vid

 

[cornzilla]

 

[patrick bateman]

Originally Posted by dmxgod

I'm a teacher and I do not want to sit and watch 20 minutes of a video..cliff notes please and then we can have a discussion

And you don't want to watch a video about learning? That's pathetic.  

 

[teamjordan79]

Originally Posted by Wr

Modular learning is already taking place in school districts. Esp those that are on the low performing list. It's not a better alternative. It's actually worse because machines are replacing human interaction. the computer is now the teacher rather than the person ( even though it's a person teaching via computer before a naysayer comes in)

the personal interaction is prob the most important part of the education process. 

And Bill Gates is funding this? 

let me guess, windows platform? 

 

[winged wheel]

Originally Posted by DJprestige21

Originally Posted by dmbrhs

Still doesn't mean squat as long as parents aren't taking interest or responsibility in their child's education.

You and your parents are a prime example of this.

Got em