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过去一些年,可汗学院从只是在youtube上发布一些简单的视频成长为一个具有多种功能的互动的教育系统,使学生能按自己的节奏学习和评估进度。它吸引了一些大腕的注意,比如比尔盖茨,并且在全国数百个学校予以使用。简而言之,它现在非常热门,作为一个教育者或者学生,如果不去看看可汗学院的话你会忽略很多东西。不管你是否想用它作为自己的一种学习工具还是把它带到教室中为学生提供学习科目的另一种方法,可汗学院很简单而且是免费的。这也许是它在全国范围流行的大部分原因。这篇文章里,着重介绍了一些学校使用萨尔曼·可汗的讲解性视频进行教学,学习,分享和成长的例子,这些学校涵盖了从小学到高中。也许你会从中受到启发,开始自己使用可汗学院!
1.洛杉矶学区
如果有一个使用可汗学院的示范学校的话,那就是毗邻硅谷的学区。 这个学区与可汗学院的开发人合作参与了飞行员项目,学生利用视频和学习工具的结果会受到密切的监控。
目前为止,这一前景变得更有希望,学区近来将可汗学院推广到所有的学校和范围更广的年级去。可汗的视频和材料大部分经常被运用于数学课程以补充和支持现行的课程计划。管理者没还有发现使用可汗学院的学生在测试分数上的主要区别,(洛杉矶是一个高分学区),但许多报告发现学生们找到一种新的学习热情,他们不能忍受传统的教科书了。
2.富兰克林小学
富兰克林小学位于富兰克林,康奈迪克州正在寻求新的,具有创新性的方法把网上教学带进传统课堂中。2012年,学校开始在六年级、七年级和八年级的数学课上使用可汗学院。目前为止,老师们和学生们都对这个结果喜闻乐见。老师们觉得它能帮助他们更好地评估学生能力,聚焦于学生最需要帮助的地方。学生们报告说可汗的项目帮助他们提高了数学成绩,并且使数学变得有意思。网上教学项目也帮助学校因为预算不足替换了语言老师。学生们能以自己的步调使用可汗学院解决数学问题,也能通过LiveMocha学习一门语言。
3.Minola 学区
随着可汗学院iPad新应用的发起,老师们把它提供的资源带进教室比以前更加容易。使用平板电脑和网上教育站点的一个学区就是纽约的minola学区。这个学区的中小学生们在iPad上使用可汗学院观看视频,玩与数学相关的游戏,当他们进步的时候赢取他们的奖励。学生们从老师那里得到目标,来使用这个项目。一旦他们达到目标, 他们就能以自己的步调进入到新的目标。对许多学生来说这是很大的帮助,对那些在数学方面需要点帮助的学生和想要提前学习的学生们来说都是这样,一个五年级的学生已经开始学习代数了。测试分数也支持了这个项目,使用可汗学院的学生们在数学理解方面通常超过其他学生。
4.展望学院
展望学院是北加利福尼亚在学术项目上使用可汗学院的四个特许学校之一。去年夏天,这个学校使用可汗教育材料为补习代数的学生运作了一个小项目,试行是相当成功的。学校的学术办公室负责人,Brican Greenberg, 说学生们对可汗教育材料反响非常好,因为他们通过跟踪完成量和进度,以及挣奖章的方式得到及时的反馈。在夏天的项目中,学生们只在代数上花了一半的时间, 剩下的一半时间花在练习更低水平的数学技巧上,项目中的这些学生的分数超过那些在传统课堂中只是将注意力放在代数上的学生。许多老师觉得这是因为允许学生们去学习这些弱项使他们不再害怕数学,用一种许多人之前没有体验过的方法学习让学生们觉得学习是有趣的。
5.苹果硅谷学区
苹果硅谷学区正在数学课堂上使用可汗学院,但是他们选择把它与另一个教育工具“快速数学”连接在一起,这样能获得更多的视频和项目。这个连接使老师们能把可汗学院网站上的视频和课程和学区和全国范围的教学目标直接联系起来,使用可汗学院的免费材料而不用跳过任何标准化预备考试的关键将变得容易。除了可汗学院,学生们也被鼓励使用谷歌应用,维基百科和其他为了教育的有超前意识的技术。
6.Mt. Ararat中学
根据Topsham, Maine ,这所中学今年将采纳可汗学院一系列数学教室的试点项目。学生们将会使用可汗学院上的数学视频学习新概念同时也能完成问题设定,在教室和家里都可以练习。学校鼓励父母和员工注册成为学生们的导师,帮助他们保持动机,为他们的成功提供支持。如果今年这个领航项目成功的话,在未来几年内,Mt .Ararat的学生们在教室里将能看见更多的可汗材料。
7.Bubb 小学
Gayle Dyer正在将大量网上的和高科技的工具带进Bubb小学的教室让她的五年级学生使用。学生们在iPads 上通过Youtube和可汗学院上的教育内容来做游戏和学习。Dyer是许多通过可汗学院参加领航项目的老师之一,并且,目前为止她拥有大量的经验,她说“孩子们的参与度很高,当他们在IiPad上学习的时候,这很有意思。所以他们练习得更多。“Dyer说在可汗课程中使用iPad是有效的,因为学生可以按他们自己的节奏进行,并且因为他们可以通过挣奖章展示他们的进步,增强他们在数学方面的自信心和兴趣。
8.最高预备学校
最高预备学校是在日常课堂中使用可汗学院的几个加利福尼亚特许学校之一。这个学校正在把由老师指导的课程和以电脑为基础的课程分开来,学生可以从老师和网上的可汗项目得到反馈。
和许多其他参加可汗领航项目的学校不同,最高预备学校位于一个很不富裕的社区,40%的学生有资格获得免费午餐,这里的团伙罪犯率也很高。许多学生家里没有电脑,但是在学校和可汗学院的帮助下,许多学生提高了他们的测试分数,在学习方面也做得很好。
9.希望技术学校
这个在Palo Alto的私立学校使用小班制(只有12-13个学生)和最新的技术帮助典型学习者和那些有着特别需求的学生在课堂上得到发展。正在希望学校试行的最新的工具之一就是可汗学院。希望技术学校在那些试用可汗学院的学校中是独特的,因为将近40% 的学生有特殊要需求并且要求在教室和考试中需要特别的调适。但这并不能掩盖这个事实,学生们在学校的总体表现达到或超过了年级水平。随着学生能按自己的节奏通过可汗学院进行学习,满足各种类型学习者的需求变得简单。可汗学院在希望技术学校的长期效果还没有得到见证,但目前为止证明可汗学院在学校大军里是另一个有价值的教育工具。
10.Mt.Lebanon 高中
Mt.Lebanon 高中的数学课是充分体现了“翻转教室”的概念,学生们观看讲座作为家庭作业,在教室里从老师那获得帮助来解决问题。这个过程中一个很大的帮助就是可汗学院,可以启发老师为学生们创造他们自己的类似可汗学院的课程。然而,学生们不总是在课堂上使用可汗学院的材料,这项服务提供的模式鼓励Mt.Lebanon 高中的几个老师使他们的课堂翻转过来,他们创建了自己的视频讲座和网上内容。学生和老师们都很喜欢这个新模式,许多学生都很愿意回顾和观看视频或者复习第一眼看起来很费解的材料。
11.Fitzgerald 公立学校
属于Fitzgerald 公立学区的Chatteron 中学正在使用可汗学院,用一个叫Tier 数学的项目按他们自己的节奏来学习数学。学生们根据自己的水平开始这个课程,按照他们感觉舒服的节奏来学习数学。使用网上可汗学院的资源,通过演讲和系列问题来取得进步。这似乎是有效的,Tier 数学项目里的学生的测评分数一直在平稳增长。首批Tier数学课堂里的学生被要求当起了老师,给后来课堂里的学生们展示如何使用网上工具,老师报告说这次经历是高度成功的,在未来几年里很可能继续下去。
12.Aton 学院
Acton 学院在将适用的教育技术带进课堂这一方面正在取得重大进展。这个学校不仅使用可汗教育,还使用Manga High 和Jili 数学帮助学生按他们自己的节奏学习和复习他们可能还没有掌握的材料。Acton 学校的学生们从早期就开始使用这些课程,这一试验似乎已经取得成功。Acton 学校的学生们处于超过年龄和加速的平均3.5年级的水平,这部分要归功于从这些适用的数字技术中获取的互动式的、同水平的材料。
How 12 Schools Are Using Khan Academy Right Now
Over the past few years, Khan Academy has grown from a few simple YouTube videos into a fully-featured, interactive educational system that allows students to learn and measure their progress at their own pace. It has drawn the attention of big names like Bill Gates and is being used in some form at hundreds of schools nationwide. In short, it’s pretty hot right now, and you’d be remiss as an educator or a student not to check out what it has to offer.
Whether you want to use it as a study tool for your own education or bring it in as an alternative way for students in your classes to learn a subject, it’s simple and free to get started with Khan Academy. This is perhaps a large part of the reason why it’s proving so popular nationwide. Here, we’ve highlighted some of the many schools that are using Salman Khan’s instructional videos to teach, learn, share, and grow from elementary school to high school. You may just find inspiration to start using Khan Academy on your own!
1.Los Altos School District
If there’s a model of a school using Khan Academy, it’s this Silicon Valley-adjacent school district. The district is participating in a pilot program in partnership with the developers at Khan Academy, and the results of student experiences with the videos and learning tools are being closely monitored.
So far, things seem promising and the school has recently expanded the Khan program to all schools and a wider range of grade levels. Khan videos and materials are most often used in math courses to supplement and support existing lesson plans. Administrators haven’t found significant differences in test scores in students who use Khan (Los Altos is already a high-performing school district), but many report seeing a newfound enthusiasm for learning in students that they don’t get through traditional textbooks.
2.Franklin Elementary School
Franklin Elementary in Franklin, Connecticut is seeking out new and innovative ways to bring online learning into the traditional classroom. In 2012, the school began using Khan Academy in their sixth, seventh, and eighth grade math classes. So far, both teachers and students have been happy with the results. Teachers feel it has helped them to better assess student abilities and focus on helping students where they need it most. Students have reported that the Khan programs have helped improve their math performance and have made math fun for them. Online learning programs have also helped replace language teachers at the school, which had to be let go due to budget shortfalls. Students can now work through math problems using Khan Academy and learn a language through LiveMocha, all at their own pace.
3.Minola School District
With the launch of the new iPad app for Khan Academy, it’s easier than ever for teachers to bring the resources it has to offer into the classroom. One school district making use of both the tablets and the online education site is Minola School District in New York. Elementary and middle school students within the district are using Khan Academy on their iPads to watch videos and play math-related games that earn them rewards as they progress. Students get goals from their teachers to work on using the program; once they’ve achieved those goals, they can then progress to new goals at their own pace. It’s been a big help to many students, both those who need a little help with math and those who want to work ahead, with one student moving into some serious algebra well ahead of his 5th grade class. Test scores have also supported the program, with students using Khan often outpacing others in their math comprehension.
4.Envision Academy
Envision is one of four charter schools in Northern California that’s experimenting with Khan Academy in its academic programs. Last summer, the school ran a small program for remedial algebra students using Khan materials, a pilot which was largely successful. The school’s chief academic officer, Brian Greenberg, says students respond so well to the Khan material because they get “instant feedback” through tracking accomplishment and progress and by earning badges. During the summer program, students only spent half their time on algebra, with the rest spent on building lower-level math skills, yet the students in the program still outscored those in the traditional class that only focused on algebra. Many teachers feel that this is because allowing students to work on these weak spots takes the fear away from math, and makes it fun for students to learn in a way that many haven’t experienced before.
5.Apple Valley School District
The Apple Valley School District is using Khan Academy in its math classes, but they’ve chosen to combine it with another teaching tool, Accelerated Math, to get even more out of the videos and programs offered. The combination allows teachers to connect videos and lessons from the Khan Academy site directly to district and statewide objectives for learning, making it simple to use the free materials at Khan without skipping over anything central to standardized test prep. In addition to using Khan Academy, students are also encouraged to embrace Google apps, wikis, and other forward-thinking technologies for education.
6.Mt. Ararat Middle School
Based in Topsham, Maine, this middle school is embracing Khan Academy in a pilot set of math classrooms this year. Students will be using the math videos posted at Khan to learn new concepts while also completing problem sets, both in the classroom and at home for practice. The school is encouraging parents and staff members to sign on as coaches for students, helping them to stay motivated and get the support they need to succeed. If the pilot program is successful this year, students at Mt. Ararat could see a lot more Khan in the classrooms in coming years.
7.Bubb Elementary School
Gayle Dyer is bringing a host of online and high-tech tools into the classroom for her fifth grade students at Bubb Elementary School to use. Students can play and learn on iPads and through educational content on YouTube and Khan Academy. Dyer is one of many teachers taking part in a pilot program through Khan Academy and she is having a great experience so far, saying, “The kids are highly engaged in it. When they do it on the iPad, it’s fun. So they’re practicing more.” Dyer says that using the iPad for Khan lessons has been effective because students can work at their own pace and because they can showcase their progress through earned badges, boosting their self-confidence and interest in math.
8.Summit Preparatory School
Summit is one of a number of California charter schools making Khan a part of their everyday classroom experience. The school is splitting up lessons between those that are teacher-led and those that are computer-based, allowing students to get feedback from both their teacher and the online Khan programs. Unlike many of the other schools participating in Khan’s pilot programs, Summit is from a far less affluent community, with 40% of students qualifying for free lunches and a high level of gang violence. Many students don’t have a computer at home, but through the help of the school and the Khan Academy, many are improving their test scores and doing well in their studies.
9.Hope Technology School
This private school in Palo Alto uses small classes (only 12-13 students) and the latest technology to help both typical learners and those with special needs thrive in a classroom setting. One of the newest tools being tried out in Hope classrooms is Khan Academy. Hope is unique among schools trying out Khan because nearly 40% of its students have special needs and require special accommodations in the classroom and during testing. Yet that hasn’t held them back, as students at the school generally perform at or above grade level. With students able to learn at their own pace through Khan, it makes it simple to accommodate the needs of just about any type of learner. The long-term effects of Khan at Hope have yet to be seen, but it is so far proving to be yet another valuable tech tool in the school’s arsenal.
10.Mt. Lebanon High School
Math classes at Mt. Lebanon are fully embracing the idea of the flipped classroom, with students watching lectures as homework and getting help from their teacher to work on problem sets in class. A big help to this process has been Khan Academy, which was the inspiration for teachers to create their own Khan-like programs for students.While students don’t always use Khan material in class, it was the model provided by the service that inspired several Mt. Lebanon teachers to flip their classrooms, developing their own video lectures and online content. Students and teachers alike are loving the new model, with many really appreciating being able to go back and watch videos or review material that was confusing at first glance.
11.Fitzgerald Public Schools
Students at Chatterton Middle School in the Fitzgerald Public School District are using Khan Academy to work at their own pace in math classes in a program called Tier Math. Students begin the course at their own level and work through at a pace that is comfortable for them, progressing through lectures and problem sets using Khan Academy resources online. It seems to be working, as assessment scores have been steadily increasing in students in the Tier Math program. Students in the first Tier Math class were even asked to become teachers themselves and show students in later classes how to use the online tools, an experience teachers report as being highly successful and that will likely continue in future years.
12.Acton Academy
Acton Academy is making great strides in bringing adaptive educational technologies into the classroom. The school not only uses Khan Academy, but also Manga High and Jili Math to help students work at their own pace and review material that they may not have grasped. Students at Acton begin using these programs in their early years, a process that seems to be paying off. Students at Acton are on average 3.5 grade levels above age and accelerating, thanks largely in part to the interactive and leveled materials they get from these adaptive digital technologies. |
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