I agree. It's more a sad commentary on the state of our schools than a significant contribution to how technology can help learning. I can't look at their simple black screen for more than a few minutes without being bored out of my mind, regardless of how good the the lecturer is. Consider one of the good TED lectures. Does anyone believe that that lecture would be as good if all we got to do was hear the lecturer and look at some scribbles on a black display?
The contribution of the Khan Academy, which is significant, is that is has provided help for many many people who lack access to any science and math education. Ed __________ Ed Angel Chair, Board of Directors, Santa Fe Complex Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab) Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico 1017 Sierra Pinon Santa Fe, NM 87501 505-984-0136 (home) an...@cs.unm.edu 505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel http://artslab.unm.edu http://sfcomplex.org On Oct 6, 2011, at 5:37 PM, Bruce Sherwood wrote: > I don't think I get it. > > I looked at one of the videos, the second of two on work and energy in > the physics section, and 1) I don't see how this is somehow better > than a textbook treatment, and 2) it's not very good physics. I read > that all of the 2400 short videos have been produced by one person, > the head of the organization. This surely doesn't guarantee quality. > > How is this progress? > > Bruce > > On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Victoria Hughes <victo...@toryhughes.com> > wrote: >> Great teaching style, use of simple accessible graphics, and what, over 2400 >> topics about math, science, finances, and more. Video format. >> http://www.khanacademy.org/ >> >> >> Tory Hughes >> www.toryhughes.com >> Milagro Hacienda creativity retreat >> The Creative Development manual >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
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