1. Khan Academy
A Teachers Guide to KHANACADEMY.ORG
Intro
In this course you will be learning how to use and implement the
khanacademy learning system. By using this system you will be actively
improving your students skills in many different areas of study. Khan
academy started out with Sal Khan a hedge fund worker turned tutor
to his niece. Word got out about his awesome tutoring he created
videos and would post them to site called YouTube. Khan Academy is
a non profit organization funded by wealthy entrepreneurs and
received a large grant from Google and the Bill and Melinda Gates
foundation in 2010. This site has improved student confidence and
teacher communication with students and other educators.
2. Objectives
To become knowledgeable of Khanacademy.com
Navigating the tool bar
Signing up for a Coach Account
Tracking student progress
3. Prerequisites
Need to have knowledge as an Instructor
Have some knowledge of using the internet
4. Khanacademy.com
WHY?
It’s a free source for
learning
You can be a teacher,
Student, Parent, or Tutor
and use
KHANACADEMY.COM
Can track your progress
or students progress
The videos and files are
by industry professionals'
Can learn or teach at
your own pace
BENIFITS
EMPOWERS
MOTIVATIONAL
ACHIEVEMENTS
11. Choosing the objective for the class
In the top left
corner after you
have created
your class you
will see an icon.
Click that icon
and you will get
a drop down
menu of all the
objectives to
choose from.
12. Activity #2
Creating a class
Step 1
Find the New Class button
Step 2
Create a new class called Math
Step 3
Find the Objective Icon
Step 4
Change your objective to Precalculus
14. Adding Student info
Type email of student you would like to add in your class
If student is under the age of 13 they will need their parents email.
If student already has a Khanacademy account you simply give the the
class code
15. Activity #3
Adding a student
Step 1
Find the Add New Students button
Step 2
Type in your email address
Step 3
Add your self to the class created earlier (Math)
16. Checking progress
This is your menu that you will
be using to check your students
data.
Can be found in the student
Progress tab on top left corner
in coach Menu
19. Activity #4
Checking student progress
Step 1
Click on Student Progress
Step 2
Chooses a student level
Step 3
Search for the word Addition
Step 4
Get activity of student for today
20. Does Khan Academy Help Kids
Learn Math?
https://www.edsurge.com
71% of students liked Khan Academy; 32% liked math more as a
result of using it;
85% of teachers believe it had a positive impact on student's
understanding of math; 86% would recommend it to other
teachers;
The majority of use cases was supplemental: Just 20% of teachers
say Khan Academy played a role in introducing new concepts.
“…positive relationships were found between Khan Academy use and
better-than-expected achievement and non-achievement outcomes,
including level of math anxiety and confidence in one's ability to do
math.”
“...demonstrate[ing] how a technology provider can collaborate with
schools and independent researchers to obtain and respond to
feedback to execute rapid cycles of improvement to its digital
education offering.”
Empowers teachers with correct data and stats
Motivates by awarding point and badges
You achieve your goals quickly
Here are the different navigation bars in the section to check the progress of the student In the class dropdown you switch between the different classes that u=you have created In the Mission dropdown you choose which mission you would like to review
In the next navigation you can look at different student levels, find the topics you would like to review and check on student activity in different ranges of time
