Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Does Khan Academy offer just another rote lesson?!

The truth about the quality of Khan Academy's lessons/videos from this Washington Post article.  The lesson for me in my 5 years of combing the internet for lessons and resources for middle school students is there has yet to be any site that does all the work or is a silver bullet for 'student ignorance'.  - Especially one that just explains - ex=out and plain= to lay flat => which results in flat one dimensional learning.  However, this site can be helpful as a resource for students to go to when they need more explanation on a concept or  specific skill.
Read the article here.

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