Caryl writes: > FYI... my granddaughter's algebra teacher at a private school in TX is now using the KA videos > as a supplement for her Algebra class. I don't know if she got the idea because I suggested > it to my gd or if it happened some other way. My gd has agreed to take notes about how the > videos are being used and what she thinks about them. Good to get a student perspective.
That would be great. Likewise to get that perspective from an XO class using the videos. SJ On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> wrote: > Quick thoughts on this: > > OLPCA are in touch with KA about getting permission to distribute their > [NC-SA] videos to deployments, particularly in cases where we are building > their servers or laptop images for them. This looks promising, and should > be resolved by the time any related projects or tools are finished. > > Among the larger deployments it would be good to hear from here are Ceibal > and OLPC Oceania, both having expressed an interest in making KA videos > more widely available to their students. > > From a usability standpoint, anyone using KA videos across a school or > school system who has written about the experience would make an excellent > point of reference. I will see if we can get in touch with someone who the > Khan staff look to as a model. > > SJ > > > On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Let me split off a thread specifically about how we can proceed to make >> KA videos available to every school. >> >> I have start a project page for an OLPC-KhanAcademy bridge, summarizing >> the existing KA projects that I know of. >> Please add yoruself to the list of interested people on that page if you >> want to help out, or are already using KA videos in your schools. >> >> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Khan_Academy >> >> Among the things this project could use: >> * A Linux port of the offline Khan Academy Web app (someone has already >> made a Windows version, complete with scripts that let you choose what >> subsets of videos you'd like to download). >> * A new XS build that includes a basic set of videos, or at least an >> installed version of this tool. >> * A translation coordinator to help synch up subtitling and dubbing >> efforts, most of which are currently scattered. >> >> > -- Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
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