Khan Academy

Khan's concept is really a concept that I really agree with. The fact that technology is so available to us should really spark our minds to use it to its highest potential, especially when it comes to our school systems . To further his concept he applied it to when teaching a subject that a lot of people either grasp or don't care to grasp ; math.

Khan begins his TED talk with an example of him teaching is cousins in Louisiana and how they performed with him in person versus the videos he had posted online; basically teaching the same concept. His cousins actually preferred the videos over him  lecturing . This was because the student could learn the concept at their own pace instead of someone constantly asking "do you understand" or teachers becoming irritated because the student doesn't always quite catch on to the concept.

Khan developed Khan Academy to in a sense eliminate that sense of insecurity about learning a subject like math. The students go online to watch their lectures and complete work at their own pace. This in general give students that understand the concepts of the subject the option to go a little faster and the ones that don't quite understand to get extra help. The teachers also get a "progress report" so to speak to get kind of an idea of what areas he/she needs to spend more time and overall it leaves the classroom more open for extra help and understanding.

By far, Khan has had the idea that I enjoy most. His idea are more "right now" and something we can actually implement rather quickly to see drastic changes. I do believe Khan's idea has more appeal to me because of the fact that I can relate because math is a subject I struggled with and also having to experience teachers that may not have had the time to always meet my needs one on one.