Kahn Academy

As an early childhood educator I have only heard of Kahn Academy, but have not been able to use it in my classroom. Kahn Academy is a great example of the new trend in education of Flipping the Classroom. When a classroom is Flipped students watch lectures and instructional videos online presented either by their teacher or another source, such as Kahn Academy. During class time, students are then engaged by practice activities and group projects instead of lectures. Flipping the classroom allows teachers to provide more individualized instruction and as the video below states, teachers become more of a coach in which they can go into further detail in explaining misunderstood parts of the curriculum. This past Sunday Kahn Academy was featured on 60 Minutes on CBS. Follow this link to watch and learn how Kahn Academy is changing the way innovative educators are teaching in their classrooms.