Thursday, February 2, 2012

Guest Commentary: A Kid's View of Online Learning


OK, Murray Rosenbaum is not your typical 14-year-old. For one thing, he is a blogger for the Huffington Post and his biographyy makes him look like a Renaissance Man.
That said, young Rosenbaum recently posted a column about what it's like to participate in online learning, Khan Academy to be specific.
"The reason why I loved what this student said is that whenever any student asks a teacher to repeat something more than once, they get agitated. The ability to stop, rewind, or fast-forward really makes a difference in learning. Salman continued this quest still to this moment, and he has made videos on math, geography, history, trigonometry, physics, the recent SOPA bill, and even banking!" Rosenbaum wrote.
Click here to read his complete post.

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