While searching Instagram for 21st century tools, I came across a post on Khan Academy. Khan Academy is a website that can be used in the classroom or at home. It's a free tool that is beneficial for teachers, students, and parents that focus on many content areas. For the classroom, the teacher can assign content that is needed to practice by referring to student data. The teacher can assign work for individual student needs. Not only can the student work on this at school, but it's available at home as well. The student can type in any specific skill that is needed to be practiced and/or of their choice and there are many options available. Khan Academy has videos that you can watch to get a better understanding of a skill. Once the student finds the skill needed, they can click on the practice links and begin working. In order to use Khan Academy, the students need to be able to find the content that is needed, click in a box to type in answers or be able to click a bubble for multiple choice answers, and click the next button to move on. The students get immediate feedback on their work. I'm thrilled to be able to use this in my classroom this upcoming school year.
Here's the link to check it out.
https://www.khanacademy.org
Amanda, thank you for sharing. I have never used Khan Academy, but it sounds like a great resource. It would especially be useful for intervention for specific skills. I look forward to learning more about this program. Thank you! #EED509tools
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