Khan Academy

In our current, uncertain world, teachers are increasingly being called upon to be adaptive and versatile when delivering lessons and content to their students. Throughout the Spring semester in Ontario schools, teachers were delivering lessons, content and performing assessments via online platforms. Now, in the Fall, school boards across the province have implemented online learning as a choice for pursuing education during COVID.

Khan Academy is a philanthropically supported, free learning resource tool that allows teachers to set up a digital classroom, permitting them to assign courses and curriculum content. On Khan Academy, students can view videos that reinforce curriculum content assigned by their teachers, encouraging them to pursue more independent learning. This simultaneously builds responsibilities as students are asked to meet deadlines for assignments, attend online tests, and show up for lessons. For teachers, you can track student progress easily and see how they are completing tasks, and more importantly, track exactly where students are struggling and where they may require more revisiting of materials.

Khan Academy is a useful application for educators to engage their students at a distance. I myself was recommended this program by a teacher that used it in the spring.

Giordano@NU