<span class="Apple-style-span" style><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">Caryl writes:</font></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">> FYI... my granddaughter's algebra teacher at a private school in TX is now using the KA videos </font><br>
</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style>></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style>as a supplement for her Algebra class. I don't know if she got the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style>idea because I suggested </span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style>></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style>it to my gd or if it happened some other way. My gd has agreed to take notes about how the </span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style>></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style>videos are being used and what she</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style>thinks about them. Good to get a student perspective. </span><div>
<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">That would be great. Likewise to get that perspective from an XO class using the videos. </font></div>
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</font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Samuel Klein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:meta.sj@gmail.com">meta.sj@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>Quick thoughts on this:</div><div><br></div><div>OLPCA are in touch with KA about getting permission to distribute their [NC-SA] videos to deployments, particularly in cases where we are building their servers or laptop images for them. This looks promising, and should be resolved by the time any related projects or tools are finished.<br>
</div><div><br></div><div>Among the larger deployments it would be good to hear from here are Ceibal and OLPC Oceania, both having expressed an interest in making KA videos more widely available to their students.</div><div>
<br></div><div>From a usability standpoint, anyone using KA videos across a school or school system who has written about the experience would make an excellent point of reference. I will see if we can get in touch with someone who the Khan staff look to as a model. </div>
<div><br></div><div>SJ</div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Samuel Klein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:meta.sj@gmail.com" target="_blank">meta.sj@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote"><div>Let me split off a thread specifically about how we can proceed to make KA videos available to every school.</div><div><br></div><div>I have start a project page for an OLPC-KhanAcademy bridge, summarizing the existing KA projects that I know of.</div>
<div><div>Please add yoruself to the list of interested people on that page if you want to help out, or are already using KA videos in your schools.</div></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Khan_Academy" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Khan_Academy</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Among the things this project could use: </div><div>* A Linux port of the offline Khan Academy Web app (someone has already made a Windows version, complete with scripts that let you choose what subsets of videos you'd like to download).</div>
<div>* A new XS build that includes a basic set of videos, or at least an installed version of this tool.</div><div>* A translation coordinator to help synch up subtitling and dubbing efforts, most of which are currently scattered. </div>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266<br><br>
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