Sal Khan Essay

Watch the TWO videos on Sal Khan and write an essay on the following:

“The Future of Education is the Video”.

You are free to express your views on the topic and use other sources.

INTRODUCTION

21st century is the era of technology. People nowadays depend a lot on technology such as computers, smart phones and etc. Technology is playing important roles in our daily life, including in education.

From the videos on Sal Khan, we can see the impacts of usage of videos in education. In 2003, Sal Khan’s cousin, Nadia, sought for Sal Khan’s help in tutoring mathematics. Sal Khan began his tutor using the Yahoo!’s Doodle notepad. Nadia loved his tutoring videos. She found that the videos are interesting and easy to understand. Sal Khan’s videos were straight forward and friendly easy going narrated. They were doodled with pretty colour and were spoken in plain English.

When other relatives and friends sought for his tutoring, he decided to upload his tutorials to YouTube. His educational videos were popular and gained a lot of positive testimonials. He shared more than 4000

Since using videos in a classroom have so many benefits, how can we apply it in a classroom? According to Centre of Inovative Teaching and Learning of Indiana University, there are three distinct phases to be considered in planning to use video:

Phase 1: Planning

A good planning can make sure your students learn from the videos according to your learning objectives. In this phase, you can provide questions on what you think are important in the video. Consider the reasons for students to watch the video, and the outcomes from watching it. You can list the questions on the board or on a worksheet that you hand out in class or post online before class.

Phase 2: Watching

Watch the video as a class. You may stop the video to point out something important or useful to the students. You should model the engagement that you want from your students with the