KHAN ACADEMY

                   KHAN ACADEMY

                                               KHAN ACADEMY  is an online learning nonprofit company that aims to make high-quality education free for anyone with an internet connection.

EDUCATION COMPANY

Khan Academy is a non-profit educational organization created in September 2006 by educator Salman Khan to provide "a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere." Wikipedia. 

We can learn anything by going to the website of Khan Academy.Teachers, students and parents have been increasing their knowledge from this website for many years.

All resources are available for free to anyone around the world. By 2013, they were used by about 10 million students per month. Khan Academy's micro lectures have been watched over 468 million times.

HISTORY

The founder of the organization, Salman Khan was born and raised in New , Louisiana, United States. After earning three degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (a BS in mathematics, a M.Sc. in electrical engineering and computer science, and an MEng in electrical engineering and computer science) he pursued an MBA from Harvard Business School.

COURSES

Khan Academy has eclipsed MIT's  OpenCourseWare ACADEMY in terms of videos viewed. Its YouTube channel has more than 458 million total views, compared to MIT's 67 million. It also has more than twice as many subscribers, with 2,089,001. Khan Academy currently provides various levels of mathematics courses, and Salman Khan has stated that with the help of teachers, tutors and experts, Khan Academy now has topics beyond just math, such as physics, chemistry, finance, computer science, biology, art history and more.


Khan Academy also provides a web-based exercise system that generates problems for students based on skill level and performance. The exercise software is available as open source under the MIT license. Khan believes his academy points an opportunity to overhaul the traditional classroom by using software to create tests, grade assignments, highlight the challenges of certain students, and encourage those doing well to help struggling classmates. The tutorials are touted as helpful because, among other factors, they can be paused by students, while a classroom lecture cannot be.

SMART NOTEBOOK MAESTRO SOFTWARE

The new SMART Notebook Maestro add-on interacts with SMART Notebook’s iPad app, and gives teachers the ability to remotely control and interact with their SMART Notebook software on their SMART Board using their iPad.

“For more than 20 years the development of SMART education solutions has depended on feedback from teachers and administrators,” says Greg  Es-tel  President, Education, SMART Technologies. “With the increased use of i Pads in the classroom, teachers told us they wanted the flexibility of controlling their Notebook lessons from their tablets and we have responded with SMART Notebook Maestro, providing another effective tool for lesson delivery.

About SMART Solutions for Education

Nearly 70 million teachers and students around the world use SMART solutions for Education to make learning more interactive, engaging, effective and fun. SMART is a consistent innovator and the inventor of the SMART Board, this  includes  the world’s most popular collaborative learning software, SMART Notebook. With a full range of interactive displays, including flat panels, projectors, whiteboards and the SMART  digital capture board, SMART helps educators achieve better learning outcomes.

The software allows teachers to remotely control and interact with SMART Notebook collaborative learning software on any interactive display using an iPad equipped with the SMART Notebook iPad app. Teachers can change Notebook pages and add and manipulate objects while moving about the classroom, without disrupting the flow of the lesson. 

 Availability

 

SMART Notebook Maestro software will be available as a free download from the SMART website on October 31, 2014. In order to use SMART Notebook Maestro customers must have Notebook version 14.2 or higher, an active subscription to SMART Advantage and the latest version of the SMART Notebook app for iPad. A one-year individual subscription to Notebook Advantage starts at US$54. Volume and term discounts are available. The Notebook app for iPad is US$6.99 through the Apple App store. Purchases of 20 or more by education customers qualifies for Apple’s Education Volume Purchase Program. An updated version of the SMART Notebook for iPad app will be available October 31, 2014