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  • - All right so we are,

  • we're gonna to start in a few minutes.

  • Probably a few seconds.

  • - [Phillipe] You're online on Twitter,

  • should see the Twitter.

  • - Should we start?

  • - [Phillipe] Let's put this online.

  • Okay then, go ahead, ready.

  • - Hello, well, thanks everyone for joining.

  • The whole idea of this livestream

  • and we're thinking of doing this as regularly as we can,

  • is obviously the world is going through

  • something of a crisis right now

  • around the COVID, coronavirus.

  • And a part of that, obviously people are,

  • first and foremost,

  • concerned about their and the community's health

  • and the spread of the virus

  • and how to best stop that.

  • But then, there's obviously side-on effects of that

  • and one of them is that we're starting

  • to see increasing school closures.

  • Obviously, other countries, like South Korea, Japan,

  • and more recently Italy and France,

  • have closed down schools entirely.

  • And we're starting to see that in the US now.

  • My children's school was closed as of today.

  • And obviously, Khan Academy,

  • a non-profit mission of

  • free world-class education for anyone, anywhere.

  • The way that we've tried to help doing that

  • is by creating resources online

  • that could be used in conjunction with classrooms

  • that could also be used independently by students.

  • We think this is our duty to really step up now

  • and make sure that as many students as possible

  • feel supported as possible,

  • as many parents as possible feel supported,

  • as many teachers as possible feel supported.

  • So, what we're gonna do today,

  • and this is all a little bit of improvisation,

  • is I'll tell you what I've been telling.

  • We've been getting a lot of inquiries

  • from various outlets and things.

  • I'll tell you what we've been telling everyone.

  • What resources we're gonna try to put together

  • and then, I'd just love to take questions

  • from anyone out there,

  • whether you're a parent, student, teacher,

  • or whether you're just someone

  • who's curious about things.

  • So, big picture, what we're saying,

  • so first of all Khan Academy,

  • many of y'all are familiar with it.

  • We do have a lot of the core resources

  • that students of all ages would need

  • to be able to keep learning.

  • If you start at the youngest age level,

  • we have Khan Academy Kids.

  • Khan Academy Kids is for as young as ages two to three,

  • but it will adapt the students all the way

  • to through the first grade standards.

  • We've just added the first grade standards,

  • and that's in reading, writing, math,

  • and social-emotional learning.

  • We can talk about the ideal use case for it,

  • I think for that younger crowd,

  • maybe 20 minutes a day

  • or at least no more than 20 minute sessions.

  • Ideally, sitting on the lap or sitting next to

  • a parent or loved one who can

  • work through it with them.

  • But that could be an interesting starting point

  • and we'll talk more about

  • some of the ways that you could structure your day.

  • As you get into early elementary,

  • mid-elementary, late-elementary and even middle school,

  • on the English and Language Arts side,

  • we actually just launched,

  • it's actually not even launched,

  • it's a beta of our English and Language Arts.

  • It's not perfect, we have to make some product changes

  • so that it can better work

  • for the English and Language Arts modality.

  • But it has some really great content on it already.

  • So, if you go to the Khan Academy,

  • the main dropdown menu on the top left.

  • You'll see, when the menu comes down,

  • you'll see it on the bottom right,

  • it'll say ELA Beta,

  • and then, you can pick the appropriate grade level.

  • Once again, I'll talk more about how to use that,

  • but that has reading comprehension,

  • which is, I think, one of the most important things

  • for parents and students and teachers to keep up with

  • while we're going through this unfortunate situation.

  • On the math side,

  • this is probably what we're most known for.

  • A lot of people associate us with those videos,

  • but actually I think the most valuable thing we offer

  • is the ability for students to practice

  • as much as they need,

  • in any concept, all standards aligned,

  • at their own time and pace.

  • That goes all the way from the kindergarten standards.

  • And, so do have an overlap

  • between Khan Academy Kids and the website,

  • where I would say if a student

  • is just learning to read, still quite young,

  • Khan Academy Kids is a better resource.

  • But if you're, for the kindergarten, first-grade standards,

  • but if you have a second grader

  • who could use the remediation or could use to go back,

  • you've heard teachers say they like to start

  • all their students back at kindergarten.

  • That actually could be useful to just make sure

  • they have no Swiss cheese gaps.

  • But for sure, once you get to second, third, fourth grade,

  • all the way through middle school, high school, and college,

  • we've got you covered on the math side of things.

  • And then, as you go into a high school

  • science and social studies,

  • we have most of the core subjects there as well.

  • And then, on top of that we have

  • the official SAT practice with this,

  • which is math, reading, and writing.

  • I think that's appropriate for any high school student

  • and even some precocious middle school students,

  • if they wanna just make sure they

  • get that practice in those three areas.

  • And for enrichment, I think our computer programming

  • is really a lot of fun

  • and it could be a really good way

  • to spend some down time if students are at home.

  • The thing that I'm emphasizing

  • and we're emphasizing as a team to parents,

  • is try to keep things--

  • Don't try to do everything all at once.

  • It's not even healthy (laughs)

  • to be in front of a screen for eight hours a day

  • while schools are closed.

  • Try to focus first on just the core fundamentals,

  • and then, if that's working,

  • then, layer on from there.

  • In our minds, the core fundamentals are

  • the reading, the math, and the writing.

  • The reading, you could use our English and Language Arts

  • for students to get practice reading passages,

  • answering comprehension questions on it.

  • So, that's a good source of reading practice.

  • And also just reading books, it's really that simple.

  • We hope over the next week to send out

  • some reading lists and things like that to make it easier

  • for parents and teachers and students on their own,

  • to know what types of resources they can look at.

  • On the math side, depending on the age range,

  • and we're gonna send out archetype schedules

  • over the next week.

  • But for younger students,

  • I think sessions of about 20 minutes

  • is about appropriate.

  • The important thing is to just do the reading

  • and do the math every day.

  • That's what really makes a difference.

  • That will keep students from forgetting

  • over this time period.

  • And, I believe actually can help them, push them forward.

  • And, if you can get that reading and that math,

  • I would say, even two hours a day

  • is just the core base for students of any age,

  • I think you're not going to be regressing

  • over this period

  • and might be progressing.

  • And then, from there you can layer on more,

  • especially for older students.

  • And, I think once you get to middle school

  • and high school students,

  • we can offer almost a full, complete day.

  • And, we're also gonna send other resources

  • that are out there, podcasts,

  • other things you can read, magazines that are good to read,

  • in this obviously very interesting time

  • that our globe (chuckles) is facing.

  • So, that's the initial thinking right now.

  • If you go to Khan Academy,

  • you'll see a little banner that says,

  • "Hey, if you're seeing school closures

  • because of the virus, click here."

  • And, you'll see an evolving page

  • that has our resources,

  • how do you get started, etc, etc.

  • Some of what I just talked about,

  • we haven't put up yet so please come on a daily basis,

  • it's going to be changing regularly.

  • I'm hoping by Monday or Tuesday,

  • we're going to put those schedules up.

  • So, if you are a student or if you have a child

  • or if you're a teacher of children

  • who are of certain age groups,

  • what could a schedule look like for them,

  • including things like breaks.

  • Making sure everyone gets time to run around

  • and play and explore and pay attention

  • to the news and all of that.

  • But with that, I'd love to take questions that folks have.

  • My colleague, Irene, she's got a laptop here.

  • - Hi, everyone.

  • - We've got this light coming through the blinds that's--

  • - This light.

  • It's been great to get people's questions in.

  • So, let me sound share some with you.

  • From Kristin Allen, we have a question of,

  • "Is there a social-emotional learning

  • on Khan Academy for first and second grade?"

  • - So, thanks for that question.

  • So on Khan Academy Kids,

  • we do have social-emotional learning.

  • Social-emotional learning is a very broad space,

  • but for Khan Academy Kids,

  • that is definitely integrated into that offering

  • and that's appropriate through students

  • up to six years old,

  • go through the six-year old standards.

  • We don't have a deep social-emotional learning

  • offering on Khan Academy Proper.

  • I think that is a good call-out,

  • and as we ramp up materials,

  • I think it would be powerful for us

  • to think about how do we that, too

  • 'cause a lot of what we've been building

  • over the many many years that are

  • I think going to be valuable

  • for people of this period.

  • We've been very focused on your core academics.

  • but I think what we're trying to do,

  • this live stream was really the first.

  • Our first run at this,

  • is try to give people a sense of community,

  • try to give people a sense of connectedness,

  • as we are all socially isolating, so to speak.

  • And, also give folks materials and things to do.

  • So, you're gonna see all of us at Khan Academy

  • broadening what we're talking about.

  • I think you're gonna, as you see the schedules

  • and things that we put out next week,

  • we're gonna say,

  • "This is your time to play."

  • "This is your time to meditate maybe."

  • We're also gonna be exploring with other partners,

  • ways that we can all interact in deeper ways

  • so, that we don't all feel completely isolated.

  • And, also there is a lot of learning

  • that's going on in the broader world right now.

  • What's a virus?

  • How does it spread?

  • What's the proper response to it?

  • What's the economic implications of all of this?

  • How are social interactions going to change,

  • maybe forever, after this?

  • So, there's a lot of real-life learning

  • that I think kids could, (laughs)

  • and actually all of us,

  • could benefit of from in this period.

  • - Yeah, there is a lot.

  • But Kristin Allen, I just wanted to say

  • that her question was about

  • the first and second grades.

  • Be sure to check out Khan Kids.

  • You can download that app.

  • There are no ads in it, no in-app purchases.

  • And, all the characters really were designed

  • specifically to foster those tips

  • We've got more questions coming in.

  • - [Phillipe] One good thing to clarify,

  • on the Facebook page,

  • they see my name on there,

  • because it's originating,

  • it says Phillipe live. (laughs)

  • - Okay, Phillipe just told us on the Facebook page,

  • you might be seeing, "Phillipe Live."

  • That's still us, it's fully--

  • - [Phillipe] It's originating from

  • the video manager here. (laughs)

  • - Okay, yes, Phillipe is our video manager

  • and he's right on the other side

  • of the screen. (Phillipe chuckles)

  • - We got a few more questions.

  • Wanna get some more?

  • - Yes.

  • - So from Sadia, how do you encourage elementary kids?

  • - Yeah, so that's--

  • When we put out these,

  • we're gonna hopefully by Monday or Tuesday,

  • have schedules that you can say,

  • "Okay, if I have an elementary school."

  • Let's say that I have a seven-year old, eight-year old.

  • What could the day look like for that student?

  • And, it's gonna have something like wake up,

  • change out of PJs,

  • really have a regular schedule.

  • Find a place in the house that feels like--

  • It's not like you're just slouched over

  • on a couch with the TV running

  • and you're trying to do a little learning on the side.

  • It should actually feel like,

  • okay, this is kind of school.

  • We're actually going to consult with more experts

  • and hopefully, as we do more of these live streams,

  • which we're targeting to do on a daily basis

  • through this crisis.

  • I'm hoping to bring some experts in

  • who can help us with that, too.

  • But some of our first stabs at it

  • would be create incentives, that schedule.

  • We'll try to set up like a checklist.

  • We might even try to create some frameworks,

  • that hey, "If at student is able to do

  • X, Y, and Z in a given day,"

  • "Here's some treats or some benefits they might get."

  • There might be a little bit

  • of quid pro quo with your child. (laughs)

  • If they're able to do this really focused,

  • good screen time,

  • maybe they could get a little bit

  • of less academic screen time.

  • There could be other benefits.

  • And, one of the things

  • that we're trying to do with these live streams

  • is we wanna be a little bit of a clearing house, too.

  • If you're a parent who has come up

  • with really good frameworks, we would love--

  • Send it to us.

  • - And post.

  • - And post, and post.

  • - I already see from people, saying,

  • "I use Khan Academy all the time in the summer."

  • Or, "I've been homeschooling with Khan Academy."

  • So, if you've developed some tips or techniques

  • about how you motivate your kids,

  • please post them and share.

  • We want our whole community to

  • to benefit from your tips.

  • - And, email skhan@khanacademy.org.

  • Email it to us, if we see really cool stuff,

  • we'll be sure to give you credit.

  • We'll say, "Hey, this is what Sadia came up with

  • (laughs)for her children."

  • This is an adaptation of it.

  • It seems to be working for her.

  • This could good for if you have

  • seven- or eight-year old children or whatever age group.

  • So we're going to be working on that.

  • What are the motivation mechanisms?

  • Another thing that we are contemplating

  • and we're trying to figure out how we can

  • resource this and do these things.

  • Are there ways that we can we can help

  • in real time?

  • Communicate with your children

  • and provide them some frameworks

  • during the course of the day.

  • So, that's something that we are very seriously

  • looking into our next week and beyond.

  • - We've got some more questions gaming in.

  • From Jennifer Goldstein.

  • How well do the online lessons align

  • with the Common Core?

  • - So, the lessons,

  • Khan Academy has been building for the building

  • around a Common Core for,

  • since the Common Core existed.

  • So, the lessons that you'll see in math from K through 12,

  • and the lessons you see on Khan Academy Kids,

  • and the lessons you see in English and Language Arts

  • from which are grades two through eight on Khan Academy,

  • these are not only aligned to the Common Core,

  • most of them have had external review

  • from some of the, even varied people who helped develop

  • the company for us.

  • So, they are very, very much standards aligned.

  • If you're in a state that isn't the Common Core State,

  • I would say that there's more alignment

  • than you would think.

  • Or any other country that does not

  • follow the US standards.

  • First of all, we have actually 40 translated versions

  • of Khan Academy.

  • If you go to the website, you'll see the link

  • at the top of banner.

  • Spanish is the most built out one.

  • But our belief, especially, in a time like this,

  • if students are able to engage in high quality materials

  • that are aligned with a rigorous standard

  • and Common Core is a rigorous standard.

  • I'm very confident that they will progress

  • in almost any standard that's relevant.

  • I think the important thing now

  • with what's going on with school closures

  • is to just keep students learning

  • on high quality materials.

  • Make sure their reading skills don't atrophy.

  • Make sure their math skills don't atrophy.

  • Make sure their writing skills don't atrophy.

  • And, there might be a glass half full opportunity

  • for them to may be even get more practice

  • in this time, a little bit more focus.

  • - Okay, and I don't know if Jennifer was a teacher,

  • but just in case for all the teachers out there,

  • you can actually put the Common Core Standards

  • into our search box,

  • and then, it'll just pull up the videos

  • and the exercises associated with them.

  • From Jessica Knap, do you think this would be good for--

  • This time would be good for SAT curriculum

  • for 10th and 11th graders?

  • - Yes, I think this is actually a--

  • For those of you who don't know,

  • back in 2015, we created this partnership

  • with the College Board.

  • Khan Academy's official practice for the SAT.

  • And, it's in math, reading and writing.

  • Today, a majority of all kids are taking the SATs.

  • Use it when you take the PSAT.

  • If students get permission,

  • their scores can be linked with their Khan Academy account.

  • And, then, it acts as a diagnostic for Khan Academy.

  • And, one thing that we've always been focused on

  • both us and the College Board is,

  • we don't view this as just as SAT Prep.

  • We view this as preparing for you for college

  • as measured by the SAT.

  • And actually, so, the SAT practice on Khan Academy metric

  • is an excellent way to,

  • as I said, you can't let--

  • To keep those reading comprehension,

  • math and the writing skills sharp.

  • Because actually, writing and you can write

  • and it's auto graded by another partner.

  • And, so even if you're not taking the SATs in the near term,

  • I think if you're a ninth grader or above,

  • it can be a great thing to engage with,

  • because you're gonna to get practice

  • in all of the major domains.

  • And, obviously, that will likely

  • reflect and improve your SAT score.

  • One of the issues in high school normally,

  • is that you're so overloaded.

  • You have six classes you're taking

  • and then, you're doing many hours

  • of homework at night

  • and then, you have to prepare

  • for things like SATs or other tests.

  • And, you have to do that on the margin.

  • You could view this as an opportunity to say hey,

  • "Look, if you could put in--

  • As a high school student,

  • if you're able to put in

  • even an hour a day on SAT practice,

  • maybe 30 minutes on the English-Language Arts' side,

  • 30 minutes of math side,

  • even that is going to make a massive gain.

  • And, as a high school student,

  • or parents of high school students,

  • I'm assuming there'll be even more self regulation, (laughs)

  • and then, you can spend some more time.

  • So, I wouldn't do five hours a day.

  • I think that would not be healthy.

  • But if you can do sessions of,

  • "Okay, I'm going to go deep for 40 minutes."

  • "Then, I'm gonna take a 20-minute break."

  • "I'm gonna go deep again for 30 minutes."

  • "Take a 20-minute break."

  • There is this whole thing called the Pomodoro technique,

  • which is a technique for avoiding procrastination,

  • which we all struggle with many times.

  • And it is--

  • Set a timer that you're going to be focused,

  • can be 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 40 minutes.

  • I definitely won't recommend more than 40 minutes.

  • And then at the end of that,

  • give yourself another.

  • Set the timer again.

  • Give yourself a 15-minute break,

  • or a 20-minute break, whatever you want.

  • Hopefully something healthy.

  • Go take a walk, go for a run,

  • do something, get outside

  • and then, dive back in.

  • And if you're going to do the SAT practice,

  • we've actually been doing some analytics.

  • It's not fully public yet.

  • But the important thing is not to just--

  • It's to do as much things

  • that are pushing your learning as possible.

  • So, take those full length practice tests that you can.

  • The recommendations, we've seen some associations

  • that the students are able to follow the recommendations,

  • which are always trying to push you

  • that they're potentially seeing more gains

  • than with the kids are just randomly jumping around on it.

  • So, simple answer is yes.

  • I think the SAT practice is a very good way

  • to stay engaged in all the core subjects

  • in the mastering of them.

  • - Okay, and the questions keep pulling in.

  • So, now, we have actually from another Khan,

  • a T. Khan. (Saul chuckles)

  • Are you planning to coordinate with teachers?

  • We are doing a lot of that in this area.

  • - Simple answer is yes.

  • We had a webinar yesterday.

  • This is just, what you're seeing right now

  • is just the very tip of the iceberg.

  • We hope to go for this to build momentum.

  • So, we hope to, throughout this whole,

  • for lack of a better word, crisis,

  • we hope to connect with teachers, support teachers.

  • We're trying to talk to other technology platforms

  • and figure out what type of resources

  • we might be able to--

  • We also want to be a clearinghouse to find out that,

  • "Hey, someone has figured out, a teacher has figured out

  • a good way to virtualize their classroom."

  • We want to share it with folks.

  • Obviously, not just using resources like Khan Academy.

  • Whatever resources are out there.

  • But yes, we want to support teachers through this,

  • parents through this

  • and teach and students through this.

  • - Can I just give some practical ways to get started?

  • So for teachers, specifically,

  • we have a Teach With Khan Group.

  • So, go to Teach With Khan.

  • You'll be able to connect with all sorts of teachers

  • and they can give you tips how to get started.

  • If you go to our homepage

  • and click that little blue ribbon,

  • it'll take you to a blog article

  • and the link linking to teacher resources.

  • So, we'll just have all sorts of videos,

  • webinars and resources to help you

  • get the best outcome for your students.

  • Let's see, we have from Owen Yinka.

  • I'm sorry if I am--

  • And, is there a solution for remote places

  • where internet access is a major challenge?

  • - So, Owen Yinka,

  • we don't have a really elegant solution there.

  • Our apps, Khan Academy Kids does work offline.

  • And, our Khan Academy main app does allow you

  • to store some of your content

  • but we don't have a really good

  • truly offline solution for the main stream

  • Khan Academy yet.

  • That is one of the gaps,

  • obviously around the world.

  • We know that's an issue and in this situation.

  • I know a lot of public schools

  • who are struggling with this issue of,

  • if we close the school,

  • which is probably prudent at this point

  • for the spread of the virus,

  • how do you ensure that all kids

  • have access?

  • Now, we are fully accessible--

  • - There's Kolibri, remember?

  • I think one of our--

  • If you go to Kolibri--

  • - Yes, it used to be known as KA LITE,

  • Kolibri which is an offline,

  • so, you can look into that.

  • - And, that's spelled K-O-L-I-B-R-I.

  • Look into that.

  • - Yes, maybe even if you just search KA LITE,

  • it might show up as well.

  • And, that one is something,

  • I think that's really valuable,

  • if you are able--

  • Well, you should look into it.

  • I actually haven't looked recently

  • at what their (mumbles) is.

  • But that's I think that's more of--

  • Yeah, people should look into that.

  • I think that's a little harder

  • for an individual to consume on their own.

  • But they should try.

  • - Our team just wants to remind us

  • that you can go download the videos

  • on the Khan Academy app

  • if you want to watch offline.

  • Let's see, we also have,

  • from Melinda Wedding,

  • are there any plans that help AP kids

  • who might be missing the last few weeks of prep

  • before the main tests?

  • - Yeah, that's an excellent question.

  • Actually, I mean, we want what we're all gonna

  • try to make what we can of this situation.

  • You could actually view this

  • as a glass-half full

  • because traditionally, AP tests,

  • which I know, there are things that students

  • want time to prepare for,

  • they're rigorous exams.

  • It's usually hard as you go onto May.

  • Students have all their other classes,

  • all their other homework

  • and then, between the gaps,

  • they have to prepare for AP.

  • I don't know where the College Board is on--

  • I know some of the SAT administrations

  • have been moved around.

  • I don't know what's going to happen in May

  • with the AP administration.

  • I hope they move forward

  • or maybe they can delay it a little bit.

  • We'll see.

  • We don't know what the world

  • is going to be like in April, much less May.

  • But I think it is prudent,

  • for kids to assume that testing is going to happen

  • as scheduled.

  • And, I think that's where we can

  • be really really helpful for folks.

  • We have, on Khan Academy,

  • AP Calculus, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Physics.

  • We are actually in development

  • of our new version of our AP Chemistry

  • but we have Chemistry,

  • the high school and college level on the site.

  • We have AP Microeconomics, Macroeconomics,

  • American History.

  • AP Government and Civics,

  • AP Computer Science Principles.

  • And so, I would recommend if the students are able to put,

  • well, now they'll have more time,

  • if they are able to put 30 minutes a day,

  • 40 minutes a day, an hour a day

  • into each of the subjects

  • that they're plan on taking the AP test in come May,

  • I think they're going to do very very well.

  • As I mentioned earlier,

  • what we have isn't just videos,

  • it's exercises and these exercises have been vetted

  • by third parties.

  • These are the same third parties

  • who've helped develop things like AP

  • or in so many cases, helped grade the APs.

  • So, really is highly rigorous materials.

  • So, what I would recommend is go on Khan Academy,

  • every course we have--

  • Most of our courses, we have something called,

  • Mastery Enabled.

  • What that means is not only do we have exercises,

  • but it's enabled in a way

  • that it has game mechanics

  • that try to measure students' knowledge state

  • on their current skills.

  • If a student is already feeling

  • like they've already covered most of the year

  • in their AP class,

  • they can go immediately to what's called,

  • A Course Challenge

  • and take that course challenge

  • which should take them about 40 minutes, 45 minutes.

  • And, then, they'll see which units

  • they're strong or weak in.

  • And then, especially, the units they are weak in,

  • they could then, go to each of these units

  • and there's things called Unit Tests.

  • And then, based on that, that'll take about 30 minutes,

  • and then, they could get a skill breakdown

  • of which skills they missed.

  • And then, they can go skill by skill.

  • And the way that you get level up a skill,

  • you can either go to a particular skill

  • and get a certain percentage of them right every time

  • and we have a very deep item bank.

  • So, you really shouldn't see a lot of repeats.

  • And, then, if you see that skill again,

  • and mix a little practice on the unit test,

  • or a course challenge.

  • Or what we have now, is called Master Challenges

  • which is based on just repetition review.

  • Then, it'll get leveled up.

  • So, I'm actually very confident

  • that if students who are taking AP,

  • put in 30 minutes to an hour per day, per AP,

  • they're actually going to be quite prepared.

  • And, I would to add,

  • as you get to the last few weeks of the AP,

  • to augment that with--

  • Khan Academy will, I think prepare you very well

  • for the multiple choice portion of the AP.

  • For the free response of the AP,

  • and most of the APs we have worked examples of

  • free response,

  • and so, there I would recommend

  • that the student start the video,

  • pause it right before

  • I'm about to or one of our team members

  • is about work through the example.

  • And then, work through it themselves

  • before the video does it.

  • That's the best way to consume type of content.

  • But yeah, I think AP is very powerful use case

  • for the students that are studying for it.

  • - Great.

  • And, we're getting close to 9.30

  • but do you have time for another question?

  • - I have time.

  • I have a harsh stop at 10 so we can...

  • - Okay, let's keep going right now.

  • From Gita Gandhi,

  • can parents assign things to kids,

  • I know I can do so as a teacher,

  • but wasn't sure about as a parent?

  • - So, there's two things.

  • Actually, so, first of all, what we used to call coaches

  • or teacher tools are available to anyone.

  • It's not like we check

  • that you are a certified teacher when you--

  • It's predominantly used by teachers.

  • So, we have both parent tools and teacher tools.

  • The teacher tools are more powerful.

  • They're built to be able to support

  • a larger number of students

  • and things like that.

  • And so, from the teacher tools,

  • for sure, you can make assignments,

  • you can assign specific skills

  • you can assign full units,

  • you can assign things like unit tests,

  • you can assign things like Course Mastery.

  • So, I want students to achieve mastery in this subject

  • via a certain date.

  • On the parent side, you can definitely monitor.

  • Can you do assignments from the parent dashboard?

  • I would say if you want to do assignments,

  • it's safest thing is to use the teacher tools.

  • - Yeah.

  • They're free.

  • Free teacher.

  • - And that's actually where we have

  • more sophisticated tools anyway

  • and you'll just be a teacher

  • with however many kids you have

  • as your students. (chuckles)

  • - Let's see, from Sadia,

  • this is a great question

  • for us to start thinking about.

  • How can the teacher reach out to students

  • during the school closures?

  • - Yeah, we're brain storming that.

  • - We're in the early stages of thinking on this.

  • I know that at my school district,

  • our teachers and superintendent

  • were just talking about that

  • and we're going to start off with the easiest

  • and most familiar techniques like group email.

  • Parents and the teacher communicating through emails.

  • Some other school systems are using

  • Class Dojo where other tips

  • or system for that type of communication.

  • And maybe this question also means,

  • how do you continue to foster that sense of community

  • when you're teaching online as opposed to being

  • in a physical classroom?

  • - I think what we're going to try to do,

  • and this is all improvisation.

  • I think we're all improvising over the next few weeks.

  • So, putting aside all the things we're hoping to do,

  • I think there might be a convergence here is,

  • there is a world where if you do have,

  • it could be Google Meet,

  • it could be Zoom,

  • it could be some of these other tools

  • that allows some form of video conferencing

  • and messaging at the same time.

  • It would be, I think pretty cool for teachers

  • to be able to communicate students that,

  • "Look, I'm going to available at these times."

  • Obviously, it could be coordinated with the schools.

  • Well, I do know some schools,

  • my children's school,

  • their schedule is going to be 90% same.

  • And, they're going to be using theses types

  • of video conferencing tools

  • to essentially run their program.

  • Now, that's, I would say the best case

  • and we know that's a lot of schools haven't had time

  • to plan and do that type of thing.

  • And so, I would say, I think it would be interesting

  • if, at the same time, we put out

  • what archetype schedules that could look like

  • for students of different age groups.

  • It could be really interesting

  • if teachers are able to also message

  • with their students and say,

  • "Hey, if you follow this schedule--

  • And obviously, the app schedule

  • or whatever you think is appropriate

  • for your students.

  • "If you follow this schedule,

  • I, too, the teacher, I will be available

  • at these times at this link."

  • At the Google Hangout or on the Skype link,

  • or whatever else,

  • and then, you could actually have

  • a virtual station rotation model

  • because some of your students,

  • Okay, it's 9 a.m., the schedule says,

  • "Work on your Khan Academy math for an hour,"

  • but the students also know

  • that you, as a teacher are available.

  • So, if they have any questions,

  • they can go to you,

  • they can just literally change the window and say, "Hey."

  • It's like office hours.

  • So, some of the students might be working with you,

  • and then, you can do deeper problems

  • or more challenging problems

  • or you might even ping some students on tools

  • like Slack, or some messenger or something like that

  • and say, "Hey, I see you're having trouble,"

  • because you can look at the Khan Academy dashboard.

  • "I see that you're struggling on this concept,

  • why don't you come into my office hours?"

  • Essentially, open up a different tab,

  • and, "I want to work with you a little bit."

  • I think that could be really really cool

  • if students are able to get that type of support

  • while they're working on tools like Khan Academy.

  • And obviously, as a teacher able to do the lesson plans

  • that you were already planning to do,

  • that's even cooler.

  • And, even in the classroom,

  • you think the best use case is,

  • teachers are able to do their traditional lesson plan

  • in highly collaborative ways

  • and that that's 20, 30% of the time

  • that students are able to personalize learning

  • on the platforms like Khan Academy,

  • where the teachers are still being able to see

  • what work the kids on working on,

  • what they're struggling with

  • and where interventions are appropriate.

  • But in this type of a context,

  • it might make sense to have more of the student

  • self-work but have a lot of support from teachers.

  • - Okay.

  • Let's see from Wasi, we have a question.

  • I want to home school my children,

  • do you have any recommendations?

  • I do want to, off the bat mention,

  • that we actually have a parent webinar,

  • mark their calendars,

  • it is next Wednesday

  • and knew we will be also recording it

  • and make that recording live.

  • - Yeah, and--

  • - And, you can register.

  • Just go to our homepage.

  • You can register for the parent webinar.

  • - Yeah, so the parent webinar.

  • And, the simple answer is everything we've been talking

  • about on this live stream,

  • I think is relevant if you're looking to home school

  • your child, depending on the age group.

  • As I said, most of the resources--

  • Sorry, we have this life from my blinds.

  • Most of the resources you need,

  • Khan Academy has been working on it for many years.

  • Math for sure, we can help students learn

  • at their own time and pace

  • starting as early as pre-K,

  • with Khan Academy Kids which goes to first grade.

  • And, you can pick up from there,

  • all the way through high school

  • and early college mathematics on Khan Academy.

  • Students can learn at their own time and pace.

  • We're going to try to put out--

  • We already have a lot of materials out there.

  • Things like the webinar are going to be very valuable,

  • for getting a little bit more tactical help

  • but we're going to put a lot of resources

  • out there for different age groups.

  • What could the schedule look like,

  • where one of the Khan Academy resources can be relevant

  • in each of those periods in the schedule

  • and what other resources should folks tap into?

  • Books that might be available online or not online,

  • podcasts that can be good sources of discussion.

  • So, we're going to try to support you

  • as much as possible.

  • The reality is a large chunk of the world

  • is being forced to home school on some level.

  • So, I think, we're going to do our best.

  • So, yeah, please keep telling us what questions you have.

  • As I said before, my email is skhan@academy.org.

  • We want your questions, your ideas,

  • things that would work for you.

  • We would love to then, share with everyone else.

  • - Yeah, we really appreciate what's been rolling in.

  • I know that Jeremy who held our teacher webinar

  • last night has already had a list of 1300 questions,

  • between the survey we sent out and the--

  • So, what we are doing us,

  • we're going through all of their questions

  • so that we can create

  • and get the experts in

  • and create the webinars and the tips

  • that will be really helpful.

  • So, we're going to keep on doing this.

  • - Yeah.

  • Are there questions?

  • - Let's see, we've gotten through, let's see.

  • From Shaun Rhodes, does your program use games

  • to teach concepts?

  • And, he talks about having a child who's autistic

  • at home and wasn't able to make it through

  • his multiplication tables until they found

  • an online game to master it,

  • and then, he was able to master

  • those skills (mumbles).

  • - Yeah, so, to some degree is the simple answer.

  • I think Khan Academy Kids is the richest

  • and that's for younger kids.

  • But that's a very rich game like environment.

  • As you get into the main core Khan Academy,

  • we have some game mechanics,

  • we have things like energy points,

  • master points, avatars.

  • The whole mastery mechanics, you try to level them up,

  • you get them fed when you reach

  • certain levels on the site.

  • So, we have those types of game mechanics

  • but it isn't like a--

  • There is a spectrum between game and academic learning

  • and we always say,

  • we gotta to make sure that we cover the standards

  • and how can we layer as much game and motivation

  • mechanics on top of that.

  • But we're constantly trying to improve that.

  • Every year, we try to make improvements

  • to make it even more engaging and motivating

  • for students.

  • You brought up a really interesting point

  • around multiplication.

  • Or actually, two things.

  • We haven't done official studies

  • of Khan Academy with students

  • with various learning needs

  • whether they're autistic spectrum

  • or whether learning needs,

  • ADHD or dyslexia,

  • but we have had a lot of anecdotal feedback

  • that being able to learn at your time and pace,

  • being able to get as much practice and feedback

  • as you need,

  • we do have some game mechanics

  • being able to pause, repeat, watch videos

  • at different speeds

  • is valuable for folks.

  • On the point you brought up

  • about the multiplication tables,

  • I think that's a super valuable one.

  • Khan Academy gives practice on things like that

  • but nothing can beat--

  • This is just a great bonding experience

  • for some of that.

  • If your child is second grade, third grade, fourth grade,

  • make sure they have that fluency

  • in their core math facts.

  • We can give a lot of practice

  • on the different standards on Khan Academy

  • but there is nothing like sitting with your mom or dad

  • or sibling or teacher

  • and making sure you have your single digit addition,

  • math facts really fluent and making--

  • And, once you get to second or third grade,

  • making sure you have your multiplication math facts

  • really really fluent.

  • I can't tell you how many students

  • we've seen who are in fourth grade

  • or fifth grade or sixth grade

  • or even sometimes high school,

  • who you can still tell,

  • too much of their cognitive load

  • is trying to figure out what eight times nine is.

  • So, they can't focus on the other math.

  • And, so you'll be doing your kids a big favor,

  • by just making sure they're super fluent

  • at that stuff if they're not there already.

  • So, should we--

  • - I think what we can do is wrap up

  • because we're going to be doing this again

  • as soon as what? Monday? Tuesday?

  • - Yeah, I think that's the hope.

  • It's been great.

  • A lot of great folks have chimed in.

  • I know this is a super tough time

  • for a lot of folks.

  • A lot of folks are trying to figure out--

  • I mean, yesterday I was working from home

  • and my kids were right next to me.

  • - You are on it.

  • I know my schools are closing on Monday.

  • I do wanna just do a quick shout out

  • to Teresa Bryant.

  • She just said, "Thank you Saul this live stream."

  • "Because there are so many parents out there

  • feeling panicky."

  • I think what's your message

  • if a teacher or somebody is feeling panicked?

  • - Yeah, well, Teresa appreciate that.

  • I think

  • one of the main purposes of starting

  • this live stream today

  • is that we're all in this together.

  • We're parents, everyone's, a lot of people.

  • But we're all trying to figure out this.

  • We are in a new--

  • Society has never gone through this,

  • at least in modern times.

  • And, I think for all of us,

  • honestly, for me, just to even connect with y'all

  • right now, it's comforting to me as well (laughs)

  • 'cause I've been socially isolated

  • and so, I think the best thing we can do is,

  • thank God that we have these types of resources

  • so that we can connect virtually right now.

  • But that's what I think it is.

  • I think this is going to be the time

  • that we're going to see the best of humanity

  • really stepping forward.

  • It's our duty to help all of y'all,

  • parents, teachers, students navigate this person.

  • We're going to be back on Monday.

  • I hope to be able to do this everyday

  • and don't be surprised if this grows

  • into more types of supports.

  • So that as many people as possible

  • are not feeling panicky.

  • I highly recommend meditation.

  • We've actually recorded

  • some guided mediations recently.

  • Something I've been doing for the last year and a half.

  • I was getting quite claustrophobic on planes

  • and someone recommended meditation.

  • That really helped me

  • reduce my claustrophobia

  • but it has had positive effects,

  • well beyond just my plane claustrophobia.

  • So, I highly recommend that.

  • Especially, with people feeling anxious

  • and they're just feeling overwhelmed by things.

  • Just 10 minutes a day, five minutes a day.

  • Just sit silently, try to absorb your thoughts,

  • realize that everything's going

  • to get better in the end.

  • We just have to put one foot in front of the other

  • and just do the next right thing.

  • I was telling that to myself

  • and my children yesterday

  • because everyone is like,

  • "What's going on?"

  • Just like, look,

  • let's just do the next right thing,

  • for the next hour,

  • the next day, the next week.

  • It's all going to work out.

  • I think there's going to be some glass half full moments.

  • And, I think we're going to see

  • the best of everyone, step forward

  • and we'll do what we can on our side.

  • So, thanks to everyone.

  • - Thank you.

  • - For being part of this.

  • - Onto the next right thing for the next hour then.

  • - (laughs) Yes, that's right.

  • - Okay.

- All right so we are,

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