Khan Academy - Communication Tool Evaluation

Summary

Khan Academy is a gold mine of educational videos and practice activities that range from kindergarten to college including subject areas such as math, science, humanities, business, and technology.  It also includes test preparation including but not limited to SAT prep and MCATs.  Accounts may be set up by individuals, parents, and teachers.  Teachers have the ability to create classes, recommend individual videos or missions, and monitor student progress.  Students can use the videos to supplement what they are learning in class, remediate lessons they have missed, or challenge themselves to tackle more challenging topics.  For those who are interested, they may also search for videos by Common Core standard.

	Rating	Rubric Statement	Comments
Efficiency (teacher)	3	Teacher can use it consistently throughout the year.
User Friendly (teacher)	3	Walks you through the setup or tutorials and quick and easy.
Cost	3	Free!	Free Forever according to Sal Khan
Validity	3	High educational value	Videos are linked to the common core math standards.
Safety	N/A		Students don’t interact with others on the site.
DOK (Depth of Knowledge)	2	Somewhat utilizes the targeted DOK	Though it includes challenging topics such as calculus and economics, it targets more DOK 1 and 2 questioning.
Monitoring Capability	3	Teacher can monitor and edit all student activity.	Teacher can monitor student progress.
Permission (school)	3	Permitted
Student Use	3	Students would be lost without it!	A great support to classroom instruction or for flipped activities.
User Friendly (student)	3	Students can quickly access content or desired tasks from home screen or search bar.
Student Engagement	3	Kids love it!	Students love to explore topics beyond what we are learning in class and are proud when they can learn something new and are able to explain it to me.