TED-Ed, Khan Academy Enable Flipped Classrooms

Educators interested in "flipping" their classroom (that is, providing traditional lecture material for review at home and problem-solving exercises in the classroom) now have two more options to provide core content with a minimum of effort.

Yesterday TED http://www.ted.com/ announced TED-Ed http://education.ted.com/ , a service designed to "capture and amplify the voice of the world’s greatest teachers." In addition to hosting the videos, TED-Ed works with educators to review lessons and ensure they are less than 10 minutes. After the educator records and uploads the audio/video, TED-Ed works with animators to create story reels for each lesson, reports say.

Also this week, Kahn Academy http://www.khanacademy.org/ announced a new iPad app http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id469863705 . In a shot across the bow of traditional textbook publishers, this repackaging of existing Khan Academy content provides downloaded videos, subtitles, and progress tracking (requires a khanacademy.org account.)

Kyle Johnson

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