arliemaria Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 (edited) I just watched the TED talk about the Khan Academy. I think this is amazing! Anyone here use it? I want to do all the lessons and have my 8 year old do them as well. Anyone know how I can have us both set up accounts on the site? Edited March 9, 2011 by arliemaria misspelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex-mex Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 We have the Khan Academy app for the iPhone for Algebra I. I love it as a review! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brilliant Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I'm not sure what you mean about doing "all the lessons" with your 8yo - I thought most/all of them were high school and college level? Do you mean the arithmetic section? My teens really like Kahn. Dd used his lessons to prepare for the math portion of the SAT, and ds has used some of the algebra, geometry, and biology lessons. He is in geometry this year and sadly, Kahn has very few geometry lessons. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arliemaria Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 I don't necessarily mean do them "now," but over the course of years. I am just very excited about the concept after watching the TED talk. We are working through Saxon Math 2 right now, so arithmetic would be appropriate. Does your son use an email to log in and then you log in as a coach to view his progress? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelotmom Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I want to do all the lessons and have my 8 year old do them as well. Anyone know how I can have us both set up accounts on the site? You'll need separate gmail and/or facebook accounts for each person, and have everyone login and logout each time, but yes, it works. We have three different accounts that we use from the same computer. Sometimes I'll have two open at once in different web browsers :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSurprise Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Very cool resource. I have it bookmarked. http://www.khanacademy.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arliemaria Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 How did you set up the accounts for your young children? I tried to create a google account for DD and cannot because she is too young. Any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelotmom Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 (edited) How did you set up the accounts for your young children? I tried to create a google account for DD and cannot because she is too young. Any advice? Make up a birthday. It's not a bad idea to give a false birthday anyways, for identity theft reasons. Blocking accounts from people under 13 is easier for internet services than complying with the regulations about internet accounts for kids, which is why they do that. If they can say that they don't knowingly provide services to children, then they've covered their behinds legally. Edited March 10, 2011 by ocelotmom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RanchGirl Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 My son loves Khan. The badges and awards and such are very motivating for him! i didn't know there was an ipad app, will have to check that out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 My ds10 is working his way through the chemistry portion. We didn't have to register to watch the videos. I'll have to look. ETA, he's very advanced in chemistry and looks forward to the videos every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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