[kictanet] Khan; solution to teacher shortage

[Agosta Liko]

Bwana Yawe

The study says that among developed countries, US students are number 27 in
maths ....

And number 1 in self confidence ...

Imagine that.
On 13 Jul 2011 14:10, "robert yawe" <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Daktari,
>
> The mode of education is going the technology way which means that it will
soon
> fall within your docket which suggests that you must get abreast of what
is
> happening especially being an academician the benefits of the MIT open
learning
> and KhanAcademy.
>
> MIT stopped wasting parents/students funds by running formal bridging
courses
> and instead placed the lectures online. We are wasting a lot of parents
funds
> by running formal bringing classes a system like the MIT and Khan online
> training can solve this issue.
>
> KIE is busy barking up the wrong tree as the playing field has changed,
you once
> clearly indicated that during a lecture only 20% grasp the concept
immediately
> and I beg to add that another 10% will pick it from the
assignment/homework and
> maybe another 10% by reading the notes or text book leaving an
"acceptable" 60%
> left behind
>
> If there is no text book for the students to refer then another 10% are
left
> behind and if there was no exercise book to write notes then there goes
another
> 10% bringing the fallout rate to 80%.
>
> Ooops, almost forgot, and if there is no teacher able to teach the subject
then
> there goes the remaining 20% which gives us a fallout rate of 100%.
>
> What KhanAcademy is doing is what radio lessons did for those needy
schools that
> have a shortage of teachers be it Lokitaung, Mukuru kwa Njenga or Kendu
Bay.
>
> Mine is to say that instead of us spending millions at talk shops
misguiding
> young developers about how they will become millionaires by writing
applications
> for apple store, ovi store or samsung store yet the opportunities lie more
in
> home grown and consumed solutions.
>
> Khan is not charging for his content so why not take advantage of that
situation
> and begin to level the education playing field as we work towards
including our
> own content.
>
> I am sure many of you did not watch the video in full or with the
attention
> required which explains some of the posts, Khan says the model has changed
what
> was class work is now homework and what was homework is now classwork,
paradigm
> shift.
>
> Regards
>
> PS. A recent study found that American students failed miserably in Maths
and
> Science compared to students in other
> Robert Yawe
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> ________________________________
> From: "bitange at jambo.co.ke" <bitange at jambo.co.ke>
> To: robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>;
> kictanet-bounces+bitange=jambo.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Sent: Tue, 12 July, 2011 0:47:44
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Khan; solution to teacher shortage
>
> Robert,
> You should have taken your thoughts further in a way that can impact our
> future. If I were you, I would bring the issue of data centers and mash it
with
> video content. The conclusions would be that going forward we need lots of

> storage space. This means investment opportunity.
>
> I look at FPE as the greatest opportunity to push for automation to not
only
> increase transparency but traceability. It is a futile exercise for a
learned
> person like you to sound helpless. Often it is a problem that creates an
> opportunity and if we fail to exploit it, it will happen again in which we
are
> ALL considered unlearned.
>
> Ndemo.
>
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry®
>
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> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:43:02
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