Khan Academy and TenMarks: Personalized Learning Resources for the Classroom
1. Khan Academy and TenMarks
Personalized Learning Resources for the Mathematics
Classroom
December 5, 2014
Kathleen Campbell
Christine Stokes-Beverley
2. Agenda
1. Khan Academy Overview
2. Hands-On Practice
3. TenMarks Overview
4. Hands-On Practice
5. Question/Answer Period
3. Online Resources
Today’s slides, handouts and
additional
resources can be accessed via the
link below:
http://tinyurl.com/smskatm
5. Basics of
Khan Academy
Math skills practice ranges from
basic addition to calculus
Over 100,000 practice problems
10 million unique visitors/month
6. How Can You Use
Khan Academy?
Remediation
(example: Math STAR,
SWIM)
Mixed-Ability Class
(example: Integrated
Classes)
Advanced Class
Master foundational
skills
Create practice sets
aligned with specific
units/SOL’s
Master foundational
skills
Create practice sets
aligned with specific
units/SOL’s
Allow students to work
independently on skills
suggested by Khan
Academy
Provide additional
practice on grade-level
skills
Create practice sets
aligned with specific
units/SOL’s
Allow students to work
independently on skills
suggested by Khan
Academy
16. ● Based on state standards
● Math only for grades 1
through Algebra 2
● Used in school districts
across the country
Basics of TenMarks
17. ● Practice problems and
tutorial videos
● TEI questions as well as
multiple choice
● Individual and
differentiated instruction
Basics of TenMarks
18. ● Signing students up for
accounts does not
require email addresses!
● Roster is stored in the
teacher account in case
students ever lose their
username or password
Basics of TenMarks
19. ● Assign a specific
standard to all students
● Assign standards based
on individual needs and
mastery
● 10 or 20 questions at a
time
How can you use TenMarks?
20. ● Assignments are given
due dates for students to
complete them
● Students submit work
and then teachers track
progress
How can you use TenMarks?
23. ● With Premium version
($20/student/year), you
can access even more
● One-click differentiation
from results, build and
deploy your own
assessments, use distric
standard assessments...
TenMarks Math is free… but...
24. ● Teacher assigned problem
sets
● “Jam Sessions” to practice
skills
● Reward certificates for
scores over 80%
● Games once 6
assignments are complete!
What do students do on TenMarks?
Remind colleagues that they need to be logged in to Google Drive with their apsva.us account to access files.
Khan Academy.com is a mastery based personalized online learning resource that was started by Salman Khan in 2006. The site produces micro lectures on a variety of topics ranging from history to mathematics. As it specifically relates to mathematics, the topics range from basic addition to calculus.
It also provides teachers, parents and coaches with the ability to track mathematics skills data, provide acceleration and remediation, and supplement in-class mathematics instruction.
The Khan Academy team has produced over 100K practice problems and made them available to users, and these problems have been accessed over 7 million times since the inception of the site. The problems are written by a team of math teachers, tutors and professors.
According to research by SRI International, as of February 2014, the KA site is visited by 10 million people every month.
KA can be used as a supplement to your classroom instruction. This chart shows suggested ways that KA can be implemented in a mathematics setting.
Once you select log in, enter your username and password given to you for the purpose of this PD session on the right side of the dialog box. Once you log-in, you should see a pop up box asking you to agree to the TOS and privacy policy. Check the box and click on the green start learning box.
You’ll be asked to select an avatar. Students can unlock and further customize their avatars once they accumulate points by completing their tasks assigned by you and KA.
-Discuss welcome screen.
*Students CAN select a subject area, but it is not required--coach can recommend a mission. For the purposes of today’s training, we won’t select one right away.
-Let’s take a look at the user profile, and then add a coach. Click your name and then select Profile from the drop down box.
-Mention badges/gamification
-Mention programs, tie in with STEM.
Add a coach
Once you click on coaches, you should notice a section on the left side that will allow you to add a coach. For the purposes of this training, enter the code you see here to join our class. Once you’ve completed this, you’ll notice that a coach was added to the right side of the page. Once you’ve successfully added a coach, go back to the homepage.
Once you’ve returned to the homepage, take a look here. This is the notification icon--this is where students will be able to find new recommendations from you. Click on the notification, and start the mission. For this training, we’ll be taking a look at the 8th grade math mission.
We’ll give you about 5-10 minutes to explore the mission and look around the site. The mission does start with a short pre-assessment in order to determine the individual student’s needs. Once the pre-assessment is complete, it shows the areas where the student needs practice, as well as any badges and points earned.
Take some time to check out the videos and the practice problems.
(halfway through, show coaches’ screen and real time data.)
