{"id":4761,"date":"2010-06-09T22:21:13","date_gmt":"2010-06-10T05:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candlelightstories.com\/?p=4761"},"modified":"2010-06-10T22:24:38","modified_gmt":"2010-06-11T05:24:38","slug":"kahn-academy-teaches-math-and-science-on-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/2010\/06\/09\/kahn-academy-teaches-math-and-science-on-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"Khan Academy Teaches Math and Science on YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Salman Khan teaches math and science via YouTube video lessons.\u00a0 It&#8217;s called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/khanacademy#p\/p\">Khan Academy<\/a>.\u00a0 He teaches a wide variety of subjects including algebra, calculus, biology, physics, chemistry and statistics.\u00a0 He thinks everyone should be able to get an education for free and he does not think universities are doing it properly.\u00a0 The education model needs to be rethought and rebuilt.\u00a0 Many people think so and that&#8217;s why Kahn Academy has so many students and is attracting venture capital money.\u00a0 He&#8217;s getting more viewers than most university web sites.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a PBS NewsHour piece about him:<\/p>\n<div class=\"media\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/1kly25zVbco&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/1kly25zVbco&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a lesson on adding and subtracting fractions:<\/p>\n<div class=\"media\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"emode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/52ZlXsFJULI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/52ZlXsFJULI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" wmode=\"transparent\" emode=\"transparent\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" 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