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Have you heard about this guy named Salman Khan? He thinks that YouTube videos can change how your kid learns in school. Every thing is video these days. You have YouTube, Vimeo, and a bunch of other online video sites that cater to the hunger for more videos. We all know that people are generally more visual in nature and tend to respond to what we see in a stronger way.

This guy Salman started the Khan Academy. The Khan Academy has strong opinions on how to use technology in the classroom. This school has an extensive video library that covers all types of topics. He thinks that this is a major step forward over the days when teachers were given computers in the classroom and little instruction on how to use them. Well this sounds like a good idea but we’re not sure. They think if you surround the students with videos that the learning experience will be much better. They may be right. Mr. Khan’s video demos a very impressive and he thinks that the future classroom will be one big classroom across the world where all students can engage in the learning experience.

Mr. Khan is certainly getting a lot of help from a lot of high profile (and wealthy) people to help him with his vision. We already spend a ton of money on education. In some places it’s been effective other places not so good. This may be good money after bad. We’re all for kids learning more but is this the way to go?

Everybody seems to be jumping on the bandwagon but we’ve had these touted changes in “what is the best way to learn” before. Before we go off the deep end I definitely would like to see somebody establish proof that this is a better way to teach our kids.