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The death of the traditional classroom begins here

14 Dec 05:25am

Filed under: Education, Khan Academy, Online Learning, Salman Khan

Being a product of the 90s schooling era, neither I nor any of the kids I went to school with have experienced a world without computers.

This chalkboard's days are over, thanks to Khan Academy. Image: Jesse Neider.

Sure, we had the standard childhood pursuits of bike riding, swimming, generally getting in trouble, and those strange birthday parties where your whole primary school class is invited, including kids you don’t even know. But similarly ingrained in our early memories are playing Tetris, Space Invaders, Formula One, Brick, and so on.

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The Badger says:

04:23pm | 16/12/10

You lose mark you said something stupid and exposed your lack of knowledge on the subject. Admit it an lets move on. Read more »
Shifter says:

01:02pm | 15/12/10

I think the government hype machine has raised a lot of expectations regarding the NBN. Yes, the technology that’s planned to be employed can provide gigabit link speeds, but it’s a near sure bet that service providers will not be offering this sort of raw speed over all parts of… Read more »

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