Teacher Workshop

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- Personalized - - Mastery-based - - Engaging - - FREE-

10m users/mo - >500,000 registered educators

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What is Khan Academy?

A nonprofit with a mission to provide a free

world-class education for anyone, anywhere

The Challenge

Reaching every student at their own level

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The Solution

A personalized learning experience

with content customized for each student

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• Video lessons across a wide range

of subjects

• A deeply personalized experience

in math, our focus for today

Khan Academy offers…

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Khan Academy offers…

Thousands of math exercises

stretching from 1+1 through

advanced calculus

These exercises will be fully aligned

to the primary and secondary math

curriculum by the end of 2014

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Khan Academy offers…

Hints, supporting videos, and

step-by-step solutions for every

problem

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Khan Academy offers…

Points, badges, and avatars to

motivate students.

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Khan Academy in the classroom

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Dec 1st: Signups open Jan 5th: Challenge launches

FREE to enter. €20,000 in prizes

Pioneering on-line & in-person maths tournament for Irish students, powered by Khan Academy

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Who is eligible? Primary: 4th class – 6th classSecondary:1st year – 5th year

School Scoring Categories:- Total points- Points per eligible student

14 week Challenge- Online: Jan 5-

March 27- In-person: April

18-May 2

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- Weekly leaderboards

- Monthly school cups

- In-person individual playoffs

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Give it a try!

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Follow the instructions in your booklet to create a class and add a student.

Parents start p3Teachers start p5

MATHletes Class Naming

• Students MUST be added to

MATHletes-named classes

for their points to count

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BOOKLET P. 7

4thclassmathletes 2ndyearmathletes primary6mathletes year10mathletes

5thclassmathletes 3rdyearmathletes primary7mathletes year11mathletes

6thclassmathletes TY4thyearmathletes year8mathletes year12mathletes

1styearmathletes 5thyearmathletes year9mathletes year13mathletes

What is a mission?

• A way to focus

students on grade-

level content

• Recommended for

all math

implementations

• Accessible via

SUBJECTS menu—

try one!

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BOOKLET P. 10

MATHLETES MISSIONS

Learning Dashboard

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Learning Dashboard

Mastery challenges

• “Grab bag” of skills

• Spaced out over time to

ensure retention

• Help students

accelerate through

their missions

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Scenario 1 – Recommend a skill with a partnerpage 12

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Switch to Coach Demofollow instructions page 13

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Student Progress ReportComplete Scenario 2 &3

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BOOKLET P. 14-15

Skill Progress ReportComplete Scenario 4

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BOOKLET P. 16

Activity report

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“Start simple—just start”

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THANK YOU

breda@mathletes.ie

schools@mathletes.ie

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