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Welcome to Show and Know Updates – January 24, 2010
A free newsletter from Show and Know, www.showandknow.com.Please forward this newsletter to anyone who is interested in K-12 education.
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• Congratulations: Khan Academy
Congratulations to one of our featured content sponsors, Khan Academy, which was recently featured on National Public Radio in the U.S. on “All Things Considered.” You may read or listen to the story here.Khan Academy is a free online tutoring service, focusing on math. It offers 1000+ videos on YouTube covering everything from basic arithmetic to algebra to differential equations, physics, chemistry, biology and finance.
The videos are recorded by the founder, Salman Khan, who makes the videos himself. All of his videos are clear and easy to understand, and the Khan Academy site offers unlimited testing questions. If you sign up for their free service on their web site you can also have it track your progress.
So, is Khan Academy helpful? We asked a recent graduate of Royal Scholars Academy, who used Khan Academy in her studies, if she would recommend it to other students, and this was her reply:
"When I was accepted to college, I needed to take a placement exam. I was nervous, especially about the math portion, since I generally enjoy English and humanities studies more than math. I had gone through various math books in recent years, but didn’t feel very confident with how I was doing. I found that I could focus better on Khan Academy videos, and went through many of them, even beyond what I had studied before.
"I took my placement exam, and when it was graded, found that I had scored top marks in all subjects — including math — which meant that I was already at the second year of college, academically. I am so glad that I trusted Khan Academy!
"So far I have been enjoying my collegiate studies, even though I seem to be ahead of many of my classmates. Thank you, Royal Scholars Academy!"
Quite a recommendation! Best wishes to our recent graduate and good luck to everyone in their mathematics studies. Perhaps Khan Academy would be a help to you, too!
• New Video Posts
We are always posting updates to Show and Know! Here are just a few of our recent posts:
· Funny and informative student-made video project: Michelangelo – the greatest artist ever! Congrats on the A+ grade, Andrew!
· My Hydrogen Project. This student-made video, adapting a Japanese anime cartoon, has English subtitles. Wow, who knew anime cartoons were about hydrogen?!? Congratulations on the top score!
· How to live to be 100. You may have heard about this research years ago in National Geographic. Here, at the famous TED conference, Dan Buettner spends his 20 minutes to update us on his research on the world’s "Blue Zones," communities whose elders live with vigor to record-setting ages. To find the path to long life and health, Dr. Buettner shares the 9 common diet and lifestyle habits that keep people spry past age 100.
View these and much more on Show and Know!
• Usborne Books – Now Available through Show and Know
Usborne Books are colorful, interactive books that children really enjoy. Here are a few examples to help engage your students:
· See Inside Castles
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Release: Student projects join famed educational video at ShowandKnow.com
August 5, 2009
For immediate release
An innovative educational website launched this week at www.showandknow.com. Students and educators can post learning projects for free, creating an online portfolio to showcase their academic achievements for others to learn from and enjoy.
Teachers will also appreciate the carefully-selected learning videos and multimedia resources on Show and Know. This engaging content is from leading media and educational companies, including PBS, BBC, Disney, National Geographic, and more. Resources are well-organized to enable users to find what they are looking for quickly and easily — and are added to daily.
“Many students need extra motivation to do their best,” said founder, James Smith. “Show and Know can motivate students to create a life-long, online academic portfolio for themselves, their friends, their relatives — even college admissions officials.”
As 7-year-old student, “AquamarineQueen,” said about her recent video project — practicing her diction by reading a vintage nursery rhymes book — said, “I couldn’t wait for everyone to see my project on Show and Know.”
- ABOUT SHOW AND KNOW
Show and Know launched its learning resources Web site in August 2009. The company aims to assist K-12 education by helping students of today gain the media and tech-savvy skills they will need tomorrow, while exploring traditional academic subjects in new ways. They also offer embedded media of well-known video and multimedia educational resources to create an innovative and compelling learning resource. Show and Know can be found and enjoyed at http://www.showandknow.com.
Contact James Smith, Founder, at admin@showandknow.com for email interviews and further information.
