Khan Academy online math courses to be offered in Tamil

Kayalvizhi wrote:Khan Academy online math courses to be offered in Tamil. Khan Academy is praised even by Gates.

No. The Tamil courses are not funded by Indian gov. It spends crores on pushing Hindi into Tamil Nadu.

To the ignorant people here who want Hindi to be taught in TN at state gov expense-Do you think money spent on Khan Academy courses or Hindi courses, which is more useful?

Rashmun wrote:

Many tamil speaking North Indians have been involved in offering khan academy courses in tamil. On behalf of Khan academy I would like to say 'Thank you' to all of them.

Kayalvizhi wrote:

Rashmun wrote:

Many tamil speaking North Indians have been involved in offering khan academy courses in tamil. On behalf of Khan academy I would like to say 'Thank you' to all of them.

Rashmun, YOU ARE A LIAR.

Kayalvizhi wrote:What does your video link has to do with translating Khan courses?
Are you unable to think logically? Or, are you a liar? ANSWER ME.

bw wrote:khan academy is a good source for information but kids shouldn't be 'lectured' or made to watch a lecture without any interaction. kids should be made to come up with the answers themselves with just a nudge or a hint here and there to get them on the right track.

i have heard that many teachers just play a khan academy video, or ask the kids to play it on their computers while they twiddle their thumbs or post on FB.

yes, it is infinitely better than lousy or no teachers but as a teaching style, it isn't the best approach.

bw wrote:khan academy is a good source for information but kids shouldn't be 'lectured' or made to watch a lecture without any interaction. kids should be made to come up with the answers themselves with just a nudge or a hint here and there to get them on the right track.

i have heard that many teachers just play a khan academy video, or ask the kids to play it on their computers while they twiddle their thumbs or post on FB.

yes, it is infinitely better than lousy or no teachers but as a teaching style, it isn't the best approach.

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

bw wrote:khan academy is a good source for information but kids shouldn't be 'lectured' or made to watch a lecture without any interaction. kids should be made to come up with the answers themselves with just a nudge or a hint here and there to get them on the right track.

i have heard that many teachers just play a khan academy video, or ask the kids to play it on their computers while they twiddle their thumbs or post on FB.

yes, it is infinitely better than lousy or no teachers but as a teaching style, it isn't the best approach.

good post, but irrelevant in this thread.