Let’s start with a picture that says it all! We consulted with parents a couple of weeks ago about homework online. On a number of occasions over the last week, 5th class have had the option of substituting a maths homework activity for 10 minutes of Khan Academy. On Tuesday evening, this happened:
The light grey represents time in school, while the dark grey represents time outside of school. So what is Khan Academy? Let us explain! The Khan Academy is a free resource that allows anyone to take classes in Maths, English and Science. It suggests topics for you based on whatever topics you’ve already mastered.
We first got involved with Khan Academy was thanks to the Mathletes Challenge. Mathletes is an Irish challenge, running from February to May. It provides suggestions for weekly challenges and collates points into leaderboards. We only started last week so we haven’t featured on any leaderboards yet, but if the classes can keep up this level of effort, we’ll be surprised if we don’t make an appearance in some shape or form at some stage! 6th class started using their Khan Academy accounts today and we know that they’ll get stuck in too!
Khan Academy has been a huge hit so far. We’re delighted by how well the students are engaging with the content and the format. But don’t just take it from us – we’ll let the numbers do the talking.
Here are 5 numbers that show us that Khan Academy and Mathletes has been a success in St Peter’s so far!
3250 – the number of minutes spent working online on Khan Academy by 5th class so far.
191 – the average number of minutes spent by each of our students this week – much of it outside of school!
454,008 – the number of Energy Points earned by 5th class in their first week. Energy points show off how much effort has been put into learning a topic by students.
8 – the number of students who achieved more than 30,000 Energy Points this week.
380 – the number of mastery points earned by 5th class in their first week. Mastery points show how many topics the students are competent in.
Check back next week to see how we’re getting on!
1:22 pm on March 6th, 2014
I am really enjoying doing khan academy.
1:23 pm on March 6th, 2014
We all love the khan academy. It helps us with maths.
1:24 pm on March 6th, 2014
I think it is really good for your maths and many more stuff. I will give it a 10 out of 10.
1:24 pm on March 6th, 2014
Khan academy is a cool thing
1:26 pm on March 6th, 2014
Khan academy is so fun.
1:26 pm on March 6th, 2014
Khan Academy is great for your children, everyone start up an account for your children!
1:28 pm on March 6th, 2014
I love playing Khan Academy for homework and in school.
3:10 pm on March 7th, 2014
we just checked the leaderboards and we are 4th in our first week how cool is that!
11:16 am on July 21st, 2015
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