Learn Art History With Smarthistory

One of the most popular posts of the last week was 372 Free Art History Books . Writing that post reminded me of a resource that I reviewed ...

200+ Free Video Lessons, Apps, and eBooks for K-12

One of my favorite blogs, Open Culture, has long cataloged free and open resources for post-secondary education. Today, they launched a new ...

Khan Academy iOS App Updated for iPhone

Earlier this year Khan Academy released an iPad app that allows students to download videos to watch offline as well as sign into their acco...

YouTube Launches "Star Search" for Teachers

Okay, so YouTube's not bringing Ed McMahon back to life to have teachers sing and dance on stage, but they have launched a star search ...

Backpack TV - Organized Academic Videos

Last night I received an email from a student intern at a new start-up company called Backpack TV . Backpack TV is a site that is creating ...

Is Khan Inherently Crap?

@ johnccarver @ rmbyrne just cause something is mapped to the common core doesn't make it good. Increasingly ppl noting common core no...

Khan Academy Videos Mapped to Common Core Standards

Disclosure: Mastery Connect is an advertiser on Free Technology for Teachers . Last month Mastery Connect added LearnZillion videos to th...

History Videos from Khan Academy

Khan Academy is well known for its mathematics videos, but did you know that they have some history videos too? I didn't until I saw th...

Salman Khan - Let's Use Video to Reinvent Education

Salman Khan, founder of the wildly popular Khan Academy , recently gave a talk at TED . As you might expect, Khan does tell the story of how...

10 Excellent Ideas for Using Khan Academy in Schools

Last month I wrote about the self-paced lessons that are available on Khan Academy . Those lessons are designed for independent learners to...

Saving Money (Compound Interest) in Plain English

Saving Money in Plain English is a Common Craft production that provides a concise explanation of the benefits of saving money in a bank or...

Put the Khan Academy on Your Mobile Device

If you like the  Khan Academy' s excellent videos and online lessons then  you're probably going to like the new Khan App . The Khan...

Find Self-Paced Math Lessons on Khan Academy

Khan Academy is well known for its collection of more than 1800 instructional math, science, history, and economics videos. Did you know th...

Khan Instant - Instant Search for Khan Academy

Khan Academy is famous for the fantastic educational videos produced by Salman Khan. Khan's mathematics and science videos are available...

Khan Academy - Educating the World via YouTube

In the debate over whether or not schools should block access to YouTube, Khan Academy is an example of the good educational content availa...