[Xmca-l] Re: Fwd: Oscar winner¹s film features Khan Academy in the classroom this Friday on CBS

[Helena Worthen]

Does someone have some background about this Khan Academy?  My students
have started popping up with it. The videos start out with quickie
populism that engages but after a while it seems as if the real goal is to
get people to pick up a gun. There's serious anti-Semitism in there, too.
Who are these guys?

Helena 

On 9/3/13 11:34 AM, "Greg Thompson" <greg.a.thompson@gmail.com> wrote:

>See forward below for an interesting Khan Academy promo about a teacher
>using Khan Academy to teach math in her classroom.
>-greg
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: Suney Park from Khan Academy <suneyp@khanacademy.org>
>Date: Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 4:00 AM
>Subject: Oscar winner¹s film features Khan Academy in the classroom this
>Friday on CBS
>To: greg.a.thompson@gmail.com
>
>
> Hello!
>
>I¹m so excited to share that one of our Khan Academy teachers and her
>class
>are being featured in the upcoming film, TEACH, by Academy Award-winning
>filmmaker Davis Guggenheim. Watch this 3-minute sneak preview of Shelby's
>journey ahead of the premiere this Friday night:
>
>[image: Incredible teachers! Sneak preview of two-hour movie on CBS this
>Friday 
>night]<http://emails.khanacademy.org/5201b7a8191b2a646d1cc68c14pax.1nw/UiE
>X4uYQFS6xhKx8Bf242>
>
>Watch the sneak
>preview<http://emails.khanacademy.org/5201b7a8191b2a646d1cc68c14pax.1nw/Ui
>EX4uYQFS6xhKx8Ca986>
>
>The emotional two-hour special, hosted by Queen Latifah, explores
>America¹s
>education system through the eyes of Shelby Harris, one of our star Khan
>Academy educators, and three other inspirational public school teachers.
>
>Join me and millions of others in watching the premiere of the full
>two-hour special this Friday on CBS at 8pm ET/PT.
>
>Warmly,
>Suney Park
>*Teacher-in-residence at Khan Academy*
>*6th grade teacher at Eastside College Prep, CA*
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>P.S. If you¹re outside the US - don¹t worry! - we¹re working on getting
>access to the film directly through our site sometime soon. In the
>meantime, be sure to watch the 3-minute
>video<http://emails.khanacademy.org/5201b7a8191b2a646d1cc68c14pax.1nw/UiEX
>4uYQFS6xhKx8Df368>of
>Shelby implementing Khan Academy in her classroom.
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