Blog #7: (Genghis?) Khan

I think Khan's vision of personalized learning is fantastic! He believes that personalized learning can allow students to go at their own pace and pursue their interests so they will want to get more out of their education and they will have a further desire to continue learning their entire lives. I think it is a wonderful vision, although I can imagine some difficulties in making this vision happen. I think on smaller scales, like the Khan Lab School, it works great, but in a much larger setting where the teachers cannot monitor students and their progress as easily, we run the risk of students getting off task more or falling behind too much if their pace is really really slow. I think baby steps in incorporating this into classrooms are what will eventually get us to what Khan had in mind where each student in a class has a personalized experience and finds joy and fulfillment in their schooling.

I had never used Google Classroom before and I actually really liked it! It is very straight forward and easy to use on both sides- as a student and as a teacher. I like how customizable it is and how easy it was for me to create a quiz to go along with my video I had selected for my class to watch. I also like how the main page allows students to see both posted assignments and messages from the teacher so they do not fall behind on anything and are up to date with all of my announcements. I have not yet come across anything I have really disliked since using it, but perhaps as I continue to experiment with all that Google Classroom has to offer I will see more opportunities to improve it as well as get to know what else it has to offer.