Khan Academy is great to introduce, practice, and review content. Though math is the most comprehensively covered subject, teachers focusing on science, computing, history, or economics can teach or supplement full courses with Khan Academy. Math and reading content is organized by course and grade level, so it's easy to target students' instruction for a particular level and skill. Plus, you can set a course mastery goal, which will automatically give kids the practice to help them reach that objective. Use Math: Great Ready Courses to help get kids up to grade level. Class setup is simple, and Khan Academy integrates with Google Classroom, too. To make the most of Khan Academy's features, explore the Khan for Educators course located in the teacher dashboard.
Using the site's powerful analytical and adaptive program, you can track students' progress and identify students who may be struggling in certain areas. If students are using Khan Academy during class, take advantage of the real-time reporting. You can stop the class to teach a skill they are all missing, or target students who are struggling with some small-group instruction.
The new AI tool Khanmigo (an add-on paid service at the time of publication), powered by ChatGPT, offers a variety of features to both teachers and students. Khanmigo can generate lesson plans, rubrics, assessments, learning objectives, exit tickets, and more. You can even create themed lessons based on students' interests.
Students can chat with Khanmigo too; the AI won't do the students' work for them, but will give them hints and guide them in a way a teacher might. Khanmigo can answer questions and walk students through detailed steps to problem-solve. It also offers auto-prompts like "Give me a summary," or "Why should I care about learning this?" It even sends encouraging messages to students, redirects them toward the exercises, and offers to talk about other topics to build a relationship with students who are discouraged. However, the text can feel a bit robotic and repetitive at times.
Editor’s note: Never input personal, sensitive, or confidential information into a generative AI model. Any information you put in can become publicly available and used as training data for future iterations of the tool. If there is ever any doubt about whether or not to enter particular information, do not include it. Be aware of privacy settings on your device that might be helpful. Keep in mind that these tools often don’t have their own privacy settings.
