Isn't that Khan Academy?
Absolutely. I wonder how many teachers are assigning Khan Academy videos?
I don't think the Khan model has spread beyond his math videos. I know he has a couple of history videos up--they are terrible. I would love to work with some other historians on a set of Khan-style history videos...
I had a student last summer in physics who was having problems with the material. When I asked her how she was studying, she said she was watching the videos on Khan Academy. Told her that I had heard of them, but, as I knew that he wasn't a physicist, I strongly cautioned her about them, especially since I hadn't seen them myself. I then directed her to some videos I knew were good (MIT OpenCourseWare).
I did recently watch a couple of geology videos on the site and they were pretty good. I need to watch a lot more of them before I can recommend them to my students, though.
The handful of math videos that I watched were ok, but I wouldn't recommend those specific videos to students struggling with the material. Better videos are available for those who need absolute beginner instructions.
Did the Animaniacs do any science or math songs?
Dunno, but I came across
the states and their capitals the other day.
I also like
a brief discussion about how to borrow and use base 8.
The f**ing schoolhouse rock song about how a bill becomes law was the bane of my existence. Students thought that so long as they remembered it, they needn't do the readings for the Congress portion of my American government class. Whenever anyone would bring it up (usually an ed major) I would ask them if they also relied on sr for their math and science classes (they said no, but probably did).
Hey, many of my classmates in eighth grade tried to get through the Constitution test (do they still give that?) by singing the preamble chorus from Schoolhouse Rock. Unfortunately, the preamble song left out the clause "of the United States" after "We the People," so, not such a good idea.
