{"id":1263,"date":"2016-12-07T19:38:18","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T00:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2016-12-19T13:30:38","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T18:30:38","slug":"khan-academy-catastrophe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/2016\/12\/07\/khan-academy-catastrophe\/","title":{"rendered":"Khan Academy Catastrophe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the summer,students at McCollough Unis, were forced to do 8 hours of Khan Academy online work whether we liked it or not. This was a must because this was an assignment grade. There were some students who thought this was a walk in a park and didn\u2019t mind doing work over the summer. The other half of the students were complaining and questioning.<\/p>\n

\"unnamed-1-6\" <\/a>This is what was revealed after speaking\u00a0with Mrs.Oatley and Mrs.Bartley who both\u00a0thought that this assignment will do a lot of good. \u201cI think Khan Academy is a great way to practice math. The point of homework and assignments for students is to practice the skills they are learning in school.\u201d said Mrs.Bartley.<\/p>\n

“The questioning was going crazy or why is this even a grade?”, many students would ask, well here\u2019s your answer! \u201cStudents tend to have a dip in learning and understanding over the summer.”, Mrs.Bartley declared. Students aren\u2019t practicing those skills that they worked so hard for all year long.<\/p>\n

“Khan Academy over the summer is a way for students to keep track and come back to school ready for a new year,\u201d said Ms.Oatley. NWEA is on its way and everybody is getting ready for this monstrous test, one way is Khan Academy, but is it that useful? \u201cYes, I think Khan Academy is helping students with their NWEA. That\u2019s IF the students takes their assignment seriously and use Khan Academy as a tool.\u201d stated Ms.Oatley.<\/p>\n

Ali Farhat, a 7th \"unnamed\"<\/a>grade student in Unis Middle School, is one of the many people who disagree with having Khan Academy as a grade. “I feel like Khan Academy is a useful website, it helps a lot, you search up what you want and practice\u201d,he said.<\/p>\n

One things for sure is he doesn\u2019t agree with having this as a grade, Khan Academy is a website used for practicing things we lack on doing, if we just focus on getting the number of hours, we won\u2019t learn anything\u201d, Ali\u00a0says.<\/p>\n

Now there is another group of students who agree with having Khan Academy as a grade. Summer Saeed, a 8th grade student in Unis Middle School, agrees with this process. \u201c I do agree with this, it\u2019s a good extra credit grade that will help me out\u201d, stated Summer.<\/p>\n

Khan Academy must be a real help tonSummer and her NWEA score, \u201c I have seen a huge increase in my NWEA score, thanks to Khan Academy.\u201d Khan Academy is a very good website to use, \u201c I love math, it\u2019s a fun way to go on his website and test myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are two sides of this story, one that agrees,and the other that disagree. Teachers are really recommending this website because it helps you a lot with things you lack, what you\u2019re learning in class, and helps to improve your NWEA score. Its better to do something than nothing.<\/p>\n

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Dalia Farhat<\/p>\n

Middle School Journalist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the summer,students at McCollough Unis, were forced to do 8 hours of Khan Academy online work whether we liked it or not. This was a must because this was an assignment grade. There were some students who thought this was a walk in a park and didn\u2019t mind doing work over the summer. The …<\/p>\n

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