Sal Khan

6 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 27, 2023 by Sal Khan · across every show →

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Jul 27, 2023 bullish
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Khan: Hesitancy to adopt edtech will exacerbate educational inequality
“And don't let fear get in the way of trying something out, because if we do that, all that's going to happen is all of our kids are going to benefit from all of this. I'm not worried about them, but then the other kids are not, and then that's going to create …”
Sal Khan Jul 27, 2023 ▶ 38:14 Classroom 2050: Unleashing AI, XR, Gaming
Jul 27, 2023 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Khan: 30–60 mins weekly on Khan Academy accelerates learning by 40%–50%
“Students put in 30 to 60 minutes a week, so not like a huge amount. They're accelerating 40, 50%.”
Sal Khan Jul 27, 2023 ▶ 32:07 Classroom 2050: Unleashing AI, XR, Gaming
Jul 27, 2023 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Khan: Average US student learns only 0.6 to 0.7 grade levels yearly
“And that's because the average American student learns about .6 to .7 grade levels per year. Which, yeah, after 12 years, you're at a seventh grade level.”
Sal Khan Jul 27, 2023 ▶ 31:41 Classroom 2050: Unleashing AI, XR, Gaming
Jul 27, 2023 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Khan: Detroit 8th grade math proficiency fell from 6% to 3% post-pandemic
“You know, people have looked at the NAEP results, and I think it was Detroit had three percent of kids, and I think they were eighth graders who were proficient in math, three percent. It's like, wow, the pandemic was pretty bad. Well, before the pandemic was …”
Sal Khan Jul 27, 2023 ▶ 30:43 Classroom 2050: Unleashing AI, XR, Gaming
Jul 27, 2023 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Khan: Star Trek-style immersive VR learning will happen in next 5 years
“And then I think you start to merge these things with platforms like you're hearing, and it becomes completely immersive. You can go to ancient Rome, you could talk to Caesar, you could talk to Cleopatra It, it's like the holodeck on Star Trek, and I honestly …”
Sal Khan Jul 27, 2023 ▶ 34:50 Classroom 2050: Unleashing AI, XR, Gaming
Jul 27, 2023 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Sal Khan: 40% of teachers used ChatGPT within months of release
“Within a month or two, 40% of teachers were using this very imperfect tool for themselves for things like lesson planning, and students were already using it”
Sal Khan Jul 27, 2023 ▶ 10:46 Classroom 2050: Unleashing AI, XR, Gaming
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