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Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!

By Colin Davitt
Did you happen to watch 60 Minutes last night? They featured Sal Khan and his Khan Academy.

Take 18 minutes to read and watch his interview. It will be 18 minutes of well invested time.

(Click on the image to go to the 60 Minutes story.) 


(Did you catch the Star Trek reference in the title of the blog? Pretty sweet!)


His TED talk is pretty inspirational!

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  1. Angie MoehlmannMarch 12, 2012 at 3:05 PM

    WOW! Not kidding...my colleague thinks he is so funny that he has been chuckling to himself for the past 5 minutes about this reference. Unfortunately for him, I don't get the joke. But this IS some amazing stuff-head to http://www.khanacademy.org/ to check it out.

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  2. JanMarch 12, 2012 at 8:57 PM

    Yes, I caught it, too (60 Minutes, not the Star Trek allusion) Found myself very back and forth throughout the segment -- my typical gray-area self.

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  3. LHS-Mrs. GirardMarch 12, 2012 at 9:16 PM

    I am creating a research topic on Blended Learning for a Master's class...this is perfect. How timely since last Elite class. Way to Go LINC team!

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