When Students Do The TeachingOctober 16, 2012 | Kiera Chase Not
every teacher gets to hear these words: the process of making
"this video gave me a better understanding of how teachers
teacher, so when I am faced with a math problem that I don't
understand I can break it down and teach it to myself." This
quote came from a ninth-grade student at the culmination of the
Upside Down Academy project. When asked what they learned about
themselves as students one student replied "I learn things
better by hearing them, so I related that to my other classes,
like in English, for the vocabulary test I said the definitions
over and over again until I could remember them." In 2011,
Envision was asked to participate in Khan Academy's pilot
project. As part of the pilot we worked closely with their team
to develop curriculum that integrated Khan Academy into
Envision's project-based environment. To this end Envision
partnered with Jared Cosulich of Puzzle School to design,
prototype, and implement a new web platform that