Sal Khan
Salman Khan | |
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Khan speaking at a TED conference in 2011 | |
Born |
Salman Amin Khan October 11, 1976 Metairie, Louisiana, U.S. |
Residence | Mountain View, California, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Other names | Sal, "The Salmon" |
Alma mater |
MIT (BS, MS) Harvard University (MBA) |
Occupation |
Teacher, Executive Director of Khan Academy, Founder of Khan Lab School, Board Member of Aspen Institute |
Spouse(s) | Umaima Marvi |
Parent(s) |
Fakhrul Amin Khan Masuda Khan |
Salman Amin "Sal" Khan (born October 11, 1976) is an American educator who founded the Khan Academy, a free online education platform and an organization with which he has produced over 6,500 video lessons teaching a wide spectrum of academic subjects, mainly focusing on mathematics and sciences.[1]
As of October 2016, the Khan Academy channel on YouTube has more than 2.8 million subscribers and the Khan Academy videos have been viewed more than 840 million times.[2] In 2012, Time named Salman Khan in its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.[3] Forbes magazine featured Khan on its cover with the story "$1 Trillion Opportunity".[4]
Early life and education
Salman Khan was born to Muslim parents in Metairie, Louisiana.[5] His father, Dr. Fakhrul Amin Khan, is from Barisal, Bangladesh and his mother, Masuda Khan, is from Murshidabad, West Bengal, India.
Khan attended the public school Grace King High School in Metairie, Louisiana, where, as he recalls, "a few classmates were fresh out of jail and others were bound for top universities."[6]
Khan was motivated even at a young age to help other people learn.
Khan attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating with Bachelor of Science degrees in mathematics, electrical engineering, and computer science in 1998, later getting his Master of Science in electrical engineering and computer science.[7] Khan was class president in his senior year.[8]
Khan also holds a Master in Business Administration from Harvard Business School.[9][10]
Career
In 2002, Khan was a summer intern at PARC. From 2003 to late 2009, Khan worked as a hedge fund analyst at Connective Capital Management.[11][12][13]
Khan Academy
In late 2003, Khan began tutoring his cousin, Nadia, in mathematics over the internet using Yahoo!'s Doodle notepad.[14] When other relatives and friends sought his tutoring, he moved his tutorials to YouTube where he created an account on November 16, 2006.[15]
The popularity of his educational videos on the video-sharing website prompted Khan to quit his job as a financial analyst in late 2009.[16] He moved his focus to developing his YouTube channel, Khan Academy, full-time with the aid of close friend Josh Gefner.[11] Khan consequently received sponsorship from Ann Doerr, the wife of John Doerr.[17]
His videos received worldwide interest from both students and non-students, with more than 458 million views in the first number of years.[16]
Khan outlined his mission as to "accelerate learning for students of all ages. With this in mind, we want to share our content with whoever may find it useful." Khan plans to extend the "free school" to cover topics such as English. Khan's videos are also used to educate rural areas of Africa and Asia.[18]
Khan published a book about Khan Academy and education goals titled The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined.[19]
Khan Academy, initially a tool for students, added the Coach feature in 2012, promoting the connection of teachers with students through videos and monitor tools.[16]
Recognition
- Salman Khan has been featured on the The Colbert Report,[12] PBS NewsHour,[20][21][22] CNN,[23] and National Public Radio.[24] In 2009, Khan Academy received the Microsoft Tech Award for education.[25] In September 2010, Google provided $2 million to support the creation of more courses and to enable Khan Academy to translate its core library into the world’s most widely spoken languages. Also near that time, the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation provided Khan Academy with $1.5 million to help Khan Academy to grow as an organization.[26][27]
- In March 2011, Salman Khan was invited to speak at TED by Bill Gates who says he uses Khan Academy Exercise Software to teach his own children.[28]
- On June 2, 2011, Salman Khan appeared on The Colbert Report to talk in an interview about his teachings. He told the audience how he planned to use his software to revolutionize the field of education.[29]
- Khan has also been interviewed by journalist Charlie Rose, appearing on Charlie Rose on May 4, 2011,[30] and by news anchor Tom Brokaw.[31]
- Khan appeared at Stanford Graduate School of Business on February 21, 2012.[32][33]
- On April 29, 2015, Salman Khan appeared at the University of California, Berkeley, in partnership with the Berkeley Forum.[34]
- Khan spoke at Bellarmine College Prep during TEDxSanJoseCA about the importance of education and the founding of Khan Academy. Khan was also the commencement speaker for Rice University's commencement exercises on May 12, 2012[35] as well as MIT's commencement on June 8, 2012.[7][36][37]
- Khan appeared at the AtGoogleTalks with Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt in 2012.[38][39]
- Khan has been interviewed by Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson at The Aspen Institute in 2012.[40] On August 3, 2013 Khan was interviewed by Henry Paulson at The Aspen Institute for the 20th Annual Summer Celebration.[41]
- Khan has been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle,[42] on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS),[43] National Public Radio, CNN,[44] and CNN Money.
- Khan was featured as a "Big Thinker" on Edutopia discussing flip teaching.[45]
- Khan was interviewed by journalist Charlie Rose, appearing on Charlie Rose for the second time on February 26, 2013.[46]
- On March 21, 2013, Khan was presented the 2013 Posey Leadership Award at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science by Austin College (located in Sherman, Texas). Earlier that day, at a campus convocation Khan gave a lecture to the Austin College community. Khan also visited various student groups around the campus.[47]
- Khan spoke at the University of New Orleans in New Orleans on May 20, 2013.[48][49]
- Khan was one of five individuals who recently won the 2014 Heinz Award. His award was in the area of "Human Condition."[50]
- Beth Harris, John Green, and Hank Green are part of the Khan Academy community with him.
- Awarded Padma Shri in 2016 (India's fourth highest Civilian Award).[51]
Personal life
Khan is married to Pakistani-American physician Umaima Marvi. The couple live with their children in Mountain View, California.[52][53][54]
See also
References
- ↑ Number of videos, Khan Academy.
- ↑ "Khan academy". YouTube (channel). Google.
- ↑ "Salman Khan – Time 100". Time. April 18, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
- ↑ "$1 Trillion Opportunity". Forbes Magazine.
- ↑ Sengupta, Somini (December 4, 2011). "Online Learning, Personalized". The New York Times. p. 1. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
- ↑ Sengupta, Somini (December 4, 2011). "Khan Academy Blends Its YouTube Approach With Classrooms". The New York Times. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
- 1 2 Solomon, Ethan A. (December 6, 2011). "Sal Khan Is Commencement Speaker". The Tech.
- ↑ "MIT's Next Commencement Speaker Sal Khan Compares His Alma Mater to Hogwarts". Wired Academic. December 7, 2011.
- ↑ Kaplan, David A. (August 24, 2010). "Innovation in Education: Bill Gates' favorite teacher". Money. CNN. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
- ↑ "How Khan Academy Is Changing Education With Videos Made In A Closet – with Salman Khan". Mixergy. June 28, 2010. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
- 1 2 Kowarski, Ilana (June 6, 2010). "College 2.0: A Self-Appointed Teacher Runs a One-Man 'Academy' on YouTube – Technology – The Chronicle of Higher Education". Chronicle.
- 1 2 Colbert, Stephen (Host) (2011). The Colbert Report. Colbert Nation. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
- ↑ Khan, Sal. "Sal Khan". LinkedIn. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
- ↑ Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education. TED. 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Khan academy". YouTube. Google. November 16, 2006. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
- 1 2 3 Sen, Ashish Kumar (June 28, 2010). "Bookmark: The Prof Who Keeps His Shirt On". Outlook India.
- ↑ Bower, Amanda (December 16, 2011). "Substitute teacher". The Australian.
- ↑ Temple, James (December 14, 2009). "Salman Khan, math master of the Internet – SFGate". Articles.sfgate.com. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
- ↑ Khan, Salman 'Sal' (2012). Talking about his new book. AirTalk (radio interview). Khan Adcademy. Retrieved December 29, 2012.
- ↑ "Math Wiz Adds Web Tools to Take Education to New Limits". PBS. February 22, 2010. Archived from is very popular the original Check
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value (help) on February 23, 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2012. - ↑ Michels, Spencer (February 22, 2010). "Khan Academy: How to Calculate the Unemployment Rate". NewsHour. PBS. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
- ↑ "Online Education Entrepreneur: Salman Khan » Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship". Ethics & entrepreneurship. June 8, 2010. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
- ↑ CNN: Understanding the Crisis (YouTube). Khan academy. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Ex-Hedge Fund Analyst Finds Calling On YouTube". All Things Considered. NPR. December 28, 2009. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
- ↑ "Laureate". Awards. The Tech. 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Project 10 to the 100". Once upon a time. Google. 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
- ↑ "How did Khan Academy get started?". Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ↑ Khan, Salman (March 2, 2011), Let's use video to reinvent education, TED, retrieved February 28, 2013.
- ↑ "Salman Khan". The Colbert Report. Colbert nation. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
- ↑ "Salman Khan of Khan academy". Charlie Rose. May 4, 2011. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
- ↑ Brokaw, Tom (May 21, 2009). "Sal at Education Nation 2011". YouTube (interview). Google. Retrieved January 19, 2012.
- ↑ "Khan Academy Founder Finds Simplicity Appeals in Online Education Experimentation". February 22, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
- ↑ "Rethinking Learning with Salman Khan". February 21, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
- ↑ "Founder of Khan Academy, Salman Khan, speaks at UC Berkeley". April 30, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
- ↑ "Commencement Speaker Chosen". The Rice Thresher. Rice University. October 20, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
- ↑ "Sal Khan's Commencement address". MIT News. June 8, 2012.
- ↑ Gill, Stan (June 13, 2012). "Sal Khan gives a Commencement speech of love, empathy, and optimism". The Tech.
- ↑ "Authors at Google: Salman Khan". 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
- ↑ "The World's Most Important Teacher: Google's Eric Schmidt On Salman Khan". October 18, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
- ↑ "Sal Khan discusses 'The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined'". October 26, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
- ↑ "20th Annual Summer Celebration". August 3, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
- ↑ Temple, James (December 14, 2009). "Salman Khan, math master of the Internet". sfgate.com. Retrieved December 23, 2009.
- ↑ Michels, Spencer (February 22, 2010). "Khan Academy: How to Calculate the Unemployment Rate". PBS NewsHour. PBS. Retrieved January 5, 2011.
- ↑ "Salman Khan on CNN". YouTube. March 11, 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2011.
- ↑ "Salman Khan on Liberating the Classroom for Creativity". Edutopia. September 30, 2011.
- ↑ "Salman Khan on Charlie Rose 2/26/2013". March 1, 2013. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
- ↑ "2013 Posey Leadership Award". Austin College. November 21, 2012. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Reimagining Education with Sal Khan at the University of New Orleans". May 20, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
- ↑ "Reimagining Education with Sal Khan at the University of New Orleans". May 6, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
- ↑ "The Heinz Awards: Salman Khan". The Heinz Awards. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Padma Awards 2016: Complete list". Time of India. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ↑ "Education 2.0: The Khan Academy". Dawn (newspaper). April 26, 2011. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
- ↑ "Meet Sal Khan, Khan Academy". jointventure.org. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
- ↑ "Salman Khan - Educator". Biography. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
External links
- Khan Academy (Web site)
- Salman Khan on Charlie Rose
- Sal Khan at TED
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Past Winners of Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education