If you Know a student who is online often (and what student today is NOT?!) , here are two free online learning sites to help them brush up on skills or learn something new:
KAHN ACADEMY www.khanacademy.org/
Thousands of educational videos and hundreds of practice exercise on a wide variety of K-12 topics ranging from history to chemistry to arithmetic to venture capital. This website started with math videos prepared by Khan for a relative in another city, but has expanded exponentially to become one of the best free online learing sites available. The ABOUT section of their website includes the following description of their goals:
"The Khan Academy is an organization on a mission. We're a not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education to anyone anywhere. All of the site's resources are available to anyone. It doesn't matter if you are a student, teacher, home-schooler, principal, adult returning to the classroom after 20 years, or a friendly alien just trying to get a leg up in earthly biology. The Khan Academy's materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge." I wish such a comprehensive resource had been at my fingertips when I was preparing for academic tests. Bravo!
GCF LearnFree www.gcflearnfree.org/
a simpler set of free online lessons on Computers, Reading and Math from Goodwill Community Foundation. Yes, that IS the Goodwill Industries who have the the thrift stores and work programs for people with disabilities that we are all familiar with. GCF has now made lessons in basic skills available to all. There are even mobile apps, so that online learners can put free time anywhere, anytime to good use learning and practicing these important subjects.
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