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August 14, 2012 09:30 pm GMT
"Computer Science is an intensely creative field," says Shantanu Sinha, President of Khan Academy, which gave TechCrunch an exclusive look at their brand new education portal that teaches Computer Science fundamentals through interactive drawing. "We really wanted to focus on creating something that could inspire young children, and get them excited and motivated to explore CS further." The portal's interactive design is a major evolutionary step for a website that has since been almost entirely based on YouTube lectures (with over 178 million views). I rarely get excited about online education, which often just recycles our antiquated education system into a digital format, but the new Khan Academy Computer Science project is beyond impressive.
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Khan Academy Launches The Future of Computer Science Education
"Computer Science is an intensely creative field," says Shantanu Sinha, President of Khan Academy, which gave TechCrunch an exclusive look at their brand new education portal that teaches Computer Science fundamentals through interactive drawing. "We really wanted to focus on creating something that could inspire young children, and get them excited and motivated to explore CS further." The portal's interactive design is a major evolutionary step for a website that has since been almost entirely based on YouTube lectures (with over 178 million views). I rarely get excited about online education, which often just recycles our antiquated education system into a digital format, but the new Khan Academy Computer Science project is beyond impressive.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/gZ4DM1xUF0w/
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