"In 2028 we won't have five thousand people who can help on cancer research. We will have five million people," Khan predicted in a talk about the future of education.
Today, a team of expert panelists gathered at DisruptSF to discuss how technology can benefit the public school system. The overarching goal for NewsCorp's Joel Klein, Udacity's Sebastian Thrun and Khan Academy's Salman Khan is to bring personalized learning to the classroom.
Leaders in the tech industry account for a sizable chunk of the names in Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people list, which the publication released today.
Each year, the magazine sets up a readers’ poll on its website that contains …
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Apple recently announced iBooks 2 for iPad, which it promises will reinvent the textbook. Some even speculate that it will ignite a revolution in education.
Why? Because iBooks are sleeker, smarter, and equipped with a seemingly endless amount of innovative …
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The Indian government thinks the $35 Aakash Android tablet has the power to change the world. After testing one out, we’d tend to agree.
An Aakash tablet was brought to the VentureBeat office on Tuesday by Vivek Wadhwa, a visiting …
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Rockets, electric cars, motion-sensing interfaces, free math education for all, and a social network that’s closing in on a billion people.
Don’t you wish you could ask the legendary innovators behind these great ideas what it really takes to change …
