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1 Man,1 Computer,10 Million Students: How Khan Academy Is Reinventing Education - Forbes

One man. One computer. Ten million students. Our $1.3 trillion school system is ripe for revolution.

"..Over the past two years Khan Academy videos have been viewed more than 200 million times. The site is used by 6 million unique students each month (about 45 million total over the last 12 months), who have collectively solved more than 750 million problems (about 2 million a day), and the material, which is provided at no cost, is (formally or informally) part of the curriculum in 20,000 classrooms around the world. Volunteers have translated Khan’s videos into 24 different languages, including Urdu, Swahili and Chinese..."


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Unusual Talent: Leadership Skills of Dyslexic Entrepreneurs

Unusual Talent: Leadership Skills of Dyslexic Entrepreneurs | Students with dyslexia & ADHD in independent and public schools | Scoop.it

Professor Julie Logan shares new research about successful entrepreneurs who are dyslexic. Several common patterns were noted:

 

enjoyment working in teams communicate vision by 'painting in pictures' and telling stories talking to people and meeting face-to-face, persuasive abilities changing jobs if generating reports becomes a main focus of work delegate certain work and choosing partners who will complement you seeing the picture and using intuition to think out of the box ability to apply new knowledge, see potential

 

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Thank you @dyslexicadv for four minute video:Dyslexia in the workplace

Successful business people talk about how they overcame their learning challenges; how the world of work is so different from school or college; and discus...


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Drs Fernette and Brock Eide at DyslexicAdvantage.com's comment, April 1, 2012 10:37 AM
Thanks for sharing Lou! We love your blog!