{"id":2598,"date":"2009-12-21T05:11:43","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T10:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=2598"},"modified":"2009-12-21T05:11:43","modified_gmt":"2009-12-21T10:11:43","slug":"inspiringsalman-khan-math-master-of-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2009\/12\/21\/inspiringsalman-khan-math-master-of-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiring::Salman Khan, math master of the Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Salman Khan, math master of the Internet<\/a>
\nJames Temple, Chronicle Staff Writer
\nMonday, December 14, 2009
\nDuring the years Salman Khan spent scrutinizing financials for hedge funds<\/a>, he rationalized the profit-obsessed work by telling himself he would one day quit and use his market winnings to open a free school<\/a>.
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\nInstead, he started one almost by accident.
\nIt began with long-distance tutoring in late 2004. He agreed to help his niece Nadia, then a seventh-grader struggling with unit conversion, by providing math lessons over Yahoo<\/a>‘s interactive notepad, Doodle, and the phone.
\nNephews and family friends soon followed. But scheduling conflicts and repeated lectures prompted him to post instructional videos on YouTube<\/a> that his proliferating pupils could watch when they had the time.
\nThey did – and before long, so did thousands of others. Today, the Mountain View resident’s 800-plus videos are viewed about 35,000 times a day, forming a virtual classroom<\/a> that dwarfs any brick and mortar<\/a> school he might have imagined. By using the reach of the Internet, he’s helped bring education<\/a> to the information-hungry around the world who can’t afford private tutors or Kaplan prep courses.
\n“With so little effort on my own part, I can empower an unlimited amount of people for all time,” Khan, 33, said. “I can&apos;t imagine a better use of my time.”
\nvia Salman Khan, math master of the Internet<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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