Khan Academy

From OLPC

Khan Academy videos are being used to supplement clasroom learning in Mexico, Uruguay, and Mongolia among other OLPC deployments.

A project is starting to come together around developing and maintaining an offline package for the XS school server that presents and organizes KA videos.

[edit] Getting and playing videos

[edit] KA web app

The web app, and an offline version

The Google Code site for the app

A Windows-only offline server with scripts that let you pull down sets of videos. (Linux port needed!)

[edit] Downloading videos

There are various options for downloading videos, including via the offline Web app above.

Other online players

Skoool is developing an online KA video player

[edit] Translation

Existing translation efforts

A list of subtitled and dubbed languages

Ways to help translate

A summary of the process including how to real-time update their subtitles, and how to sign up to become a dubber

Suggestions for how to help and a translator's reference

[edit] Participants

If you are interested in helping out with this project, please add your name below. You may also want to join the schoolserver mailing list.

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[edit] from recent email

On testing out a schoolserver

> we're working on setting up KA in Oceania.
> will let you know how it works out

On translations and KA pilots

> Neil can probably chime in about the translation 
> of KA videos since he did that in Mongolia. They have
> certain guidelines, but they are not strict.
>
> Agami, who I mailed you about earlier, wants to do a pilot with their
> KA videos and measure the success of it. They will probably then
> report to KA since they have a working relationship with them. If they
> partner with OLPC, they can probably join and contribute to that
> project.
>
> L.