Super excited to be joining you this evening

for our session on "Getting started with Remote Learning".

And just to sort of set the tone for the evening,

we know that there's some challenging times out there.

And we're all struggling to figure out

as parents and educators,

what can we do to serve our students

and our children the best way possible.

And so with that in mind,

I just wanna give you a sense of

who's gonna be sharing their stories with you tonight,

and then what you can do next.

So joined on the line is Meaghan Pattani,

who is Khan Academy's Lead Educator,

training teachers all around the country.

As you can see,

she was an amazing high school biology teacher,

high school track and field coach.

Then you also have myself, former kindergarten teacher,

mostly known for teacher ties

and making smoothies for his kids.

And that being said,

I wanna give you a chance to introduce yourselves.

So I wanna start with a couple of quick questions.

These are pretty important 'cause I'm gonna use these,

that can inform the live demonstration we do

in the next few minutes.

So go ahead and answer this question.

What grade level do you teach?

Are they from elementary to high or even beyond?

I'll be curious to find out.

Again, we'll use that to really personalize

the kind of experiences

you see on the screen in a few minutes.

Okay, we're gonna close this poll in a few minutes,

three, two, one, we'll share those results.

And it looks like we've got

a big chunk of high school teachers here

as well as some elementary and middle.

So that's fantastic.

Thanks for joining.

I'm gonna ask you one other question as well,

which is, regardless of school level,

what subject do you teach?

Everything from math, to ELA, let's know more.

Thanks so much for participating,

go ahead and close this poll, share the results.

Sure enough,

it looks like we've got a plurality of math teachers,

but also some folks from across disciplines,

so thanks again for joining.

Okay, so that being said,

I wanna answer a couple of sort of

ground rules for this webinar.

For those who are curious,

you will absolutely get a recording of this afterwards

that you can share with anyone you like,

fellow educators, administrators, even parents.

And then absolutely,

please use the Questions feature at any point.

Meaghan gonna respond to your questions

right now as you type them in.

And then we're gonna take some questions live as well.

So please let us know what's on your mind,

and we'll respond in real time.

Okay that being said,

the three big questions that we're gonna address

this evening, are as follows.

Number one, why do you even wanna use Khan Academy

for remote learning in the first place?

We'll dive a little bit into the underpinnings of our site.

Number two, how can you use Khan Academy

to make remote learning as effective as possible?

We know you've got this big challenge in front of you,

we wanna give you all the tools and resources

to be as successful as you can.

And third, and finally, what else is on your mind?

How can we help, as you sort of face this next step

in preparing your students for success.

So that being said, I wanna start

with this beginning question

of why use Khan Academy for remote learning?

And the reason I've chosen these images on this screen,

which take you back to the very early days of Khan Academy,

as Sal Khan himself was building it out a decade ago,

is that, even though we often associate

Khan Academy with the classroom today,

at its very beginning,

everything on Khan Academy was remote.

Sal was sitting in his closet, as you can see,

creating the videos, creating the content,

it became the first lessons on Khan Academy.

And the result is,

because that's always been part of our DNA,

even as we move into the classroom,

you can be sure of two things.

Number one, Khan Academy is for learners

who are learning anytime.

You don't have to be working at the same time as students,

they can respond to the specific skills

you want them to practice.

They get instant feedback as soon as they do,

and you always keep tabs on how your students are doing.

And then number two, no matter where you are,

no matter where your learners are,

Khan Academy can bring you together.

Students don't even need a computer,

they can now access Khan Academy on smartphones

using our app or the mobile website.

And in addition,

our content is available in over 40 languages.

And as a nonprofit,

it's all free for you, all free for your students.

So that's why Khan Academy

is sort of uniquely built for this moment,

because this is the moment that we came from.

Okay, so now, the most important question.

How can you use Khan Academy

to drive great remote learning for your students?

So to make this really come alive,

I'm gonna use some of those recommendations

that you just gave,

I'm gonna put them to use

live on the screen for your benefit.

So I'm going to split-screen mode here.

And what you see on the right hand side

is actually the live Khan Academy site,

the same way you see it if you log in at khanacademy.org.

So the question that teachers often ask,

is how do I even get started?

How do I get my students enrolled?

So if you wanna do that,

all you have to do, is come over here.

And a lot of folks said hey, I'm a high school math teacher.

So maybe you're teaching algebra,

and so you have your classroom.

And if you wanna add new students,

you have three different options

that I've categorized into fastest, oldest and youngest.

And to explain what that means,

I'm gonna come over here to the Admin section,

and then down to Students.

And under Students,

you're gonna see this link to add new students.

And when you do that,

you get the exact same option

that you see there on the slide.

Do you want to use Google Classroom?

Do you want students to join with the class link?

Or do you wanna actually enroll your students yourself?

So the reason I say Google Classroom is the fastest,

is that if you already have a Google Classroom account,

all you have to do is connect that

and then import your students right away.

And you're all set and they're there in Khan Academy.

So that is definitely the fastest way to get started.

But if you don't have Google Classroom,

and you do have older students,

maybe middle school or high school,

you can absolutely have them join themselves really quickly.

All you have to do is click that button,

students join with the class link and you get a custom code

that you can put on your whiteboard,

on a screen, on an email,

where they can just join

and then you log into your classroom right away.

And if you actually download the handout

that I've included here in the GoToWebinar panel,

you can actually get a special handout or slide

to give to your students with that information.

What it has at the very end, is your unique class code,

which identifies your class from every other one

on Khan Academy.

And then finally, for your very youngest students,

for the elementary teachers out there,

you can actually create your students accounts

on your own, very quickly.

All you have to do is type in their names,

and then voila!

Khan Academy does two things for you,

number one is it generates unique username.

And number two is generates unique password.

And then if you create those accounts,

you can actually download all that information

and then print it off for your students.

Give handouts for your students, have them take it home,

and they're ready to go.

So those are the three options to get started.

From fastest, all the way to oldest and youngest students.

So that being said, as a former teacher myself,

I can't resist that opportunity

to give you a little pop quiz.

So, quick question for everyone out there.

Where can you find your class code?

Is it located under Course mastery,

under Assignments, or under Settings?

Which of those three areas on your Classroom dashboard

are gonna take you to your class code.

Thank you everyone for weighing in very quickly here,

this is awesome.

We got almost 400 folks

around the country sharing their feedback.

And we'll go ahead and close this poll

and share the results.

And so you're absolutely right.

Settings is where you wanna go

and just to recap that,

you come back here to your classroom page,

you're skipping past Course mastery, past Assignments,

and you come to the Admin section.

And you can find your class code in your Students area,

right over here,

or in your Settings field, right over here.

That's always where you're gonna find your class code.

Okay, so next section.

Once your students are enrolled,

how do you get them prepared?

What we're gonna recommend is,

if you have the ability to work with your students now,

before school closure events,

you're gonna have the best chance

to really get students comfortable with the platform,

and familiar with the routines associated with it.

So we highly recommend

that you start by assigning a simple skill to practice.

So they understand the basic mechanics of Khan Academy,

and they feel confident and in charge

when they use it at home.

That being said, we really recommend

that you add yourself to your own class,

so you can try it too.

'Cause is as important as your student's practice.

We've seen time and again,

the most successful educators with Khan Academy,

are the ones who feel confident about it themselves

and who include themselves in the experience.

So taking this class code for instance,

if you wanna add yourself to your class,

just to see what students are receiving,

the emails that are generated,

what an assignment looks like.

All you have to do, is come up here to your name,

in the top right hand corner.

Go to your Learner home,

not your Teacher dashboard.

And then on this Learner page,

which is all about you as a student, not as a teacher,