Most educators are now familiar with Sal Khan and his website http://www.khanacademy.com/. In my personal opinion, it has single-handily advanced the field of math education by leaps and bounds and has probably statistically increase the collective math score of American by a couple of points. The beauty of the website is that it truly leverages technology, gamification concepts, instructional video and learning maps and brings all of them together seamlessly. Another bonus, it's free. I think many education tools and ideas don't spread very quickly because they aren't free. That is why the Learning Management System (LMS) and online course authoring is still not widely adopted, because the good software is expensive (Camtasia, Captivate, etc.).
Khan Academy is such an exciting new experience that one Google's founders has left Google to work for Khan Academy. He left Google, one of the most innovative companies in the world, to work at Khan. That's saying something.
I cannot wait to see the concept of Kahn Academy spread to all of the disciplines (math, science, English, foreign language, art, history, etc.). This is self-study at its finest. And the best part is, this technology works for adults too. I personally have taken the time to freshen up my math skills, learn more about economics and even ventured into a little art history (just for the fun of it).
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