Who doesn’t like free? And who doesn’t like great iPad apps? When the two come together it’s good stuff. With that in mind, we’d like to share our Best Free iPad App of the Week here every weekend.
This week’s pick is Khan Academy. It’s full App Store title is Khan Academy – Watch. Practice. Learn almost anything for free. Here’s what the app is all about in a nutshell:
It doesn’t matter if you are a student, teacher, home-schooler, principal, adult returning to the classroom after 20 years, or a friendly alien just trying to get a leg up in earthly biology; Khan Academy’s materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge.
This is just a fantastic concept, and one that is tremendously well executed. Oh, and the backstory on how this all got started is great too. Salman Khan started out tutoring a cousin in math over the internet. Relatives and friends started asking for similar help and he began posting tutorial videos to YouTube. Three years after setting up his YouTube account, Khan quit his day job as a hedge fund manager to focus on his YouTube channel – Khan Academy.
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