With more than ten years experience in media production and development, Joanna Schneier has built an international reputation while serving universities, nonprofits, and publicly traded companies including K12 Inc., Middlebury College, PowerSpeak, The Ford Foundation, Rutgers University, WarnerBlu, and CrowdGather Inc. From project management of a multi-million dollar children’s language learning curriculum to producing educational videos for New York University, Ms. Schneier has focused on fostering strong collaborative relationships in both educational and corporate settings. She has also served as a consultant for distinguished nonprofits in the field of human trafficking, including SAIS, Eisha L’Eisha, and USAID.
Engaging people to ask questions about how the world works and what they can do to improve it. I am passionate about humans being a part of the world's ecosystem and not the focus of it.
Develop an online program for adults wanting to return to school who don't have the basic math skills they need to transition into a new career.
Education reform, media, marketing, design, small business, my kids and life in New York.
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A comment on Conversation: Is Salman Khan's idea of incorporating video in education the key to solving existing budget cuts? Is it learner friendly? Differentiated?
What would the cost be to incorporate video education or online course work?
The costs depend on several factors:
1. Production Quality. Are you going to just have a teacher in their classroom speaking into a camera or do you plan on incorporating animation/actors into the course.
2. Are you creating a new curriculum? If so the costs can be quite high because you are essentially creating an online textbook.
3. Is the video course intended to replace a teacher completely or to complement the teacher? If it is just going to complement the teacher then the costs are obviously lower.
From my experience video is never free because it takes time and skill to put them together. That said it can be very cost effective because they can be used again and again for most subjects.
What grade levels could we target?
In my opinion, and from experience, the ideal grades to target are junior high/high schools.
I personally think that video could be an ideal way for schools to expand what courses they offer. (i.e. AP courses)