#MIT2012: Be at Commencement Virtually

When Sal Khan ’98, MEng ’98 takes the stage this morning at MIT's Commencement, you can be there. Maybe not in the flesh but you can see  his talk and share the excitement. Sal Khan addresses MIT graduates June 8. Photo: Dominick ReuterHow:

• Watch Khan's talk via webcast starting at 10 a.m. EDT.
• "...MIT is the closest thing to being Hogwarts...in real life..." Read the text.
• Read live tweets by following #MIT2012 or go to  @mitcommencement.

Why?Find out what Khan, who is inspiring a revolution in education, is thinking. He left a promising career as a hedge fund analyst to scale up his avocation. His revolution centers on short videos originally created to help his cousin with algebra. Khan Academy now hosts more than 3,200 videos in math and science but also many other topics. Eager learners have absorbed more than 157 million videos.Got a few minutes? Sample Khan Academy videos:

• Microeconomics: Economics of a Cupcake Factory (11:13 mins.)
• Physics: Scale of the Earth (9:31 mins.)
• Art History: Law Code Stele of King Hammurabi, Babylonian, 1792-1750 B.C.E (3:17 mins.)

Read about Sal KhanBill Gates wrote Sal Khan's profile in Time's 2012 most influential people list. Or focus on the five from MIT.FastCompany's 12-word commencement talks—includes Khan's.Bloomberg News on "Salman Khan: The Messiah of Math: Can an ex-hedge fund guy and his nonprofit Khan Academy make American schoolkids competitive again?"