Supercharging the Classroom: Using Technology to Support Personalized Learning

Sal Khan is the Founder and CEO of KHAN ACADEMY and the Global Educator Award Winner of the 2017 MY HERO International Film Festival.

"Karthyayani Amma of Cheppad village took up pen for the first time when she was 94 in 2017.

The mission of The Global Dance Initiative is to spotlight and support heroes from around the globe that use DANCE to Heal, Connect, and Inspire.

Ethiopian boxer Seb Zewdie's Olympic dreams were knocked out when the Soviet Union and their allies boycotted the '84 Los Angeles Olympics...

Cheikh Darou Seck films students from Dakar Senegal -10 years after taking part in the MY HERO Media Arts Education program and its impact on their future.

Laura Nietzer gives tips on how to use the Teacher's Room Resources to bring classrooms to life. Laura is available to mentor teachers as they integrate MY HERO with their classes.

Victoria Murphy explains her vision and passion for using Art to tell inspiring HERO stories.

Parkfields Primary School in gang-ridden Hanover Park, with committed teachers and effective management is a shining light for the future of the community.

HE NAMED ME MALALA is a portrait of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai.

Global Educator Award 2017 - Sal Khan Acceptance video

Jerrilyn Jacobs has been inspiring students to create meaningful media for over a decade. MY HERO salutes her dedication as a teacher and director of the Taft Media Program.

Sal Khan founded a school on the same principles of personalization that drove the success of his YouTube tutorials.

Apps & Girls, an organization that teaches young girls how to code their own websites, and Carolyne Ekyarisiima, the founder of Apps & Girls, became a mentor.

Esther Wojcicki shares her vision for a Moonshot Movement in Education.

Righteous Conversations Project mentors youth to tell stories that promote tolerance.

A device made from paper promises to make microscopes as widely available as pencils.

NOTES on a VIOLIN is a short documentary film which follows a violin teacher who wants to promote beauty in an otherwise dissonant world. With his unusual methods of recruitment as well as teaching, Darren Briggs' contagious passion attracts students and the curious. This quirky, slice of life story invites us to rethink our ability to live harmoniously among discordancy.

"Everything you do makes a difference and all of your choices have consequences."

Self-sacrifice means a lot more when the hero saves more than one person. Liviu not only saved a large majority of his classroom, but also became an inspiration for his surviving students and so many others.

"He deserves more than the footnote history books accord him"