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When students in Florida’s Broward County Schools returned to class earlier this year, chances are they hardly noticed the hard work school information technology (IT) and instructional staff logged over the summer to get the system’s 262 school buildings ready for their return.Read the Full Story
Through a new e-learning opportunity launched this year, students in Geraldine can pick up German and teens in Frenchtown can take advanced physics n courses they may not have access to in their hometowns.Read the Full Story
South Dakota’s Rapid City Academy finds out just what it takes to provide a diverse population of students the flexibility offered by online learning.Read the Full Story
Imagine getting home after a hectic day in school. You sit down at your computer, tap in a password and learn your assignment for a class that does not meet in school. Instead, you log into a chat room and ask your teacher questions about the assignment and brainstorm ideas with your fellow classmates.Read the […]
The methods used to design the Alabama Learning Exchange can be replicated to create your own efficient, cost-effective, network-based education systems.Read the Full Story
It’s been ten years in the making, but a former California middle-school teacher insists he’s found a way to accomplish the unthinkable: getting students to do homework on the weekends–while watching football, on the couch.Read the Full Story
MINNEAPOLIS – By the end of his freshman year in high school, Billy Jenkins was burned-out.“They weren’t teaching the things I wanted to know about,” the young Minneapolis man said of the private school he was attending. “Things I wasn’t interested in, they spent forever on. Other times, they’d rush through and not give me […]
With 1,100 students to manage on a daily basis, Johnston High School administrators deserve a little help ensuring that communication needs are being met. A Web site called K12Planet.com is exactly what the principal ordered.Read the Full Story
“This is not an easier way to get a good grade,” Pat Donahue said.Donahue, Prince William County Schools’ supervisor of instructional technology, was speaking last week at an information session for the county’s virtual high school program.Read the Full Story
This year, Medford High School will partner with communities throughout the state and become part of Virtual High School, a program which allows students to take online classes in addition to courses given during the regular school day. Students can log onto the VHS site any time morning, noon or night to do their weekly […]
