Burton joining Virtual High School program
John I. Burton high school students will be able to choose from 210 new advanced courses this year, and Superintendent John Sessoms hasn’t had to hire a single new teacher to teach them.Read the Full Story
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Parents get peek at FCAT online
Anyone will soon be able to look at an entire Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test online, but parents still will not be able to see their children’s test results.Read the Full Story
Central begins distance learning program this year
The White County Central School District will step into the future by beginning distance learning classes this fall.Read the Full Story
District’s laptop sale triggers stampede
Henrico County, Va., school leaders got a hard lesson in supply and demand on Aug. 16 when a rush to purchase $50 used laptops from the district turned into a violent stampede, with people getting thrown to the pavement, beaten with a folding chair, and nearly driven over. One woman reportedly went so far as […]
Online Tutoring Part of Growing Trend: Market for Web Education Matures
When students in Leslie Chernila’s English class at the Art Institute of Washington write an essay about the work of Garrison Keillor, she has them send it off to a critic halfway across the country before turning it in. The paper soon returns, complete with comments about structure and word choice.Read the Full Story
Evaluating Online Teachers Is Largely a Virtual Task
Administrators use Web tools to monitor e-mail, other data for performance reviews.Read the Full Story
Online learning boom echoes across state
Midmorning at Federal Way’s Internet Academy, the hum of the air conditioner fills the school’s one classroom. Just four students tap at keyboards while one teacher talks on the phone.Read the Full Story
Just Use It: Rethinking Technology Training for K-12 Teachers
A popular and long-standing marketing slogan exhorts potential athletes (and customers) to “just do it.†While arguably not a model for decision-making on matters of great importance, it is worth contemplating whether the underlying philosophy of that phrase might not be the best approach for teacher technology training. Rather than expending time and resources on […]
Electronic state high school offers flexibility
The State Board of Education wants to launch a virtual high school in 2006 that would offer Web-based classes and other electronic courses to all N.C. public school students.Read the Full Story
Students turn soldiers in cyberwars
Oakland Schools camp teaches high-schoolers how to protect PCsRead the Full Story
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