Archive for the ‘K-12’ Category

Online learning

“It’s fun to learn how these things work,” said Pollard, one of the members of a State High student club who are getting first-hand experience in providing education via the Internet.Read the Full Story

Virtual Schools Offer Freedom

HAINES CITY — Daniel Jenkins Academy senior Mandy Gashaw says the only thing she missed in high school was the bad stuff.Read the Full Story

Nearly 100 Utah High Schools Deploy LearnKey Online Courses and Web Delivery System for Classroom Instruction

Utah high school students and teachers have logged more than 26,000 hours of instruction on the system. Students use the online courses to learn computing and Internet fundamentals to meet the Utah computer literacy requirement for all graduating high school seniors. They also acquire skills with Microsoft Office software, learn computer programming, and prepare for […]

Choices in education: Distance Learning Labs offer alternative learning

At least they are in the sense that students are no longer confined to just the classes and teachers offered in their own school buildings. Distance Learning Labs (DLL), now possible through computer technology, can bring a world of education unimagined just a decade ago. Read the Full Story

Florence students engage in debate with Virginians

But when they met for the second time last week, the mood was more businesslike and the questions and comments somewhat thornier. Read the Full Story

Long distance learning

Pupils from Prince Albert Junior and Infant School near the city centre were taught geography together with youngsters thousands of miles away at a school in Khanya, near Cape Town.Read the Full Story

Virtual schools, real concerns

BROOKFIELD, WIS. – At first glance, the Magnor family look like typical home schoolers. The five younger kids in the family head to the basement or the computer by the kitchen once breakfast is over.Read the Full Story

NetDay and BellSouth Host Online Survey for Teachers to ‘Speak Up’ About Technology

This month, the nation’s teachers have their chance to let their voices be heard. NetDay and BellSouth will offer the first-ever Speak Up Day for Teachers, an online opportunity for teachers in all grades and subjects to share their views about their personal and professional use of technology and the Internet.Read the Full Story

Virtual schools cause real concerns

The five younger kids in the family head to the basement or the computer by the kitchen once breakfast is over. Patrick struggles through an earth science lesson as Annie reads “A Wrinkle in Time” and Bridget and Eileen play with numbers, all under the watchful eye of their mother, Mary.Read the Full Story

Y-K [Yukon-Koyukuk] School District considers online course project

At an upcoming meeting, the district school board will discuss a project that Marley has been developing to teach Y-K students via videoconferencing technology.Read the Full Story