Rural schools look to online courses
Alaska Online, a consortium of nine school districts, has been offering a pilot program of 21 courses for high school students for a year and will start officially this fall. Read the Full Article
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Value of cyber learning a mystery
WARNER ROBINS – Five years ago, there were fewer than 1,000 computers in the Houston County school system.Read the Full Article
Online courses incorporate interaction with teachers
“Teachers are very afraid of distance learning, but they shouldn’t be,” says Gen, a member of the El Segundo Education Association. “Ideally, online learning is student-teacher interaction mediated through a different environment.”Read the Full Article
Maine school gives students own laptops
For their final social studies project, they’re using the computers to create multimedia presentations on ancient Greece. Some of the Freeport Middle School students find it hard to imagine going back to using just pencils and paper. Read the Full Article
Cyber students meet first at graduation
The elementary and secondary students, whose numbers at the virtual school have grown from 500 to 2,000, have performed well on state achievement tests. Read the Full Article
District planning for online school
About 25 high school students have signed up this summer to catch up or forge ahead with online courses offered through a partnership with the Salem-Keizer School District. Read the Full Article
Classes are no longer confined within walls
Within two years, high school teachers at East Allen County Schools could have 150 students in one class without expanding their space. Read the Full Article
School Kids Profit from TV Education during SARS Crisis
Distance learning, or education via set TV programs for elementary or middle school kids has been proven effective since the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) as their parents keep them away from crowded classrooms. Read the Full Article
Arizona to add 10 online schools
Starting this fall, any child in the state with a computer and an Internet connection can enroll in a virtual school where he can sit in a cyber classroom, do experiments in an online laboratory and take electronic field trips with his virtual friends. Read the Full Article
Virtual High School Will Expand Beyond Prince William
This summer, Virtual High School will expand beyond the county’s borders. Students outside Prince William County can enroll in the county program, which is bolstered by a state grant. Read the Full Article