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It's a social life and a community, an athletic center and a place to get meals that aren't available at home. The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted — and continues to disrupt — the lives of U.S. students in profound ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many kids haven't set foot in their schools since March, when \u003ca href=\"https://www.edweek.org/leadership/the-coronavirus-spring-the-historic-closing-of-u-s-schools-a-timeline/2020/07#:~:text=April%2017%3A%20More%20states%20close,the%202019%2D20%20school%20year.\">most in-person schooling shut down\u003c/a> across the United States. Teachers are working tirelessly to educate their students online, but they are growing increasingly anxious about the kids who aren't showing up at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An estimated \u003ca href=\"https://bellwethereducation.org/publication/missing-margins-estimating-scale-covid-19-attendance-crisis#How%20did%20you%20estimate%201-3%20million%20missing%20students?\">3 million students\u003c/a> may have dropped out of school learning since March, according to Bellwether Education Partners, a national nonprofit that focuses on underserved youth. The group's study cited a lack of Internet access, housing insecurity, disabilities and language barriers as major obstacles to attending virtual classes during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is really, really unsettling,\" says Alex, a teacher in western Virginia, who asked that her last name not be used for fear of repercussions for speaking out. \"I think people don't realize how much we need to see these kids. A lot of times in schools, we are the first line for seeing signs of child abuse, for seeing signs of food insecurity. And you don't have that with virtual students. Especially when they ghost.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That \"ghosting\" is a constant problem for school employees who track attendance in both urban and rural districts. Staying connected to students with little to no Internet access has become impossible in many cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They find ways to disappear when they don't want to be found,\" says Karen Smith, who has been an educator for more than three decades and teaches high school English in a rural area on Maryland's Eastern Shore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Many of our students and even our faculty and staff don't have reliable Internet,\" she says. \"We experimented with portable Wi-Fi, and in our neck of the woods, that's not really a feasible thing because you have to have a signal to bounce off of. And in some cases, they're rural enough that they don't have that option.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Located about 150 miles northwest of Smith's school district, Baltimore might seem like a different world. But families in Evan Murray's urban school district face many of the same challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Wi-Fi has been problematic for everybody,\" says Murray, who has worked in education for 13 years. He's now employed by Baltimore City Public Schools as a community school site specialist, communicating with students and their families about what they need for both their academic and nonacademic lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith's and Murray's two Maryland communities have nearly identical poverty levels, hovering just above 20%. So when a student is absent, missed lessons aren't the only concern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our kids already rely on the teachers and the staff for a lot of different levels of support,\" such as food and health care resources, Murray says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have a bunch of kids who rely on the morning breakfast and lunch programs to eat throughout the day,\" he continues. \"We need to communicate and check on our babies, our scholars, and make sure they're fine.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith, in rural Maryland, is worried about that too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's really created a hardship for those families, and I think that is one of the reasons that there's been such a push to go back to school in person,\" she says, also noting that schools act as child care for many working parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pandemic has made life unpredictable, and teachers see that reflected in class participation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Some of the students are in and out of touch,\" says Smith. \"There's one student that I haven't heard from her in, I don't know how long.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith says she has been trying to reach the student by phone but senses that she might be dealing with a precarious family situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think they're hesitant to be upfront about what's going on at home sometimes,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, Smith lost her own Internet access at home about 10 minutes before class was supposed to start. After that, she decided to start working out of the empty school building. The loud, buzzing hallways she remembers, filled with young voices and bodies, are now silent. After a few minutes, the motion-sensitive lights go off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing she and her colleagues often think about is how they don't necessarily even know what their students look like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They could walk in my room, face-to-face, and I would have absolutely no idea,\" she says. \"I don't even know if I've heard their voices.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the pandemic, Murray of the Baltimore schools says he spent a lot of time doing things like getting uniforms for kids and making parents feel involved. Now, his job deals largely with technology issues — getting tablets and other equipment out to students' homes, assuming he has the correct address.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Otherwise, he spends much of his workday on the phone, trying to track down students who have fallen off the grid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent day, he says he spent two hours — from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. — trying to contact 13 kids. \"We have to, because there are still a number of students we haven't gotten, we haven't made contact with.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are wrong numbers, kids who are tracked down to a different state, and home visits — when they were happening — where no one comes to the door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Echoing Smith's experience in rural Maryland, Murray says he thinks there is shame or embarrassment, from students or their families, behind those unanswered messages and knocks on the doors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And amid worries that some of the temporary student absences could become permanent, Murray says schools need to be relentless in their outreach efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You can't go in this like you're waiting and wishing for students to come back,\" he says. \"It's not going to happen.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2021 NPR. 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A lot of times in schools, we are the first line for seeing signs of child abuse, for seeing signs of food insecurity. And you don't have that with virtual students. Especially when they ghost.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That \"ghosting\" is a constant problem for school employees who track attendance in both urban and rural districts. Staying connected to students with little to no Internet access has become impossible in many cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They find ways to disappear when they don't want to be found,\" says Karen Smith, who has been an educator for more than three decades and teaches high school English in a rural area on Maryland's Eastern Shore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Many of our students and even our faculty and staff don't have reliable Internet,\" she says. \"We experimented with portable Wi-Fi, and in our neck of the woods, that's not really a feasible thing because you have to have a signal to bounce off of. And in some cases, they're rural enough that they don't have that option.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Located about 150 miles northwest of Smith's school district, Baltimore might seem like a different world. But families in Evan Murray's urban school district face many of the same challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Wi-Fi has been problematic for everybody,\" says Murray, who has worked in education for 13 years. He's now employed by Baltimore City Public Schools as a community school site specialist, communicating with students and their families about what they need for both their academic and nonacademic lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith's and Murray's two Maryland communities have nearly identical poverty levels, hovering just above 20%. So when a student is absent, missed lessons aren't the only concern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our kids already rely on the teachers and the staff for a lot of different levels of support,\" such as food and health care resources, Murray says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have a bunch of kids who rely on the morning breakfast and lunch programs to eat throughout the day,\" he continues. \"We need to communicate and check on our babies, our scholars, and make sure they're fine.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith, in rural Maryland, is worried about that too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's really created a hardship for those families, and I think that is one of the reasons that there's been such a push to go back to school in person,\" she says, also noting that schools act as child care for many working parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pandemic has made life unpredictable, and teachers see that reflected in class participation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Some of the students are in and out of touch,\" says Smith. \"There's one student that I haven't heard from her in, I don't know how long.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith says she has been trying to reach the student by phone but senses that she might be dealing with a precarious family situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think they're hesitant to be upfront about what's going on at home sometimes,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, Smith lost her own Internet access at home about 10 minutes before class was supposed to start. After that, she decided to start working out of the empty school building. The loud, buzzing hallways she remembers, filled with young voices and bodies, are now silent. After a few minutes, the motion-sensitive lights go off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing she and her colleagues often think about is how they don't necessarily even know what their students look like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They could walk in my room, face-to-face, and I would have absolutely no idea,\" she says. \"I don't even know if I've heard their voices.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the pandemic, Murray of the Baltimore schools says he spent a lot of time doing things like getting uniforms for kids and making parents feel involved. Now, his job deals largely with technology issues — getting tablets and other equipment out to students' homes, assuming he has the correct address.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Otherwise, he spends much of his workday on the phone, trying to track down students who have fallen off the grid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent day, he says he spent two hours — from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. — trying to contact 13 kids. \"We have to, because there are still a number of students we haven't gotten, we haven't made contact with.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are wrong numbers, kids who are tracked down to a different state, and home visits — when they were happening — where no one comes to the door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Echoing Smith's experience in rural Maryland, Murray says he thinks there is shame or embarrassment, from students or their families, behind those unanswered messages and knocks on the doors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And amid worries that some of the temporary student absences could become permanent, Murray says schools need to be relentless in their outreach efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You can't go in this like you're waiting and wishing for students to come back,\" he says. \"It's not going to happen.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=A+Quiet+And+%27Unsettling%27+Pandemic+Toll%3A+Students+Who%27ve+Fallen+Off+The+Grid&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/mindshift/57186/a-quiet-and-unsettling-pandemic-toll-students-whove-fallen-off-the-grid","authors":["byline_mindshift_57186"],"categories":["mindshift_21345"],"tags":["mindshift_21344","mindshift_21343","mindshift_358","mindshift_20701","mindshift_78"],"featImg":"mindshift_57187","label":"mindshift"},"mindshift_11793":{"type":"posts","id":"mindshift_11793","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"mindshift","id":"11793","score":null,"sort":[1306328434000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"5-surprising-perspectives-online-schools","title":"5 Surprising Perspectives About Online Schools","publishDate":1306328434,"format":"aside","headTitle":"MindShift | KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"mindshift"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ca rel=\"attachment wp-att-11979\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/05/5-surprising-perspectives-online-schools/10_11-15_newtech_0134-3/\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11979\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/05/10_11.15_newtech_01341-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most people think of online learning as a quiet, solitary experience. But over the past few months, after interviewing students, parents, and educators, a different sort of picture has emerged. We've learned about who \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/04/whos-best-suited-to-teach-and-learn-in-virtual-schools/\">teaches\u003c/a> and\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/05/its-flexibility-draws-one-family-to-virtual-school/\"> learns online\u003c/a>, and why, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/05/the-highs-and-lows-of-virtual-school-one-teachers-view/\">what works and what doesn't\u003c/a>, and perhaps most importantly, whether online learning \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/04/online-learning-its-complicated/\">affords the same quality of education\u003c/a> as that of traditional schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I spoke with \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/04/online-learning-its-complicated/\" target=\"_blank\">Apex Learning CEO Cheryl Vedoe\u003c/a>, one of the leading online curriculum providers to traditional and virtual schools; \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/04/whos-best-suited-to-teach-and-learn-in-virtual-schools/\" target=\"_blank\">Maureen Cottrell\u003c/a>, a science teacher at iHigh Virtual Academy in San Diego, California; \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/05/the-highs-and-lows-of-virtual-school-one-teachers-view/\" target=\"_blank\">Rian Meadows\u003c/a>, an economics instructor at Florida Virtual School; \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/05/its-flexibility-draws-one-family-to-virtual-school/\" target=\"_blank\">Patti Joubert\u003c/a>, the mother of two full-time Florida Virtual School students; and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/05/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-virtual-school-student/\" target=\"_blank\">Carylanne and Christiane Joubert\u003c/a>, her two daughters.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\"It takes down a lot of barriers that kids have to asking questions in class.\"\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>As with most issues in education, nothing is black and white. There are many different kinds of learners and teachers, and while virtual education may be a revelation for some, it would never work for others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's true that Skyping and instant-messaging can't replace the face-to-face experience -- and for those who need the social interaction -- both teachers and students -- virtual schools would be difficult. \"The high school experience in which you’re socializing with your peers or doing sports after school is important. There are a lot of teachers who would hate to use Skype all the time; they’d prefer being in the classroom. They would hate my job,\" said Cottrell, a science teacher at iHigh Virtual Academy. \"I think you have to be a certain personality type and have a certain mindset to be a virtual teacher and still ensure student success.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, here are five surprising perspectives you might not have associated with online learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Students get \u003cem>more\u003c/em> one-on-one interaction with teachers, not less.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\"Students still talk with their teachers; you might even say they talk more. When I was in school, you didn’t have many one-on-one conversations with your teachers. Your teachers spoke \u003cem>to\u003c/em> you, they didn’t speak \u003cem>with\u003c/em> you. Here, they do oral exams, they talk with the kids, they really get to know each student.\" -- \u003cem>Patti Joubert, parent of Florida Virtual School students\u003c!--more-->\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\"If you have an issue, if you’re not quite getting something, you can email or text your teacher. I get a call from one of my teachers at least once a week asking if I’m doing okay, if I need help. I think you get a better way to talk to teachers [in virtual school]. You get that one-on-one.\" -- \u003cem>Christianne Joubert, 13, Florida Virtual School student\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\"The one-on-one interaction with students is key. My students will say, ‘You’re there to help me when I need it!’ It takes down a lot of barriers that kids have to asking questions in class.\" -- \u003cem>Rian Meadows, economics instructor, Florida Virtual School.\u003c/em>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Online courses are not necessarily easier than traditional courses.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\"Many students get into our system and find that they didn’t know how difficult it was going to be. I think the virtual world does make your life easier in a lot of ways. But it doesn’t make education easier. You’re not going to learn more easily or teach more easily; it’s just different.\" -- \u003cem>Maureen Cottrell, science teacher, iHigh Virtual Academy\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\"Our courses are often viewed as \u003cem>too\u003c/em> rigorous by the schools. One of the things the \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> article pointed to was that the student wasn’t required to a read a work of literature. We do require that, but school districts don’t always choose to implement the entire curriculum.\" -- \u003cem>Cheryl Vedoe, CEO of Apex Learning\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\"Most of the assignments are essays and take hours to do,\" -- \u003cem>commenter and student of FLVS.\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Online learning \u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>could work for unmotivated students, as well as\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong> for those who are self-disciplined\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\"People always say, ‘It has to be for the highly motivated.’ No. That is our job as teachers. I don’t care if you’re a virtual or a brick-and-mortar teacher. We all have to help motivate our students across the board to be an effective instructor. Parents of children with learning disabilities will say, ‘How will my child be able to fit in?’ But often, if a child has an \u003ca href=\"http://kidshealth.org/parent/growth/learning/iep.html\" target=\"_blank\">Individualized Education Program (IEP)\u003c/a>, most of what it might say we already do here, such as allowing unlimited time on tests or letting kids redo assignments.\" -- \u003cem>Rian Meadows, economics instructor, Florida Virtual School\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\"Whenever I meet another kid my age, I always recommend it as another way to do school. Especially for kids who don’t have an easy time with homework or with school.\" -- \u003cem>Christianne Joubert, 13, Florida Virtual School student\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\"Credit recovery is not new, but in the past the only option schools had was to have the student repeat the course. This was typically unsuccessful. If they failed it the first time, they might fail it the second time using that model. But they might succeed in a different model. Students can go quickly through the material and only take time when they need to work on specific skills.\" -- \u003cem>Cheryl Vedoe, CEO of Apex Learning\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Online learning can create a lot more free time for extracurricular activities.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\"I get to travel at whatever pace I want to. If I’m having a bad week, or a bad day with my diabetes, it doesn’t matter. I have Monday through Sunday to do my work. The flexibility makes it a lot easier. And with more time on our hands, it’s easier to do other activities like volunteering or Girl Scouts or other clubs.\" --\u003cem> Carylanne Joubert, 14, Florida Virtual School student\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\"By having this type of learning, we are able to still have a family life. We have the ability to travel when we want to and choose our time. You can’t do that in traditional schools.\" --\u003cem> Patti Joubert, parent of Florida Virtual School students\u003c/em>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Students can learn how to work cooperatively even without face-to-face interaction. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\"In all the courses they’ve taken so far, they’ve had assignments where they pair up with another student and do a project together. It’s a good experience — they’re learning how to overcome the challenges of working with someone else and to interact with other kids. Just because you don’t 'see' someone doesn’t mean you’re not interacting.\" -- \u003cem>Patti Joubert, parent of Florida Virtual School students\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\"I’m in the newspaper club at FLVS. I’m able to have my voice heard and get across what I think is important. We have online meetings every Tuesday through \u003ca href=\"http://www.elluminate.com/Products/Elluminate_Learning_Suite/Elluminate_Live%21/?id=79\" target=\"_blank\">Eluminate Live\u003c/a>. It’s just like every other school newspaper, we’re just online.\" -- \u003cem>Christianne Joubert, 13, Florida Virtual School student\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\"We have great phone conversations and discussion-based assessments. The students connect with one another, too. We have discussion groups where students post something and other students will post back; plus, they do a lot of collaborative projects and group work.\" -- \u003cem>Rian Meadows, economics instructor, Florida Virtual School\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1306329306,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":13,"wordCount":1244},"headData":{"title":"5 Surprising Perspectives About Online Schools | KQED","description":"Most people think of online learning as a quiet, solitary experience. But over the past few months, after interviewing students, parents, and educators, a different sort of picture has emerged. 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But over the past few months, after interviewing students, parents, and educators, a different sort of picture has emerged. We've learned about who \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/04/whos-best-suited-to-teach-and-learn-in-virtual-schools/\">teaches\u003c/a> and\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/05/its-flexibility-draws-one-family-to-virtual-school/\"> learns online\u003c/a>, and why, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/05/the-highs-and-lows-of-virtual-school-one-teachers-view/\">what works and what doesn't\u003c/a>, and perhaps most importantly, whether online learning \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/04/online-learning-its-complicated/\">affords the same quality of education\u003c/a> as that of traditional schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I spoke with \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/04/online-learning-its-complicated/\" target=\"_blank\">Apex Learning CEO Cheryl Vedoe\u003c/a>, one of the leading online curriculum providers to traditional and virtual schools; \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/04/whos-best-suited-to-teach-and-learn-in-virtual-schools/\" target=\"_blank\">Maureen Cottrell\u003c/a>, a science teacher at iHigh Virtual Academy in San Diego, California; \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/05/the-highs-and-lows-of-virtual-school-one-teachers-view/\" target=\"_blank\">Rian Meadows\u003c/a>, an economics instructor at Florida Virtual School; \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/05/its-flexibility-draws-one-family-to-virtual-school/\" target=\"_blank\">Patti Joubert\u003c/a>, the mother of two full-time Florida Virtual School students; and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/05/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-virtual-school-student/\" target=\"_blank\">Carylanne and Christiane Joubert\u003c/a>, her two daughters.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\"It takes down a lot of barriers that kids have to asking questions in class.\"\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>As with most issues in education, nothing is black and white. There are many different kinds of learners and teachers, and while virtual education may be a revelation for some, it would never work for others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's true that Skyping and instant-messaging can't replace the face-to-face experience -- and for those who need the social interaction -- both teachers and students -- virtual schools would be difficult. \"The high school experience in which you’re socializing with your peers or doing sports after school is important. There are a lot of teachers who would hate to use Skype all the time; they’d prefer being in the classroom. They would hate my job,\" said Cottrell, a science teacher at iHigh Virtual Academy. \"I think you have to be a certain personality type and have a certain mindset to be a virtual teacher and still ensure student success.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, here are five surprising perspectives you might not have associated with online learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Students get \u003cem>more\u003c/em> one-on-one interaction with teachers, not less.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\"Students still talk with their teachers; you might even say they talk more. When I was in school, you didn’t have many one-on-one conversations with your teachers. Your teachers spoke \u003cem>to\u003c/em> you, they didn’t speak \u003cem>with\u003c/em> you. Here, they do oral exams, they talk with the kids, they really get to know each student.\" -- \u003cem>Patti Joubert, parent of Florida Virtual School students\u003c!--more-->\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\"If you have an issue, if you’re not quite getting something, you can email or text your teacher. I get a call from one of my teachers at least once a week asking if I’m doing okay, if I need help. I think you get a better way to talk to teachers [in virtual school]. You get that one-on-one.\" -- \u003cem>Christianne Joubert, 13, Florida Virtual School student\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\"The one-on-one interaction with students is key. My students will say, ‘You’re there to help me when I need it!’ It takes down a lot of barriers that kids have to asking questions in class.\" -- \u003cem>Rian Meadows, economics instructor, Florida Virtual School.\u003c/em>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Online courses are not necessarily easier than traditional courses.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\"Many students get into our system and find that they didn’t know how difficult it was going to be. I think the virtual world does make your life easier in a lot of ways. But it doesn’t make education easier. You’re not going to learn more easily or teach more easily; it’s just different.\" -- \u003cem>Maureen Cottrell, science teacher, iHigh Virtual Academy\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\"Our courses are often viewed as \u003cem>too\u003c/em> rigorous by the schools. One of the things the \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> article pointed to was that the student wasn’t required to a read a work of literature. We do require that, but school districts don’t always choose to implement the entire curriculum.\" -- \u003cem>Cheryl Vedoe, CEO of Apex Learning\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\"Most of the assignments are essays and take hours to do,\" -- \u003cem>commenter and student of FLVS.\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Online learning \u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>could work for unmotivated students, as well as\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong> for those who are self-disciplined\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\"People always say, ‘It has to be for the highly motivated.’ No. That is our job as teachers. I don’t care if you’re a virtual or a brick-and-mortar teacher. We all have to help motivate our students across the board to be an effective instructor. Parents of children with learning disabilities will say, ‘How will my child be able to fit in?’ But often, if a child has an \u003ca href=\"http://kidshealth.org/parent/growth/learning/iep.html\" target=\"_blank\">Individualized Education Program (IEP)\u003c/a>, most of what it might say we already do here, such as allowing unlimited time on tests or letting kids redo assignments.\" -- \u003cem>Rian Meadows, economics instructor, Florida Virtual School\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\"Whenever I meet another kid my age, I always recommend it as another way to do school. Especially for kids who don’t have an easy time with homework or with school.\" -- \u003cem>Christianne Joubert, 13, Florida Virtual School student\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\"Credit recovery is not new, but in the past the only option schools had was to have the student repeat the course. This was typically unsuccessful. If they failed it the first time, they might fail it the second time using that model. But they might succeed in a different model. Students can go quickly through the material and only take time when they need to work on specific skills.\" -- \u003cem>Cheryl Vedoe, CEO of Apex Learning\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Online learning can create a lot more free time for extracurricular activities.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\"I get to travel at whatever pace I want to. If I’m having a bad week, or a bad day with my diabetes, it doesn’t matter. I have Monday through Sunday to do my work. The flexibility makes it a lot easier. And with more time on our hands, it’s easier to do other activities like volunteering or Girl Scouts or other clubs.\" --\u003cem> Carylanne Joubert, 14, Florida Virtual School student\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\"By having this type of learning, we are able to still have a family life. We have the ability to travel when we want to and choose our time. You can’t do that in traditional schools.\" --\u003cem> Patti Joubert, parent of Florida Virtual School students\u003c/em>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Students can learn how to work cooperatively even without face-to-face interaction. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\"In all the courses they’ve taken so far, they’ve had assignments where they pair up with another student and do a project together. It’s a good experience — they’re learning how to overcome the challenges of working with someone else and to interact with other kids. Just because you don’t 'see' someone doesn’t mean you’re not interacting.\" -- \u003cem>Patti Joubert, parent of Florida Virtual School students\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\"I’m in the newspaper club at FLVS. I’m able to have my voice heard and get across what I think is important. We have online meetings every Tuesday through \u003ca href=\"http://www.elluminate.com/Products/Elluminate_Learning_Suite/Elluminate_Live%21/?id=79\" target=\"_blank\">Eluminate Live\u003c/a>. It’s just like every other school newspaper, we’re just online.\" -- \u003cem>Christianne Joubert, 13, Florida Virtual School student\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\"We have great phone conversations and discussion-based assessments. The students connect with one another, too. We have discussion groups where students post something and other students will post back; plus, they do a lot of collaborative projects and group work.\" -- \u003cem>Rian Meadows, economics instructor, Florida Virtual School\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/mindshift/11793/5-surprising-perspectives-online-schools","authors":["4351"],"categories":["mindshift_193"],"tags":["mindshift_313","mindshift_475","mindshift_122","mindshift_78"],"featImg":"mindshift_11979","label":"mindshift"},"mindshift_11537":{"type":"posts","id":"mindshift_11537","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"mindshift","id":"11537","score":null,"sort":[1305663368000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"its-flexibility-draws-one-family-to-virtual-school","title":"Its Flexibility Draws One Family to Virtual School","publishDate":1305663368,"format":"aside","headTitle":"MindShift | KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"mindshift"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11735\" title=\"200543783-001\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/05/200543783-001-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because her husband's military career kept the family on the move, Patti Joubert -- the mother of two full-time students at \u003ca href=\"http://www.flvs.net/Pages/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Virtual School (FLVS)\u003c/a> -- always homeschooled her daughters. Now that they're in high school, Joubert wanted to find a more resource-enriched alternative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[Online schools] offer extra classes that aren't necessarily in a regular school,\" says Joubert, citing supplemental foreign language courses as an example. \"The technology they're getting access to, the course content, the teachers. It's nice to just sit back and be the parent again.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contrary to the assumption that \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/04/criticism-of-online-learning-misses-important-questions/\" target=\"_blank\">online learning means replacing teachers with computers\u003c/a> -- or simply saving money by increasing class sizes -- Joubert argues that virtual school allows students and teachers to work \u003cem>more \u003c/em>closely together. \"Students still talk with their teachers; you might even say they talk more. When I was in school, you didn't have many one-on-one conversations with your teachers. Your teachers spoke \u003cem>to\u003c/em> you, they didn't speak \u003cem>with\u003c/em> you. Here, they do oral exams, they talk with the kids, they really get to know each student.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: Do you think your children are receiving a different education at a virtual school than when they were homeschooled?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> I do, because of the way the courses are presented. Of course, I'm not a teacher; homeschooling parents rarely are, unless they have a bachelor's or a master's degree in education. The way they present the lessons at FLVS and the technology and resources they provide are better than I could have offered. Both of my daughters are exceeding my expectations; they're taking honors courses. I can offer a course, but it certainly wouldn't be an honors course.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: What are the benefits of online learning for your family? Are there any drawbacks?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> I haven't found any challenges, really. I've just found a lot of great things about it. My husband was in the military, and even after we came to live permanently in Florida, he worked weekends. He only had days off at different times during the week. By having this type of learning, we are able to still have a family life. We have the ability to travel when we want to and choose our time. You can't do that in traditional schools. Our kids have had the opportunity to go places and see things that other students don't get to.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\"It's important to learn how to self-pace..it's as much of a learning experience taking the course as it is learning what the course teaches.\"\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Also, for kids that have any type of medical problem, if they lose time out of traditional school because they get sick, they don't have the opportunity to excel. One of my daughters has juvenile diabetes, but she's two grades ahead already. With online learning, when you get it, you can move on. When you don't get it, you can get extra tutoring help and teachers will walk you through it. If you're sick for a couple of days, you can do your work over the weekend when you feel better. You're not missing anything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, it depends on how dedicated a child is to his or her work. My kids are very self-paced because they've always been homeschooled, but I think if a child was not so motivated, it would be a bit of a challenge to keep up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: Are your children able to work or socialize with other students at all? Do they feel isolated?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> In all the courses they've taken so far, they've had assignments where they pair up with another student and do a project together. It's a good experience -- they're learning how to overcome the challenges of working with someone else and to interact with other kids. Just because you don't \"see\" someone doesn't mean you're not interacting.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/05/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-virtual-school-student/\">Read Christianne and Carlyanne Joubert's take\u003c/a> , and \u003ca href=\"../2011/05/the-highs-and-lows-of-virtual-school-one-teachers-view/\" target=\"_blank\">one instructor's perspective \u003c/a>on their virtual school experience.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>There are also plenty of online clubs at FLVS, such as the newspaper club or the science club. And online learning allows my girls more free time to interact outside of school as well, so they're always volunteering and participating in community activities. Although it's hard for FLVS teachers and students to get together in person because we're located all across the state and we're such a big state, at least once a year, we do a Barnes & Noble Book Fair where students can go to whatever Barnes & Noble is closest to where they live and meet at least some of their teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: Could online learning be valuable for other students and families?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A: \u003c/strong>I have nieces and nephews who go to college and they are offering online courses in college. This is technology that kids will have to learn. Plus, businesses are doing it too: I recently worked for HP as a sales rep, and we were located all across the country, we didn't have an office. I would go into businesses and train their workers and so forth and the way we had meetings and trainings was online. It's important to learn how to self-pace and do these kinds of courses; I think it's as much of a learning experience just taking the course as it is learning what the course teaches.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1305663368,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":17,"wordCount":922},"headData":{"title":"Its Flexibility Draws One Family to Virtual School | KQED","description":"Because her husband's military career kept the family on the move, Patti Joubert -- the mother of two full-time students at Florida Virtual School (FLVS) -- always homeschooled her daughters. Now that they're in high school, Joubert wanted to find a more resource-enriched alternative. " offer extra classes that aren't necessarily in a regular","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11537 http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/?p=11537","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/05/17/its-flexibility-draws-one-family-to-virtual-school/","disqusTitle":"Its Flexibility Draws One Family to Virtual School","path":"/mindshift/11537/its-flexibility-draws-one-family-to-virtual-school","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11735\" title=\"200543783-001\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/05/200543783-001-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because her husband's military career kept the family on the move, Patti Joubert -- the mother of two full-time students at \u003ca href=\"http://www.flvs.net/Pages/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Virtual School (FLVS)\u003c/a> -- always homeschooled her daughters. Now that they're in high school, Joubert wanted to find a more resource-enriched alternative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[Online schools] offer extra classes that aren't necessarily in a regular school,\" says Joubert, citing supplemental foreign language courses as an example. \"The technology they're getting access to, the course content, the teachers. It's nice to just sit back and be the parent again.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contrary to the assumption that \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/04/criticism-of-online-learning-misses-important-questions/\" target=\"_blank\">online learning means replacing teachers with computers\u003c/a> -- or simply saving money by increasing class sizes -- Joubert argues that virtual school allows students and teachers to work \u003cem>more \u003c/em>closely together. \"Students still talk with their teachers; you might even say they talk more. When I was in school, you didn't have many one-on-one conversations with your teachers. Your teachers spoke \u003cem>to\u003c/em> you, they didn't speak \u003cem>with\u003c/em> you. Here, they do oral exams, they talk with the kids, they really get to know each student.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: Do you think your children are receiving a different education at a virtual school than when they were homeschooled?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> I do, because of the way the courses are presented. Of course, I'm not a teacher; homeschooling parents rarely are, unless they have a bachelor's or a master's degree in education. The way they present the lessons at FLVS and the technology and resources they provide are better than I could have offered. Both of my daughters are exceeding my expectations; they're taking honors courses. I can offer a course, but it certainly wouldn't be an honors course.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: What are the benefits of online learning for your family? Are there any drawbacks?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> I haven't found any challenges, really. I've just found a lot of great things about it. My husband was in the military, and even after we came to live permanently in Florida, he worked weekends. He only had days off at different times during the week. By having this type of learning, we are able to still have a family life. We have the ability to travel when we want to and choose our time. You can't do that in traditional schools. Our kids have had the opportunity to go places and see things that other students don't get to.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\"It's important to learn how to self-pace..it's as much of a learning experience taking the course as it is learning what the course teaches.\"\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Also, for kids that have any type of medical problem, if they lose time out of traditional school because they get sick, they don't have the opportunity to excel. One of my daughters has juvenile diabetes, but she's two grades ahead already. With online learning, when you get it, you can move on. When you don't get it, you can get extra tutoring help and teachers will walk you through it. If you're sick for a couple of days, you can do your work over the weekend when you feel better. You're not missing anything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, it depends on how dedicated a child is to his or her work. My kids are very self-paced because they've always been homeschooled, but I think if a child was not so motivated, it would be a bit of a challenge to keep up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: Are your children able to work or socialize with other students at all? Do they feel isolated?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> In all the courses they've taken so far, they've had assignments where they pair up with another student and do a project together. It's a good experience -- they're learning how to overcome the challenges of working with someone else and to interact with other kids. Just because you don't \"see\" someone doesn't mean you're not interacting.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/05/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-virtual-school-student/\">Read Christianne and Carlyanne Joubert's take\u003c/a> , and \u003ca href=\"../2011/05/the-highs-and-lows-of-virtual-school-one-teachers-view/\" target=\"_blank\">one instructor's perspective \u003c/a>on their virtual school experience.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>There are also plenty of online clubs at FLVS, such as the newspaper club or the science club. And online learning allows my girls more free time to interact outside of school as well, so they're always volunteering and participating in community activities. Although it's hard for FLVS teachers and students to get together in person because we're located all across the state and we're such a big state, at least once a year, we do a Barnes & Noble Book Fair where students can go to whatever Barnes & Noble is closest to where they live and meet at least some of their teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: Could online learning be valuable for other students and families?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A: \u003c/strong>I have nieces and nephews who go to college and they are offering online courses in college. This is technology that kids will have to learn. Plus, businesses are doing it too: I recently worked for HP as a sales rep, and we were located all across the country, we didn't have an office. I would go into businesses and train their workers and so forth and the way we had meetings and trainings was online. It's important to learn how to self-pace and do these kinds of courses; I think it's as much of a learning experience just taking the course as it is learning what the course teaches.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/mindshift/11537/its-flexibility-draws-one-family-to-virtual-school","authors":["4351"],"categories":["mindshift_193"],"tags":["mindshift_313","mindshift_289","mindshift_122","mindshift_78"],"featImg":"mindshift_11735","label":"mindshift"},"mindshift_11558":{"type":"posts","id":"mindshift_11558","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"mindshift","id":"11558","score":null,"sort":[1305651157000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"a-day-in-the-life-of-a-virtual-school-student","title":"A Day in the Life of a Virtual School Student","publishDate":1305651157,"format":"aside","headTitle":"MindShift | KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"mindshift"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.flvs.net\" target=\"_blank\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca>\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11723\" title=\"5564517738_a1f1fa04bc_z-620x412\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/05/5564517738_a1f1fa04bc_z-620x4121-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Florida Virtual School (FLVS) students Christianne and Carylanne Joubert are pretty advanced for their age. Christianne, at 13, is already a published novelist; Carylanne, 14, is about to start 11th grade. The Jouberts would probably succeed at any school they attended, but they attribute a large part of their progress to online learning. (And for Carlyanne, who has diabetes, the convenience of doing school work at home is a big advantage.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Jouberts, whose father is in the military, requiring the family to travel a great deal, were homeschooled by their mother until recently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Online classes are easy to understand. You can move onto the next thing much faster,\" Christianne says. \"I have a friend in regular public school who says that they like FLVS courses better because they don't have to wait around for the other students to get it -- or get frustrated when they don't get it themselves. But it's not easier because it's of a lower quality. The better quality makes it easier.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I chatted with both girls and got a good glimpse into their academic life is like -- flexible, varied, and personalized. It's not the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/05/the-highs-and-lows-of-virtual-school-one-teachers-view/\">best fit for every kid\u003c/a>, of course, but for these students, it works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: Is going to school at FLVS different from being homeschooled?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Carylanne\u003c/em>: The assignments are different. The courses I took when my mom was teaching me were mostly reading the lessons, getting the information, doing worksheets and exams and that kind of stuff. At FLVS, I write essays, I do PowerPoint presentations and brochures. In my Latin course, I had to pretend I lived in 100 B.C. and write up an invitation and a menu. There are different assignments for those who are more creative. The lessons also show the information in different ways; sometimes there's a visual representation, like a diagram or a video, to help remember it.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: What is your typical day like at virtual school?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Carylanne\u003c/em>: Most days, I'll get up and do my chores around the house and then once I get onto the computer I can just start my lessons, read through the lesson and do the assignment. For me, it's easy. I read through the information and then I can move on to the next assignment. I don't have to wait. I can go ahead and do more, so I get done with the course faster. I get to learn more instead of being bored.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Christianne\u003c/em>: I can start at 10 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. and have an entire week's worth of work done. Since I can move faster through school, I have time to explore my passion for writing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: Do you interact much with your teachers?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Carylanne\u003c/em>: I can call my teacher, or text her, or go into a special chatroom. I talk with my teachers at least twice a month because I do oral exams and monthly calls. I don't usually have to call them because I haven't needed much help, but they are always there when I need them. They've always responded to me within 24 hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\"Since I can move faster through school, I have time to explore my passion for writing.\"\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Christianne\u003c/em>: I email my teachers every day. They're very personable. I just finished my English course and my teacher said, 'If you need anything, you can call me,' even though I'm not her student anymore. If you have an issue, if you're not quite getting something, you can email or text your teacher; there are also help buttons on every page if you need extra help on assignments. I get a call from one of my teachers at least once a week asking if I'm doing okay, if I need help. I think you get a better way to talk to teachers [in virtual school]. You get that one-on-one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: What's the best part about virtual school for you?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Carylanne\u003c/em>: First, of course, I get to travel at whatever pace I want to. If I'm having a bad week, or a bad day with my diabetes, it doesn't matter. I have Monday through Sunday to do my work. The flexibility makes it a lot easier. I just signed up for my first eleventh-grade courses. When I started with the virtual school, it was the summer I turned twelve. I had had a computer for gaming purposes, but I had never really been going on the Internet. [Through FLVS], I learned all different kinds of programs like PowerPoint and \u003ca href=\"http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Publisher\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.glogster.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glogster\u003c/a>, a software that helps you create special posters. It gave me a way to learn how to use the different tools so that someday I can use all these things in the workplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: Do you interact much with other students?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A: \u003c/strong>\u003cem>Carylanne\u003c/em>: There are at least one or two collaboration assignments per course. I found my chemistry course was the easiest one because I was able to find a partner who was willing to work. We use a special chatroom through FLVS. Once, I had a partner who was supposed to meet me in the chatroom at a certain time and they didn't show up, so it was a little bit harder to work with them. Something we're asked a lot is about the lack of socialization being homeschooled or going to virtual school. But I've found that many public school kids seem like they're more shy and have a harder time talking to adults! And with more time on our hands, it's easier to do other activities like volunteering or Girl Scouts or other clubs.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/05/its-flexibility-draws-one-family-to-virtual-school/\">Read about Christianne and Carlyanne's mother\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"../2011/05/the-highs-and-lows-of-virtual-school-one-teachers-view/\" target=\"_blank\">one instructor's perspectives \u003c/a>on the virtual school experience.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Christianne\u003c/em>: I'm in the newspaper club at FLVS. I'm able to have my voice heard and get across what I think is important. We have online meetings every Tuesday through \u003ca href=\"http://www.elluminate.com/Products/Elluminate_Learning_Suite/Elluminate_Live!/?id=79\" target=\"_blank\">Eluminate Live\u003c/a>. We log on and we're in a virtual classroom. We can put things up on a whiteboard like slide shows, presentations, and PowerPoints, and then we have these breakout sessions where we can all work together on things. We send all the articles to each other using Google Docs. It's just like every other school newspaper, we're just online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: Would you recommend virtual school to other students?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Carylanne\u003c/em>: I've always been homeschooled, so I don't know how public school is, but I like to work at my own pace, just sit in my bedroom and do my homework with no distractions. I've also read statistics that students do better when they are in virtual school -- the grade percentages are higher. Sure, the classrooms are bigger online, but that's helpful when you have to do a collaborative assignment because students could be anywhere in the course. If it does save money [for schools to have online course options], that's good, so you could put more money into the education system. Teachers are still employed, just in a different way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Christianne\u003c/em>: Whenever I meet another kid my age, I always recommend it as another way to do school. Especially for kids who don't have an easy time with homework or with school. I know one kid in my class from England who said it was easier for him than his public school. Plus, I have more time to write; I was able to write a novel because I had enough time. We went through a self publishing company called \u003ca href=\"http://www2.xlibris.com/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Xlibris\u003c/a>. It's very exciting. I'm working on my second book now. It's already a planned series of four. And after that, I plan on writing another one based on Celtic mythology. I love writing... it's a way to express myself.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1305663777,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":24,"wordCount":1329},"headData":{"title":"A Day in the Life of a Virtual School Student | KQED","description":"Florida Virtual School (FLVS) students Christianne and Carylanne Joubert are pretty advanced for their age. Christianne, at 13, is already a published novelist; Carylanne, 14, is about to start 11th grade. The Jouberts would probably succeed at any school they attended, but they attribute a large part of their progress to online learning. (And for","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11558 http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/?p=11558","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/05/17/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-virtual-school-student/","disqusTitle":"A Day in the Life of a Virtual School Student","path":"/mindshift/11558/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-virtual-school-student","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.flvs.net\" target=\"_blank\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca>\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11723\" title=\"5564517738_a1f1fa04bc_z-620x412\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/05/5564517738_a1f1fa04bc_z-620x4121-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Florida Virtual School (FLVS) students Christianne and Carylanne Joubert are pretty advanced for their age. Christianne, at 13, is already a published novelist; Carylanne, 14, is about to start 11th grade. The Jouberts would probably succeed at any school they attended, but they attribute a large part of their progress to online learning. (And for Carlyanne, who has diabetes, the convenience of doing school work at home is a big advantage.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Jouberts, whose father is in the military, requiring the family to travel a great deal, were homeschooled by their mother until recently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Online classes are easy to understand. You can move onto the next thing much faster,\" Christianne says. \"I have a friend in regular public school who says that they like FLVS courses better because they don't have to wait around for the other students to get it -- or get frustrated when they don't get it themselves. But it's not easier because it's of a lower quality. The better quality makes it easier.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I chatted with both girls and got a good glimpse into their academic life is like -- flexible, varied, and personalized. It's not the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/05/the-highs-and-lows-of-virtual-school-one-teachers-view/\">best fit for every kid\u003c/a>, of course, but for these students, it works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: Is going to school at FLVS different from being homeschooled?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Carylanne\u003c/em>: The assignments are different. The courses I took when my mom was teaching me were mostly reading the lessons, getting the information, doing worksheets and exams and that kind of stuff. At FLVS, I write essays, I do PowerPoint presentations and brochures. In my Latin course, I had to pretend I lived in 100 B.C. and write up an invitation and a menu. There are different assignments for those who are more creative. The lessons also show the information in different ways; sometimes there's a visual representation, like a diagram or a video, to help remember it.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: What is your typical day like at virtual school?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Carylanne\u003c/em>: Most days, I'll get up and do my chores around the house and then once I get onto the computer I can just start my lessons, read through the lesson and do the assignment. For me, it's easy. I read through the information and then I can move on to the next assignment. I don't have to wait. I can go ahead and do more, so I get done with the course faster. I get to learn more instead of being bored.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Christianne\u003c/em>: I can start at 10 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. and have an entire week's worth of work done. Since I can move faster through school, I have time to explore my passion for writing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: Do you interact much with your teachers?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Carylanne\u003c/em>: I can call my teacher, or text her, or go into a special chatroom. I talk with my teachers at least twice a month because I do oral exams and monthly calls. I don't usually have to call them because I haven't needed much help, but they are always there when I need them. They've always responded to me within 24 hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\"Since I can move faster through school, I have time to explore my passion for writing.\"\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Christianne\u003c/em>: I email my teachers every day. They're very personable. I just finished my English course and my teacher said, 'If you need anything, you can call me,' even though I'm not her student anymore. If you have an issue, if you're not quite getting something, you can email or text your teacher; there are also help buttons on every page if you need extra help on assignments. I get a call from one of my teachers at least once a week asking if I'm doing okay, if I need help. I think you get a better way to talk to teachers [in virtual school]. You get that one-on-one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: What's the best part about virtual school for you?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Carylanne\u003c/em>: First, of course, I get to travel at whatever pace I want to. If I'm having a bad week, or a bad day with my diabetes, it doesn't matter. I have Monday through Sunday to do my work. The flexibility makes it a lot easier. I just signed up for my first eleventh-grade courses. When I started with the virtual school, it was the summer I turned twelve. I had had a computer for gaming purposes, but I had never really been going on the Internet. [Through FLVS], I learned all different kinds of programs like PowerPoint and \u003ca href=\"http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Publisher\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.glogster.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glogster\u003c/a>, a software that helps you create special posters. It gave me a way to learn how to use the different tools so that someday I can use all these things in the workplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: Do you interact much with other students?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A: \u003c/strong>\u003cem>Carylanne\u003c/em>: There are at least one or two collaboration assignments per course. I found my chemistry course was the easiest one because I was able to find a partner who was willing to work. We use a special chatroom through FLVS. Once, I had a partner who was supposed to meet me in the chatroom at a certain time and they didn't show up, so it was a little bit harder to work with them. Something we're asked a lot is about the lack of socialization being homeschooled or going to virtual school. But I've found that many public school kids seem like they're more shy and have a harder time talking to adults! And with more time on our hands, it's easier to do other activities like volunteering or Girl Scouts or other clubs.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/05/its-flexibility-draws-one-family-to-virtual-school/\">Read about Christianne and Carlyanne's mother\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"../2011/05/the-highs-and-lows-of-virtual-school-one-teachers-view/\" target=\"_blank\">one instructor's perspectives \u003c/a>on the virtual school experience.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Christianne\u003c/em>: I'm in the newspaper club at FLVS. I'm able to have my voice heard and get across what I think is important. We have online meetings every Tuesday through \u003ca href=\"http://www.elluminate.com/Products/Elluminate_Learning_Suite/Elluminate_Live!/?id=79\" target=\"_blank\">Eluminate Live\u003c/a>. We log on and we're in a virtual classroom. We can put things up on a whiteboard like slide shows, presentations, and PowerPoints, and then we have these breakout sessions where we can all work together on things. We send all the articles to each other using Google Docs. It's just like every other school newspaper, we're just online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: Would you recommend virtual school to other students?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Carylanne\u003c/em>: I've always been homeschooled, so I don't know how public school is, but I like to work at my own pace, just sit in my bedroom and do my homework with no distractions. I've also read statistics that students do better when they are in virtual school -- the grade percentages are higher. Sure, the classrooms are bigger online, but that's helpful when you have to do a collaborative assignment because students could be anywhere in the course. If it does save money [for schools to have online course options], that's good, so you could put more money into the education system. Teachers are still employed, just in a different way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Christianne\u003c/em>: Whenever I meet another kid my age, I always recommend it as another way to do school. Especially for kids who don't have an easy time with homework or with school. I know one kid in my class from England who said it was easier for him than his public school. Plus, I have more time to write; I was able to write a novel because I had enough time. We went through a self publishing company called \u003ca href=\"http://www2.xlibris.com/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Xlibris\u003c/a>. It's very exciting. I'm working on my second book now. It's already a planned series of four. And after that, I plan on writing another one based on Celtic mythology. I love writing... it's a way to express myself.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/mindshift/11558/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-virtual-school-student","authors":["4351"],"categories":["mindshift_193"],"tags":["mindshift_313","mindshift_289","mindshift_124","mindshift_122","mindshift_496","mindshift_78"],"featImg":"mindshift_11723","label":"mindshift"},"mindshift_11440":{"type":"posts","id":"mindshift_11440","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"mindshift","id":"11440","score":null,"sort":[1305222952000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"the-highs-and-lows-of-virtual-school-one-teachers-view","title":"The Highs and Lows of Virtual School: One Teacher's View","publishDate":1305222952,"format":"aside","headTitle":"MindShift | KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"mindshift"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11541\" class=\"wp-caption left\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11541\" title=\"EthanHickerson_1\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/05/EthanHickerson_1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"> \u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Rian Meadows, an economics instructor at \u003ca href=\"http://www.flvs.net\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Virtual School (FLVS)\u003c/a> -- the nation's first-ever statewide virtual public high school -- the newly passed legislation \u003ca href=\"http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/05/02/2197398/florida-house-passes-virtual-learning.html\" target=\"_blank\">requiring every K-12 student to take an online course\u003c/a> prior to graduation makes sense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think it'll bring students into the 21st century,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Requiring a virtual course will give students additional skills and a taste of what's to come: \u003ca href=\"http://learningforlife.fsu.edu/online/\" target=\"_blank\">Florida State University\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://m.famu.edu/index.cfm?it&StudentOnlineProcedures\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University\u003c/a>, and the \u003ca href=\"http://online.ucf.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">University of Central Florida\u003c/a> all offer many of their undergraduate and graduate courses online. \"It gives our students a leg up to require them to see what it's like,\" says Meadows. \"Plus, giving students the choice of which course they take online empowers them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It might sound counter-intuitive, but Meadows, who spent eight years in a traditional classroom and at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fldoe.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Department of Education\u003c/a> before coming to FLVS, loves her job largely because of the school's culture. She appreciates the one-on-one connection with students and administrators and the team-oriented, non-hierarchical approach. \"This is a philosophy that I agree with and a culture that I feel passionately about,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\"There needs to be some change and growth in the traditional model, it's not just one or the other.\" \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>In a traditional classroom, she believes, it's hard for teachers to help every student. \"Sure, it's not like I can help every single student in a virtual classroom, either -- I don't have a Pollyanna view of that -- but I can help way\u003cem> \u003c/em>more\u003cem> \u003c/em>at a virtual school,\" she says. \"Some students learn well with me just being their cheerleader; some need me to hold their hand through every lesson. It's great -- I can do that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's more from our conversation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: Why did you opt to teach at a virtual school?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> I was at a crossroads in terms of my professional life as an educator. My contract at the school district where I worked was ending and they had to close my school because of budget cuts. I wanted to make sure I had a job. I'd gotten in touch with the Florida Virtual School when I worked for the Florida Department of Education; I started researching and thought, wow, this is at the cutting edge of everything that's out there! \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: What do you see as the main advantages of virtual education for students?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> The one-on-one interaction with students is key. My students, who are mostly seniors desperately trying to get everything done on time, will say, 'You're there to help me when I need it!' It takes down a lot of barriers that kids have to asking questions in class. We have great phone conversations and discussion-based assessments. The students connect with one another, too. We have discussion groups where students post something and other students will post back; plus, they do a lot of collaborative projects and group work. We use\u003ca href=\"http://www.elluminate.com/\" target=\"_blank\"> Elluminate\u003c/a>, a kind of chat room where students can present PowerPoints and go into breakout rooms and discuss in smaller groups. What I love about FLVS is that students are always creating things: blogs, videos, podcasts, PowerPoints, advertisements.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\"When a student doesn't have the tool to do the course, that can be very difficult.\"\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>And it's accessible for a lot of kids. I hear that constantly. Parents of children with learning disabilities will say, 'How will my child be able to fit in?' But often, if a child has an \u003ca href=\"http://kidshealth.org/parent/growth/learning/iep.html\" target=\"_blank\">Individualized Education Program (IEP)\u003c/a>, most of what it might say we already do here, such as allowing unlimited time on tests or letting kids redo assignments. If they want to retake a test, they get to! I love that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: When does virtual education not work as well?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> I do think it works for any type of kid. People always say, 'It has to be for the highly motivated.' No. That is our job as teachers. I don't care if you're a virtual or a brick-and-mortar teacher. We all have to help motivate our students across the board to be an effective instructor. The hardest thing is when a student doesn't have access to a working computer at all times. We do have a \u003ca href=\"http://flvsfoundation.com/about\" target=\"_blank\">loaner laptop program\u003c/a>, but unfortunately we can't reach every kid. When a student doesn't have the tool to do the course, that can be very difficult; I personally think this is one of our biggest hurdles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, of course, we do have some students who we work with and they just decide they don't want to do it. Most of my students are 17 or 18; they can make those decisions, but it's heartbreaking. I do feel like we retain a lot more kids virtually, though, because they can work \u003cem>when\u003c/em> they want. In the summer, I have a lot of kids who get their high school diplomas because of FLVS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: Do you think virtual education will continue to grow?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A: \u003c/strong>Absolutely, yes. I like what they're calling 'blended' education -- a combination of virtual and traditional. For instance, I'm such a softy when it comes to prom. I always planned prom when I was in a brick-and-mortar world. It's such an important rite of passage for students. So yes, there's room for both of them. Though I think there needs to be some change and growth in the traditional model, it's not just one or the other. You have to have both.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1305222952,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":18,"wordCount":942},"headData":{"title":"The Highs and Lows of Virtual School: One Teacher's View | KQED","description":"For Rian Meadows, an economics instructor at Florida Virtual School (FLVS) -- the nation's first-ever statewide virtual public high school -- the newly passed legislation requiring every K-12 student to take an online course prior to graduation makes sense. "I think it'll bring students into the 21st century," she says. Requiring a virtual course will","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11440 http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/?p=11440","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/05/12/the-highs-and-lows-of-virtual-school-one-teachers-view/","disqusTitle":"The Highs and Lows of Virtual School: One Teacher's View","path":"/mindshift/11440/the-highs-and-lows-of-virtual-school-one-teachers-view","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11541\" class=\"wp-caption left\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11541\" title=\"EthanHickerson_1\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/05/EthanHickerson_1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"> \u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Rian Meadows, an economics instructor at \u003ca href=\"http://www.flvs.net\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Virtual School (FLVS)\u003c/a> -- the nation's first-ever statewide virtual public high school -- the newly passed legislation \u003ca href=\"http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/05/02/2197398/florida-house-passes-virtual-learning.html\" target=\"_blank\">requiring every K-12 student to take an online course\u003c/a> prior to graduation makes sense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think it'll bring students into the 21st century,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Requiring a virtual course will give students additional skills and a taste of what's to come: \u003ca href=\"http://learningforlife.fsu.edu/online/\" target=\"_blank\">Florida State University\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://m.famu.edu/index.cfm?it&StudentOnlineProcedures\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University\u003c/a>, and the \u003ca href=\"http://online.ucf.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">University of Central Florida\u003c/a> all offer many of their undergraduate and graduate courses online. \"It gives our students a leg up to require them to see what it's like,\" says Meadows. \"Plus, giving students the choice of which course they take online empowers them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It might sound counter-intuitive, but Meadows, who spent eight years in a traditional classroom and at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fldoe.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Department of Education\u003c/a> before coming to FLVS, loves her job largely because of the school's culture. 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It's great -- I can do that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's more from our conversation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: Why did you opt to teach at a virtual school?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> I was at a crossroads in terms of my professional life as an educator. My contract at the school district where I worked was ending and they had to close my school because of budget cuts. I wanted to make sure I had a job. I'd gotten in touch with the Florida Virtual School when I worked for the Florida Department of Education; I started researching and thought, wow, this is at the cutting edge of everything that's out there! \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: What do you see as the main advantages of virtual education for students?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> The one-on-one interaction with students is key. My students, who are mostly seniors desperately trying to get everything done on time, will say, 'You're there to help me when I need it!' It takes down a lot of barriers that kids have to asking questions in class. We have great phone conversations and discussion-based assessments. The students connect with one another, too. We have discussion groups where students post something and other students will post back; plus, they do a lot of collaborative projects and group work. We use\u003ca href=\"http://www.elluminate.com/\" target=\"_blank\"> Elluminate\u003c/a>, a kind of chat room where students can present PowerPoints and go into breakout rooms and discuss in smaller groups. What I love about FLVS is that students are always creating things: blogs, videos, podcasts, PowerPoints, advertisements.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\"When a student doesn't have the tool to do the course, that can be very difficult.\"\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>And it's accessible for a lot of kids. I hear that constantly. Parents of children with learning disabilities will say, 'How will my child be able to fit in?' But often, if a child has an \u003ca href=\"http://kidshealth.org/parent/growth/learning/iep.html\" target=\"_blank\">Individualized Education Program (IEP)\u003c/a>, most of what it might say we already do here, such as allowing unlimited time on tests or letting kids redo assignments. If they want to retake a test, they get to! I love that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: When does virtual education not work as well?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> I do think it works for any type of kid. People always say, 'It has to be for the highly motivated.' No. That is our job as teachers. I don't care if you're a virtual or a brick-and-mortar teacher. We all have to help motivate our students across the board to be an effective instructor. The hardest thing is when a student doesn't have access to a working computer at all times. We do have a \u003ca href=\"http://flvsfoundation.com/about\" target=\"_blank\">loaner laptop program\u003c/a>, but unfortunately we can't reach every kid. When a student doesn't have the tool to do the course, that can be very difficult; I personally think this is one of our biggest hurdles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, of course, we do have some students who we work with and they just decide they don't want to do it. Most of my students are 17 or 18; they can make those decisions, but it's heartbreaking. I do feel like we retain a lot more kids virtually, though, because they can work \u003cem>when\u003c/em> they want. In the summer, I have a lot of kids who get their high school diplomas because of FLVS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: Do you think virtual education will continue to grow?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A: \u003c/strong>Absolutely, yes. I like what they're calling 'blended' education -- a combination of virtual and traditional. For instance, I'm such a softy when it comes to prom. I always planned prom when I was in a brick-and-mortar world. It's such an important rite of passage for students. So yes, there's room for both of them. Though I think there needs to be some change and growth in the traditional model, it's not just one or the other. You have to have both.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/mindshift/11440/the-highs-and-lows-of-virtual-school-one-teachers-view","authors":["4351"],"categories":["mindshift_193"],"tags":["mindshift_313","mindshift_122","mindshift_491","mindshift_78"],"featImg":"mindshift_11541","label":"mindshift"},"mindshift_10903":{"type":"posts","id":"mindshift_10903","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"mindshift","id":"10903","score":null,"sort":[1304012186000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"whos-best-suited-to-teach-and-learn-in-virtual-schools","title":"Who's Best Suited to Teach and Learn in Virtual Schools? ","publishDate":1304012186,"format":"aside","headTitle":"MindShift | KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"mindshift"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ca rel=\"attachment wp-att-11035\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/04/whos-best-suited-to-teach-and-learn-in-virtual-schools/utc-library-2/\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11035\" title=\"UTC Library\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/04/UTC-Library.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2011/04/UTC-Library.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2011/04/UTC-Library-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2011/04/UTC-Library-320x212.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Online learning is not easy, says Maureen Cottrell, a science teacher at \u003ca href=\"http://www.sandi.net/ihigh/site/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\">iHigh Virtual Academy\u003c/a>, a fully-accredited virtual public high school in San Diego, California. \"Many students fully expect it to be easy and then bomb out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cottrell, who's been teaching for a decade, has spent the last two years at iHigh, the first completely online, diploma-granting school in the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sandi.net/sandi/site/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego Unified School District\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sure, everyone wants to cut costs,\" she says. \"Virtual learning is seen as a tool for that. But I don’t think any educator just wants to cut costs\" at the expense of quality. \"One of the things we address from the ground up is keeping rigor in place.\" Getting \u003ca href=\"http://www.acswasc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WASC accreditation\u003c/a> and recognition from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ucop.edu/doorways/\" target=\"_blank\">University of California Doorways system\u003c/a> was a rigorous process. \"We fought a hard battle. We don't want to lose that! We want to keep the rigor high.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #cc0000;\">\"You're not going to learn more easily or teach more easily; it's just different.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>I spoke with Cottrell about her experience as a virtual high school teacher and the advantages and drawbacks of online learning. She talks honestly about concerns of social isolation, of what's the best age for virtual learning, and of the type of teacher's personality best suited for this environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't think online learning will ever take over completely. Many teachers talk about being replaced, but I don't think that will ever happen,\" she says.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: Would you say the level of curriculum at iHigh Virtual Academy is pretty rigorous?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> Yes. The problem with that is that many students get into our system and find that they didn’t know how difficult it was going to be. We see that too frequently. Slowly, we're building our reputation within San Diego schools. It spreads through students' word of mouth: \"Those iHigh courses are hard!\" We have systems in place to catch cheating and plagiarism and to maintain rigor; with any virtual course you have to keep that in mind. People in their 20s who've taken an online course through a university are aware that it's not easy. The younger generation has a better perception of what online learning's all about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: How does your job differ now that you're teaching at a virtual school?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> In the traditional classroom, I'd often have to slow down my teaching to the pace of the majority. I'd get to the end of the unit and realize I hadn't even started on nuclear chemistry. So I'd start cutting units. That’s not in place with an online system. Nothing gets cut out. We cover all the topics in a chemistry setting. The pace is rigorous; it's a lot of work, a lot of written work, a lot of helping and tutoring. It also levels the playing field when there's one system teachers are using. It's not like one high school is going to offer an easier chemistry class than another school [if it's an online curriculum].\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I think the virtual world does make your life easier in a lot of ways. But it doesn’t make education easier. You're not going to learn more easily or teach more easily; it's just different. As an online teacher, how do you check for understanding? Sometimes we use Skype or Adobe Connect for virtual classroom tutoring sessions, so we're face-to-face on computer. It’s just different -- we have to develop different methods of teaching and evaluating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">It's also about preference. There are a lot of teachers who would hate to use Skype all the time; they'd prefer being in the classroom. They would hate my job. I think you have to be a certain personality type and have a certain mindset to be a virtual teacher and still ensure student success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Q: What kinds of students choose iHigh Virtual Academy?\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> We have two kinds of students at iHigh: One is full-time, one is dual enrollment. Dual enrollment students stay at their neighborhood school and take a few classes through us. They can do it outside the school day if that works for them, or often they've scheduled a lab period when they go into the computer lab. You have multiple kids in the room doing different online courses. They don't have to have one classroom teacher that teaches one subject; the teacher [for each course] is a virtual teacher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Students can contact their teachers and ask specific questions through the Message Center, such as, \"I'm stuck, I can't figure out differential equations.\" Other times, it's just minor: \"My computer has frozen.\" They will always have a mentor in the room with them who help them over the little bumps, someone who’s well versed in \u003ca href=\"http://www.apexlearning.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Apex Learning\u003c/a> and getting around the system. Any curriculum questions the student can ask their virtual teacher.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #cc0000;\">\"While some students thrive in this environment, some students don't realize how much they’re going to miss the socialization.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: How is online learning helpful for some students?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> There are students who want to accelerate and so they come to us. There are students who cannot stop being the class clown, so in the traditional classroom setting they don't do well. There are student athletes who are constantly going around the country. There are medical reasons why a student wouldn't attend to a full time school. Many students are more successful in a virtual environment, more successful than they would be in classroom. It's kind of individualized. Each student is a separate case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Also, we have a hybrid model: Students can come in and meet with a teacher face-to-face if they need more attention. As with any classroom you have some geniuses; they’ll probably need less intervention. But our teachers don't get to work from home. We have a classroom set aside here. About 20 to 30 kids come in at any given day, voluntarily -- there is no mandatory attendance. It puts the ownership in the students' hands. At iHigh, how you're going to succeed is up to you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Another feature of online learning that's a plus is the reports and evaluation. If someone’s getting behind, the teacher can contact them immediately. She can click on a student's name and see exactly how they're doing. You can have reports sent out to parents every single Sunday, with assignments, grades, and so on -- it's all automated. Parents can easily stay on top of their kids' progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: What are some challenges or drawbacks of online learning?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> It definitely works, but online learning is not for everybody. The high school experience in which you’re socializing with your peers or doing sports after school is important. Virtual high school definitely fills a niche.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">We are a charter school, so if students don’t succeed here, they’re sent back to their neighborhood school. We'll have interventions for students for whom this was really not the right choice, who picked it for the wrong reasons. We have eighteen-year-old seniors who need a few courses more and they won't go back to regular school, so this is a last ditch effort, the only thing they’re willing to do. We try get them through. While some students thrive in this environment, some students don't realize how much they’re going to miss the socialization. We do \u003ca href=\"http://www.habitat.org/cd/local/\" target=\"_blank\">Habitat for Humanity\u003c/a> and other activities in the community, hold ice cream socials, or we'll get together and play Wii rock band. If students don’t participate in those activities they can feel a sense of isolation. That's why we encourage them to participate. Teenagers love to be social with each other. They miss it more than they realize.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: Does online learning work better for older students?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u003cstrong>A: \u003c/strong>Yes, I would think high school students would be more successful than younger students. They need to have a certain maturity level to be self-sufficient. There's not someone looking over their shoulder, so they have to be more motivated. Whether a younger student would have that, I don't know. But homeschooling would work if there's a lot of parental involvement to keep them on track -- a younger person would need that. In terms of the ability to learn online, though, I don’t think there is a specific age bracket.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1304464379,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":14,"wordCount":1454},"headData":{"title":"Who's Best Suited to Teach and Learn in Virtual Schools? | KQED","description":"Online learning is not easy, says Maureen Cottrell, a science teacher at iHigh Virtual Academy, a fully-accredited virtual public high school in San Diego, California. "Many students fully expect it to be easy and then bomb out." 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","path":"/mindshift/10903/whos-best-suited-to-teach-and-learn-in-virtual-schools","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca rel=\"attachment wp-att-11035\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/04/whos-best-suited-to-teach-and-learn-in-virtual-schools/utc-library-2/\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11035\" title=\"UTC Library\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/04/UTC-Library.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2011/04/UTC-Library.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2011/04/UTC-Library-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2011/04/UTC-Library-320x212.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Online learning is not easy, says Maureen Cottrell, a science teacher at \u003ca href=\"http://www.sandi.net/ihigh/site/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\">iHigh Virtual Academy\u003c/a>, a fully-accredited virtual public high school in San Diego, California. \"Many students fully expect it to be easy and then bomb out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cottrell, who's been teaching for a decade, has spent the last two years at iHigh, the first completely online, diploma-granting school in the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sandi.net/sandi/site/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego Unified School District\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sure, everyone wants to cut costs,\" she says. \"Virtual learning is seen as a tool for that. But I don’t think any educator just wants to cut costs\" at the expense of quality. \"One of the things we address from the ground up is keeping rigor in place.\" Getting \u003ca href=\"http://www.acswasc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WASC accreditation\u003c/a> and recognition from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ucop.edu/doorways/\" target=\"_blank\">University of California Doorways system\u003c/a> was a rigorous process. \"We fought a hard battle. We don't want to lose that! We want to keep the rigor high.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #cc0000;\">\"You're not going to learn more easily or teach more easily; it's just different.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>I spoke with Cottrell about her experience as a virtual high school teacher and the advantages and drawbacks of online learning. She talks honestly about concerns of social isolation, of what's the best age for virtual learning, and of the type of teacher's personality best suited for this environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't think online learning will ever take over completely. Many teachers talk about being replaced, but I don't think that will ever happen,\" she says.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: Would you say the level of curriculum at iHigh Virtual Academy is pretty rigorous?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> Yes. The problem with that is that many students get into our system and find that they didn’t know how difficult it was going to be. We see that too frequently. Slowly, we're building our reputation within San Diego schools. It spreads through students' word of mouth: \"Those iHigh courses are hard!\" We have systems in place to catch cheating and plagiarism and to maintain rigor; with any virtual course you have to keep that in mind. People in their 20s who've taken an online course through a university are aware that it's not easy. The younger generation has a better perception of what online learning's all about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: How does your job differ now that you're teaching at a virtual school?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> In the traditional classroom, I'd often have to slow down my teaching to the pace of the majority. I'd get to the end of the unit and realize I hadn't even started on nuclear chemistry. So I'd start cutting units. That’s not in place with an online system. Nothing gets cut out. We cover all the topics in a chemistry setting. The pace is rigorous; it's a lot of work, a lot of written work, a lot of helping and tutoring. It also levels the playing field when there's one system teachers are using. It's not like one high school is going to offer an easier chemistry class than another school [if it's an online curriculum].\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I think the virtual world does make your life easier in a lot of ways. But it doesn’t make education easier. You're not going to learn more easily or teach more easily; it's just different. As an online teacher, how do you check for understanding? Sometimes we use Skype or Adobe Connect for virtual classroom tutoring sessions, so we're face-to-face on computer. It’s just different -- we have to develop different methods of teaching and evaluating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">It's also about preference. 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They don't have to have one classroom teacher that teaches one subject; the teacher [for each course] is a virtual teacher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Students can contact their teachers and ask specific questions through the Message Center, such as, \"I'm stuck, I can't figure out differential equations.\" Other times, it's just minor: \"My computer has frozen.\" They will always have a mentor in the room with them who help them over the little bumps, someone who’s well versed in \u003ca href=\"http://www.apexlearning.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Apex Learning\u003c/a> and getting around the system. Any curriculum questions the student can ask their virtual teacher.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #cc0000;\">\"While some students thrive in this environment, some students don't realize how much they’re going to miss the socialization.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: How is online learning helpful for some students?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> There are students who want to accelerate and so they come to us. There are students who cannot stop being the class clown, so in the traditional classroom setting they don't do well. There are student athletes who are constantly going around the country. There are medical reasons why a student wouldn't attend to a full time school. Many students are more successful in a virtual environment, more successful than they would be in classroom. It's kind of individualized. Each student is a separate case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Also, we have a hybrid model: Students can come in and meet with a teacher face-to-face if they need more attention. As with any classroom you have some geniuses; they’ll probably need less intervention. But our teachers don't get to work from home. We have a classroom set aside here. About 20 to 30 kids come in at any given day, voluntarily -- there is no mandatory attendance. It puts the ownership in the students' hands. At iHigh, how you're going to succeed is up to you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Another feature of online learning that's a plus is the reports and evaluation. If someone’s getting behind, the teacher can contact them immediately. She can click on a student's name and see exactly how they're doing. You can have reports sent out to parents every single Sunday, with assignments, grades, and so on -- it's all automated. Parents can easily stay on top of their kids' progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: What are some challenges or drawbacks of online learning?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> It definitely works, but online learning is not for everybody. The high school experience in which you’re socializing with your peers or doing sports after school is important. Virtual high school definitely fills a niche.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">We are a charter school, so if students don’t succeed here, they’re sent back to their neighborhood school. We'll have interventions for students for whom this was really not the right choice, who picked it for the wrong reasons. We have eighteen-year-old seniors who need a few courses more and they won't go back to regular school, so this is a last ditch effort, the only thing they’re willing to do. We try get them through. While some students thrive in this environment, some students don't realize how much they’re going to miss the socialization. We do \u003ca href=\"http://www.habitat.org/cd/local/\" target=\"_blank\">Habitat for Humanity\u003c/a> and other activities in the community, hold ice cream socials, or we'll get together and play Wii rock band. If students don’t participate in those activities they can feel a sense of isolation. That's why we encourage them to participate. Teenagers love to be social with each other. They miss it more than they realize.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: Does online learning work better for older students?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u003cstrong>A: \u003c/strong>Yes, I would think high school students would be more successful than younger students. They need to have a certain maturity level to be self-sufficient. There's not someone looking over their shoulder, so they have to be more motivated. Whether a younger student would have that, I don't know. But homeschooling would work if there's a lot of parental involvement to keep them on track -- a younger person would need that. In terms of the ability to learn online, though, I don’t think there is a specific age bracket.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/mindshift/10903/whos-best-suited-to-teach-and-learn-in-virtual-schools","authors":["4351"],"categories":["mindshift_193"],"tags":["mindshift_399","mindshift_475","mindshift_477","mindshift_476","mindshift_122","mindshift_78"],"featImg":"mindshift_11035","label":"mindshift"},"mindshift_10625":{"type":"posts","id":"mindshift_10625","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"mindshift","id":"10625","score":null,"sort":[1303231020000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"online-learning-its-complicated","title":"Online Learning: It's Complicated","publishDate":1303231020,"format":"aside","headTitle":"MindShift | KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"mindshift"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/31092106@N02/3749432665/\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10628\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/04/3749432665_b02755d5f4_z-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Online learning in K-12 classrooms has gotten some \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/education/06online.html?ref=tripgabriel\">bad press\u003c/a> recently. The articles portray low-quality computer programs replacing teachers in a short-sighted effort to cut costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That simplistic portrayal does not address the whole picture. \"It's a lot more complicated than that,\" says Cheryl Vedoe, CEO of \u003ca href=\"http://www.apexlearning.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Apex Learning\u003c/a>, a digital curriculum provider in both traditional and virtual classrooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one thing, saving money is not the priority for more schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"../2011/03/new-york-city-schools-blended-learning-experiment/\" target=\"_blank\">Arthur VanderVeen\u003c/a>, CEO of New York City's \u003ca href=\"http://schools.nyc.gov/community/innovation/izone/default.htm\" target=\"_blank\">iZone\u003c/a>, for instance said that \"cost savings are not the first appeal here. They’re not that real. If student-teacher ratios are the same, then [costs are] no different.\" At \u003ca href=\"http://www.ilearnnyc.net/default.htm\" target=\"_blank\">iLearnNYC\u003c/a>, the iZone's online learning program, costs are the same. That may change in the future, though. There may be other cost savings, VanderVeen says, when \"digital resources become cheaper than textbooks and when users and schools can create their own content.\" Also, \"a school that might offer a class to a small number of students can now aggregate students from across schools\" for that class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked Apex Learning's Cheryl Vedoe to talk about the specifics of online learning: the costs, when it works, and what makes it successful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Q: Do online courses reduce costs for schools?\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> There are several different aspects to that. In a virtual school environment where students are at a distance from their teacher, it is often the case that an online teacher is engaged with an average of 180 students each semester. That sounds like a huge number, but a typical teacher in a high school teaches six class periods per day with average of 30 students per period. That actually adds up to 180 students. You have to be careful about the data a little bit. It’s true that an online teacher will be working simultaneously with 180 students, but so will a classroom teacher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">The other thing about reducing cost: Nationally, we have a dropout rate of 30 percent, and approximately 50 percent of students who go on to college need remediation. The reality is a teacher in a traditional model is challenged to help every student in the class be successful. A digital curriculum can help teachers more effectively individualize learning. Where do the cost savings come in? You don't need remediation programs, credit recovery programs, after school, or summer programs at the same level of magnitude. So, we do think there’s opportunity for cost savings here, but it's not necessarily by having one teacher teach more students. It's by supporting the teacher in being more effective with a higher percentage of students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: How does digital learning differ from traditional learning practices?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> I think the most significant factor is that when students are engaged in a digital curriculum they are having an individualized experience. Teachers have a set of standards they have to cover and they have a set time period in which they must cover it. With a textbook, every student is doing the same thing every day. The teacher, out of necessity, teaches to the middle of the class. The kids who could be accelerating have to be held back, and the kids who need more time to be successful don't have that time. Struggling students in a typical classroom just get lost. They can't keep up. Approximately two-thirds of high school students are below proficient in reading and math. You’re going to have a number of students in your class who need more support. A single teacher doesn’t have bandwidth to do that. And if a student is capable of accelerating and can't, they become bored.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">In an online course, you can have individualized pacing. You're able to integrate media to incorporate different learning styles, such as audio, video, and animation -- multiple ways in which to learn and master a concept. For a traditional classroom teacher who's teaching six classes a day at 30 students per class, I really question whether it's a realistic expectation to ensure the success of all students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: Is there an age that works best for online learning? \u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> If you look at what's being done in elementary versus middle and high schools, you'll see different uses of online learning. In high school, comprehensive online courses are a good fit. At Apex Learning, our focus is on high school and on supporting middle school students in the transition from middle school to high school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">But 300,000 students enrolled full time in virtual schools last year and 80 or 85 percent of the students in full time virtual charter schools are actually K-8 students. The smaller percentage are in high school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: Are online courses less rigorous than traditional courses, as the recent \u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cstrong>New York Times\u003c/strong>\u003cem>\u003cstrong> article implies, particularly when it comes to credit recovery? \u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u003cstrong>A: \u003c/strong> Different school districts take different approaches to credit recovery. Credit recovery is not new, but in the past the only option schools had was to have the student repeat the course. This was typically unsuccessful. If they failed it the first time, they might fail it the second time using that model. But they might succeed in a different model. Online courses provide an individualized experience. Students can go quickly through the material and only take time when they need to work on specific skills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">On the question of rigor: Our courses are often viewed as \u003cem>too\u003c/em> rigorous by the schools. One of the things the \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> article pointed to was that the student wasn’t required to a read a work of literature. We do require that, but school districts don’t always choose to implement the entire curriculum. So, implementation can make a big difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: How would you respond to the assertion that online learning replaces teachers with technology?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> I would say that it depends on the online courses and the implementation of the online courses. There are models in which that is exactly what happens. Not all online courses are the same and not all implementations are the same. For example, when we design and develop our online courses, we assume that there is a highly qualified certified teacher actively engaged with students. Our courses are in no way a substitute for a teacher. What they do is change the role of the teacher somewhat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">We once thought of the teacher as standing up in front of the class and delivering content and handing out quizzes and grading work. But what a teacher does while teaching an online course is interact one-on-one with every student, making sure each student is successfully moving through the course. And because of the data available in an online environment, a teacher is able to identify when a student needs help and provide that student with tailored support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1303249667,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":1162},"headData":{"title":"Online Learning: It's Complicated | KQED","description":"Online learning in K-12 classrooms has gotten some bad press recently. The articles portray low-quality computer programs replacing teachers in a short-sighted effort to cut costs. That simplistic portrayal does not address the whole picture. 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The articles portray low-quality computer programs replacing teachers in a short-sighted effort to cut costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That simplistic portrayal does not address the whole picture. \"It's a lot more complicated than that,\" says Cheryl Vedoe, CEO of \u003ca href=\"http://www.apexlearning.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Apex Learning\u003c/a>, a digital curriculum provider in both traditional and virtual classrooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one thing, saving money is not the priority for more schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"../2011/03/new-york-city-schools-blended-learning-experiment/\" target=\"_blank\">Arthur VanderVeen\u003c/a>, CEO of New York City's \u003ca href=\"http://schools.nyc.gov/community/innovation/izone/default.htm\" target=\"_blank\">iZone\u003c/a>, for instance said that \"cost savings are not the first appeal here. They’re not that real. If student-teacher ratios are the same, then [costs are] no different.\" At \u003ca href=\"http://www.ilearnnyc.net/default.htm\" target=\"_blank\">iLearnNYC\u003c/a>, the iZone's online learning program, costs are the same. That may change in the future, though. There may be other cost savings, VanderVeen says, when \"digital resources become cheaper than textbooks and when users and schools can create their own content.\" Also, \"a school that might offer a class to a small number of students can now aggregate students from across schools\" for that class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked Apex Learning's Cheryl Vedoe to talk about the specifics of online learning: the costs, when it works, and what makes it successful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Q: Do online courses reduce costs for schools?\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> There are several different aspects to that. In a virtual school environment where students are at a distance from their teacher, it is often the case that an online teacher is engaged with an average of 180 students each semester. That sounds like a huge number, but a typical teacher in a high school teaches six class periods per day with average of 30 students per period. That actually adds up to 180 students. You have to be careful about the data a little bit. It’s true that an online teacher will be working simultaneously with 180 students, but so will a classroom teacher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">The other thing about reducing cost: Nationally, we have a dropout rate of 30 percent, and approximately 50 percent of students who go on to college need remediation. The reality is a teacher in a traditional model is challenged to help every student in the class be successful. A digital curriculum can help teachers more effectively individualize learning. Where do the cost savings come in? You don't need remediation programs, credit recovery programs, after school, or summer programs at the same level of magnitude. So, we do think there’s opportunity for cost savings here, but it's not necessarily by having one teacher teach more students. It's by supporting the teacher in being more effective with a higher percentage of students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: How does digital learning differ from traditional learning practices?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> I think the most significant factor is that when students are engaged in a digital curriculum they are having an individualized experience. Teachers have a set of standards they have to cover and they have a set time period in which they must cover it. With a textbook, every student is doing the same thing every day. The teacher, out of necessity, teaches to the middle of the class. The kids who could be accelerating have to be held back, and the kids who need more time to be successful don't have that time. Struggling students in a typical classroom just get lost. They can't keep up. Approximately two-thirds of high school students are below proficient in reading and math. You’re going to have a number of students in your class who need more support. A single teacher doesn’t have bandwidth to do that. And if a student is capable of accelerating and can't, they become bored.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">In an online course, you can have individualized pacing. You're able to integrate media to incorporate different learning styles, such as audio, video, and animation -- multiple ways in which to learn and master a concept. For a traditional classroom teacher who's teaching six classes a day at 30 students per class, I really question whether it's a realistic expectation to ensure the success of all students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: Is there an age that works best for online learning? \u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> If you look at what's being done in elementary versus middle and high schools, you'll see different uses of online learning. In high school, comprehensive online courses are a good fit. At Apex Learning, our focus is on high school and on supporting middle school students in the transition from middle school to high school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">But 300,000 students enrolled full time in virtual schools last year and 80 or 85 percent of the students in full time virtual charter schools are actually K-8 students. The smaller percentage are in high school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: Are online courses less rigorous than traditional courses, as the recent \u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cstrong>New York Times\u003c/strong>\u003cem>\u003cstrong> article implies, particularly when it comes to credit recovery? \u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u003cstrong>A: \u003c/strong> Different school districts take different approaches to credit recovery. Credit recovery is not new, but in the past the only option schools had was to have the student repeat the course. This was typically unsuccessful. If they failed it the first time, they might fail it the second time using that model. But they might succeed in a different model. Online courses provide an individualized experience. Students can go quickly through the material and only take time when they need to work on specific skills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">On the question of rigor: Our courses are often viewed as \u003cem>too\u003c/em> rigorous by the schools. One of the things the \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> article pointed to was that the student wasn’t required to a read a work of literature. We do require that, but school districts don’t always choose to implement the entire curriculum. So, implementation can make a big difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Q: How would you respond to the assertion that online learning replaces teachers with technology?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u003cstrong>A:\u003c/strong> I would say that it depends on the online courses and the implementation of the online courses. There are models in which that is exactly what happens. 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And because of the data available in an online environment, a teacher is able to identify when a student needs help and provide that student with tailored support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/mindshift/10625/online-learning-its-complicated","authors":["4351"],"categories":["mindshift_193"],"tags":["mindshift_460","mindshift_385","mindshift_461","mindshift_382","mindshift_124","mindshift_326","mindshift_122","mindshift_78"],"featImg":"mindshift_10628","label":"mindshift"},"mindshift_8016":{"type":"posts","id":"mindshift_8016","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"mindshift","id":"8016","score":null,"sort":[1297370481000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"how-learning-environments-are-changing","title":"How Learning Environments Are Changing","publishDate":1297370481,"format":"aside","headTitle":"MindShift | KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"mindshift"},"content":"\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\n\u003ch4>In this post\u003c/h4>\n\u003ch5>\u003ca href=\"#3trends\">The 3 trends:\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#virtual\">Virtual\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"#themebased\">Theme-Based\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"#deconstructed\">Deconstructed\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>\u003ca href=\"#whatthesetrendsmean\">What these trends means\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A school's perimeters are no longer the only place students learn. Kids are learning about the world from their homes, from the community, and anywhere it's available to them. Here's a look at trends in the future of learning environments.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The Three Key Trends\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"virtual\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>1. Virtual.\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Whether it's to cut costs or give students more options, virtual schools – and brick-and-mortar schools that offer online courses – are proliferating. Students are taking online courses in \u003ca href=\"http://www.inacol.org/research/bookstore/detail.php?id=21\" target=\"_blank\">82 percent of K-12 school districts\u003c/a> in the nation.\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.forbes.com/michaelhorn/2011/01/27/the-rise-of-k-12-blended-learning/\" target=\"_blank\"> \u003c/a>The number of K-12 students taking online courses \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.forbes.com/michaelhorn/2011/01/27/the-rise-of-k-12-blended-learning/\">jumped from 45,000 in 2000 to\u003c/a> over three million in 2009. By 2019, half of high school classes will be delivered online, according to the authors of \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Disrupting-Class-Disruptive-Innovation-Change/dp/0071592067\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cem>Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca rel=\"attachment wp-att-8167\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/02/how-learning-environments-are-changing/striatic-2/\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-8167\" title=\"Striatic\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/02/Striatic-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">New virtual schools \u003ca href=\"http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/louisiana-virtual-charter-academy-to-open-fall-2011-115499309.html\">are springing up\u003c/a>, as are traditional school districts \u003ca href=\"http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2011/feb/07/TDMET01-petersburg-schools-implement-virtual-class-ar-824827/\">offering online courses\u003c/a>. In Florida, \u003ca href=\"http://www.flvs.net/\" target=\"_blank\">a virtual school\u003c/a> now offers content to \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/education/18classrooms.html?_r=2\" target=\"_blank\">in-class e-learning labs\u003c/a> in Miami-Dade County Public Schools, where a \"facilitator\" instead of a teacher monitors student progress. Schools like the Florida Virtual School, \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncvps.org/\" target=\"_blank\">North Carolina Virtual Public School\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.gavirtualschool.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia Virtual School\u003c/a> don't issue diplomas, but serve to support traditional schools by offering course content to students across the state. But the number of full-time virtual schools offering diplomas is growing across the country, from \u003ca href=\"http://www.pacyber.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, \u003c/a>to \u003ca href=\"http://www.monroevirtualmiddleschool.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Monroe Virtual Middle School\u003c/a> in Wisconsin, to \u003ca href=\"http://rusdtech.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Riverside Virtual School\u003c/a>, to \u003ca href=\"http://www.minnesotavirtualhighschool.com/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Virtual High School\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Cost cutting is a big motivating factor for traditional schools offering online programs. A \u003ca href=\"http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/x566172336/Study-says-online-learning-saves-schools-money-and-helps-students\" target=\"_blank\">Michigan-based study\u003c/a> found that Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida spend 20 to 30 percent less per pupil on full-time student online enrollment as they do on traditional classroom enrollment, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/education/18classrooms.html?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\">administrators in Florida admitted\u003c/a> that a huge impetus for creating e-learning labs was to bypass a class-size reduction law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Universities are also\u003ca href=\"http://www.braintrack.com/college-and-work-news/articles/online-education-surging-10111801\" target=\"_blank\"> leveraging online classes \u003c/a>for practical benefits -- as a way to compensate for over-filled classes and a way to save costs. The number of \u003ca href=\"http://www.onlineschools.org/\">online-only universities\u003c/a> hit \u003ca href=\"http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/enrollment-in-online-courses-increases-at-the-highest-rate-ever/28204?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en\">record highs in 2010\u003c/a>, accounting for \u003ca title=\"2010 Sloan Survey of Online Learning\" href=\"http://sloanconsortium.org/publications/survey/class_differences\" target=\"_blank\">nearly 30 percent of all college students\u003c/a> taking at least one course online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Online classes offer a number of benefits: personalized, flexible learning approaches, access to courses that are over-capacity, and collaboration with other institutions, for starters. They're also essential for distance learning for students in rural areas, with special needs, or those being homeschooled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">But there are \u003ca href=\"http://www.edweek.org/dd/articles/2011/02/09/02elearning.h04.html\">drawbacks\u003c/a> too, according to some, who say virtual school students must be monitored at all times by their parents to keep them on task -- difficult for those who work full time. \u003ca href=\"http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/01/12/15edtech_socialization.h30.html?tkn=PULFJuc/xZcNmN6+MlMsWLdO+stl8g5GBVp8&cmp=clp-edweek\">Socialization in the virtual world \u003c/a>is also a big concern, which is why schools offer social-networking tools like Skype for videoconferencing, chat rooms, and virtual whiteboards. They also organize field trips, proms and community gatherings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\"Online learning has the potential to be a disruptive force that will transform the factory-like, monolithic structure that has dominated America’s schools into a new model that is student-centric, highly personalized for each learner, and more productive, as it delivers dramatically better results at the same or lower cost,\" \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.forbes.com/michaelhorn/2011/01/27/the-rise-of-k-12-blended-learning/\" target=\"_blank\">says Michael Horn\u003c/a>, co-founder and executive director of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.innosightinstitute.org/media-room/publications/education-publications/the-rise-of-k-12-blended-learning/\" target=\"_blank\">Innosight Institute\u003c/a>, which just published a study called \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.innosightinstitute.org/media-room/publications/education-publications/the-rise-of-k-12-blended-learning/\">The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning\u003c/a>.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">[Sara Bernard contributed to this report.]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u003ca name=\"themebased\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>2) Theme-Based.\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Innovative schools and programs based on subject and theme are proliferating as well. Their focus varies from \u003ca href=\"http://www.scienceleadership.org/\">science and technology\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"http://www.digitalyouthnetwork.org/1-about/pages/1-overview\">media and the arts\u003c/a>, but their goals are in line: to leverage students' passions and interests in specific subjects to nurture the love of learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-8170\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/02/10_11.15_newtech_0434-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Philadelphia's \u003ca href=\"http://www.scienceleadership.org/\">Science Leadership Academy\u003c/a>, developed in partnership with the science-based museum, the \u003ca href=\"http://www2.fi.edu/\">Franklin Institute\u003c/a>, offers a project-based curriculum focusing on science, technology, math, and entrepreneurship. But there's also plenty of time for basketball and yoga, drama and debate, and allows students behind-the-scenes access to the Institute's museum experiences.\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">In Chicago, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.digitalyouthnetwork.org/1-about/pages/1-overview\">Digital Youth Network program \u003c/a>offers classes within schools, as well as in after-school \"pods,\" teaching kids how to create digital media. Last fall, the program was launched in \u003ca href=\"http://spotlight.macfound.org/featured-stories/entry/digital-youth-network-program-expands-to-underserved-areas-in-chicago/\">five low-income communities. \u003c/a>In addition to learning to record music, create podcasts and videos, and design logos, students are required to provide feedback to each others' work -- constructive critique is part of the curriculum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">In New York's \u003ca href=\"http://schools.nyc.gov/community/innovation/izone/Innovations/default.htm\">iZone\u003c/a>, the state Department of Education has embarked on a series of individual programs sprouting up in different schools, such as the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2010/12/school-of-one-revolutionizes-traditional-classroom-model/\">School of One\u003c/a>, where students work one-on-one with teachers, on individual and group projects, and with virtual tutors -- all organized through an algorithm that sets the schedule for the day based on student answers. The Innovation Zone also includes the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nycischool.org/\">iSchool\u003c/a>, a project-based, tech-powered high school. And as mentioned earlier about\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/02/three-trends-that-will-shape-the-future-of-curriculum/\"> curriculum trends\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/magazine/19video-t.html?partner=rss&emc=rss\">Quest to Learn\u003c/a> in New York uses video-game creation to teach a wide range of subjects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Using the community as a learning environment, the \u003ca href=\"http://newyouthcity.com/\">New Youth City Network \u003c/a>connects learners to rich sources of information, like the American Natural History Museum, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, and New York Hall of Science, among other organizations. Like an extended field trip, students spend time learning about the neighborhoods, the city's ecology, and practice skills like data visualization and collaboration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u003ca name=\"deconstructed\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>3) Deconstructed.\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Frustrated by the shortcomings of the public school system, parents and educators are finding ways to deconstruct the system, add and subtract pieces, and put it back together in ways they think works best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/179279964/sizes/m/in/photostream/\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-8171\" title=\"pinksherbert_hands\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/02/pinksherbert_hands-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n\u003c/p>\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Spurred by ideas like \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/01/work-or-fun-the-future-school-day-blurs-the-boundary/\">Dr. Sugata Mitra's Hole in the Wall\u003c/a> experiment, in which children in the slums of India were able to figure out how to operate and learn from an Internet-wired computer that was placed in a hole in the wall, proponents of this movement have different ideas about what works best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Some, like \u003ca href=\"http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2011/01/educating-innovatively-without-school.html\">educator Lisa Nielsen\u003c/a>, are advocates of doing away with a formal learning environment structure altogether. They believe that children are naturally driven by their own interests, and can find their path to knowledge through independent thinking and experience in the real world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The movement has different names -- \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.unschooling.com/\">unschooling\u003c/a>,\" \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.preservenet.com/theory/Illich/Deschooling/intro.html\">deschooling\u003c/a>, or \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.kappanmagazine.org/content/92/3/41.abstract\">unbundling\u003c/a>,\" -- some might even say \"homeschooling\"-- and each camp has varying degrees of structure and focus. And though it might not necessarily qualify as \"new,\" access to online learning is making it a more viable option these days. The basic idea is that, \u003ca href=\"http://edge.ascd.org/_Thrive-and-Drive/blog/3288993/127586.html\">away from the pitfalls of constant testing and assessment\u003c/a>, there's a more organic alternative to learning that looks nothing like the public education system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">There are obvious questions. Where would children go every day? How can we measure what they learn? Who would be in charge? What if they don't go to college? The current education system is linear and dependent on children progressing from one step to another: K-12 to college, and so on. Can you get from an \"unschool\" to college without SAT scores and a GPA? And from a different vantage point, if these experiments prove successful for those who have the time and financial means to try them, what happens to low-income kids who have no other choice but to pass through the public school system?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"whatthesetrendsmean\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What these trends mean\u003c/h3>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\n\u003ch4>Read the rest of this series:\u003c/h4>\n\u003ch5 style=\"background-color: #00c3c6;\">\u003ca style=\"color: white;\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/02/three-trends-that-will-shape-the-future-of-curriculum/\">Curriculum\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003ch5 style=\"background-color: #e76e06;\">\u003ca style=\"color: white;\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/02/three-trends-that-define-the-future-of-teaching-and-learning/\">Teaching and Learning\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003ch5 style=\"background-color: #f32d08;\">\u003ca style=\"color: white;\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/02/how-learning-environments-are-changing/\">Learning Environments\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Given the growing momentum of these trends, what does it mean for students, teachers, schools, and the education community at large?\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A blurring between formal schools and flexible learning environments.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Students and learners are given more control over what and how they learn.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Given the access to almost everything they need to learn, parents and learners are finding more opportunities to learn outside of school.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1302028596,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":10,"wordCount":1323},"headData":{"title":"How Learning Environments Are Changing | KQED","description":"In this post The 3 trends: Virtual Theme-Based Deconstructed What these trends means A school's perimeters are no longer the only place students learn. Kids are learning about the world from their homes, from the community, and anywhere it's available to them. Here's a look at trends in the future of learning environments. The Three","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"8016 http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/?p=8016","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/02/10/how-learning-environments-are-changing/","disqusTitle":"How Learning Environments Are Changing","path":"/mindshift/8016/how-learning-environments-are-changing","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\n\u003ch4>In this post\u003c/h4>\n\u003ch5>\u003ca href=\"#3trends\">The 3 trends:\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#virtual\">Virtual\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"#themebased\">Theme-Based\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"#deconstructed\">Deconstructed\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>\u003ca href=\"#whatthesetrendsmean\">What these trends means\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A school's perimeters are no longer the only place students learn. Kids are learning about the world from their homes, from the community, and anywhere it's available to them. Here's a look at trends in the future of learning environments.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The Three Key Trends\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"virtual\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>1. Virtual.\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Whether it's to cut costs or give students more options, virtual schools – and brick-and-mortar schools that offer online courses – are proliferating. Students are taking online courses in \u003ca href=\"http://www.inacol.org/research/bookstore/detail.php?id=21\" target=\"_blank\">82 percent of K-12 school districts\u003c/a> in the nation.\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.forbes.com/michaelhorn/2011/01/27/the-rise-of-k-12-blended-learning/\" target=\"_blank\"> \u003c/a>The number of K-12 students taking online courses \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.forbes.com/michaelhorn/2011/01/27/the-rise-of-k-12-blended-learning/\">jumped from 45,000 in 2000 to\u003c/a> over three million in 2009. By 2019, half of high school classes will be delivered online, according to the authors of \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Disrupting-Class-Disruptive-Innovation-Change/dp/0071592067\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cem>Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca rel=\"attachment wp-att-8167\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/02/how-learning-environments-are-changing/striatic-2/\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-8167\" title=\"Striatic\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/02/Striatic-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">New virtual schools \u003ca href=\"http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/louisiana-virtual-charter-academy-to-open-fall-2011-115499309.html\">are springing up\u003c/a>, as are traditional school districts \u003ca href=\"http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2011/feb/07/TDMET01-petersburg-schools-implement-virtual-class-ar-824827/\">offering online courses\u003c/a>. In Florida, \u003ca href=\"http://www.flvs.net/\" target=\"_blank\">a virtual school\u003c/a> now offers content to \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/education/18classrooms.html?_r=2\" target=\"_blank\">in-class e-learning labs\u003c/a> in Miami-Dade County Public Schools, where a \"facilitator\" instead of a teacher monitors student progress. Schools like the Florida Virtual School, \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncvps.org/\" target=\"_blank\">North Carolina Virtual Public School\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.gavirtualschool.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia Virtual School\u003c/a> don't issue diplomas, but serve to support traditional schools by offering course content to students across the state. But the number of full-time virtual schools offering diplomas is growing across the country, from \u003ca href=\"http://www.pacyber.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, \u003c/a>to \u003ca href=\"http://www.monroevirtualmiddleschool.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Monroe Virtual Middle School\u003c/a> in Wisconsin, to \u003ca href=\"http://rusdtech.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Riverside Virtual School\u003c/a>, to \u003ca href=\"http://www.minnesotavirtualhighschool.com/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Virtual High School\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Cost cutting is a big motivating factor for traditional schools offering online programs. A \u003ca href=\"http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/x566172336/Study-says-online-learning-saves-schools-money-and-helps-students\" target=\"_blank\">Michigan-based study\u003c/a> found that Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida spend 20 to 30 percent less per pupil on full-time student online enrollment as they do on traditional classroom enrollment, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/education/18classrooms.html?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\">administrators in Florida admitted\u003c/a> that a huge impetus for creating e-learning labs was to bypass a class-size reduction law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Universities are also\u003ca href=\"http://www.braintrack.com/college-and-work-news/articles/online-education-surging-10111801\" target=\"_blank\"> leveraging online classes \u003c/a>for practical benefits -- as a way to compensate for over-filled classes and a way to save costs. The number of \u003ca href=\"http://www.onlineschools.org/\">online-only universities\u003c/a> hit \u003ca href=\"http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/enrollment-in-online-courses-increases-at-the-highest-rate-ever/28204?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en\">record highs in 2010\u003c/a>, accounting for \u003ca title=\"2010 Sloan Survey of Online Learning\" href=\"http://sloanconsortium.org/publications/survey/class_differences\" target=\"_blank\">nearly 30 percent of all college students\u003c/a> taking at least one course online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Online classes offer a number of benefits: personalized, flexible learning approaches, access to courses that are over-capacity, and collaboration with other institutions, for starters. They're also essential for distance learning for students in rural areas, with special needs, or those being homeschooled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">But there are \u003ca href=\"http://www.edweek.org/dd/articles/2011/02/09/02elearning.h04.html\">drawbacks\u003c/a> too, according to some, who say virtual school students must be monitored at all times by their parents to keep them on task -- difficult for those who work full time. \u003ca href=\"http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/01/12/15edtech_socialization.h30.html?tkn=PULFJuc/xZcNmN6+MlMsWLdO+stl8g5GBVp8&cmp=clp-edweek\">Socialization in the virtual world \u003c/a>is also a big concern, which is why schools offer social-networking tools like Skype for videoconferencing, chat rooms, and virtual whiteboards. They also organize field trips, proms and community gatherings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\"Online learning has the potential to be a disruptive force that will transform the factory-like, monolithic structure that has dominated America’s schools into a new model that is student-centric, highly personalized for each learner, and more productive, as it delivers dramatically better results at the same or lower cost,\" \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.forbes.com/michaelhorn/2011/01/27/the-rise-of-k-12-blended-learning/\" target=\"_blank\">says Michael Horn\u003c/a>, co-founder and executive director of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.innosightinstitute.org/media-room/publications/education-publications/the-rise-of-k-12-blended-learning/\" target=\"_blank\">Innosight Institute\u003c/a>, which just published a study called \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.innosightinstitute.org/media-room/publications/education-publications/the-rise-of-k-12-blended-learning/\">The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning\u003c/a>.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">[Sara Bernard contributed to this report.]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u003ca name=\"themebased\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>2) Theme-Based.\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Innovative schools and programs based on subject and theme are proliferating as well. Their focus varies from \u003ca href=\"http://www.scienceleadership.org/\">science and technology\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"http://www.digitalyouthnetwork.org/1-about/pages/1-overview\">media and the arts\u003c/a>, but their goals are in line: to leverage students' passions and interests in specific subjects to nurture the love of learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-8170\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/02/10_11.15_newtech_0434-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Philadelphia's \u003ca href=\"http://www.scienceleadership.org/\">Science Leadership Academy\u003c/a>, developed in partnership with the science-based museum, the \u003ca href=\"http://www2.fi.edu/\">Franklin Institute\u003c/a>, offers a project-based curriculum focusing on science, technology, math, and entrepreneurship. But there's also plenty of time for basketball and yoga, drama and debate, and allows students behind-the-scenes access to the Institute's museum experiences.\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">In Chicago, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.digitalyouthnetwork.org/1-about/pages/1-overview\">Digital Youth Network program \u003c/a>offers classes within schools, as well as in after-school \"pods,\" teaching kids how to create digital media. Last fall, the program was launched in \u003ca href=\"http://spotlight.macfound.org/featured-stories/entry/digital-youth-network-program-expands-to-underserved-areas-in-chicago/\">five low-income communities. \u003c/a>In addition to learning to record music, create podcasts and videos, and design logos, students are required to provide feedback to each others' work -- constructive critique is part of the curriculum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">In New York's \u003ca href=\"http://schools.nyc.gov/community/innovation/izone/Innovations/default.htm\">iZone\u003c/a>, the state Department of Education has embarked on a series of individual programs sprouting up in different schools, such as the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2010/12/school-of-one-revolutionizes-traditional-classroom-model/\">School of One\u003c/a>, where students work one-on-one with teachers, on individual and group projects, and with virtual tutors -- all organized through an algorithm that sets the schedule for the day based on student answers. The Innovation Zone also includes the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nycischool.org/\">iSchool\u003c/a>, a project-based, tech-powered high school. And as mentioned earlier about\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/02/three-trends-that-will-shape-the-future-of-curriculum/\"> curriculum trends\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/magazine/19video-t.html?partner=rss&emc=rss\">Quest to Learn\u003c/a> in New York uses video-game creation to teach a wide range of subjects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Using the community as a learning environment, the \u003ca href=\"http://newyouthcity.com/\">New Youth City Network \u003c/a>connects learners to rich sources of information, like the American Natural History Museum, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, and New York Hall of Science, among other organizations. 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The basic idea is that, \u003ca href=\"http://edge.ascd.org/_Thrive-and-Drive/blog/3288993/127586.html\">away from the pitfalls of constant testing and assessment\u003c/a>, there's a more organic alternative to learning that looks nothing like the public education system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">There are obvious questions. Where would children go every day? How can we measure what they learn? Who would be in charge? What if they don't go to college? The current education system is linear and dependent on children progressing from one step to another: K-12 to college, and so on. Can you get from an \"unschool\" to college without SAT scores and a GPA? 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But as someone who thrives on collaboration and working off the energy of others, I often wonder if it's too much a solitary experience for learners. How will important social skills be learned when a student is confined to a computer at home?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/01/12/15edtech_socialization.h30.html?tkn=UVVFJyPl20wFeGkDEC7U2HyiJF4UrjRrK5XU&cmp=clp-edweek\">Michelle Davis's article in Edweek's \u003c/a>discusses how online education companies are making socialization a priority. With Skype and other online tools, students can follow a teacher on a virtual board, ask questions, and answer multiple-choice questions in a \"room\" full of other students. Just like in traditional schools, students can also attend regularly scheduled social events and work on collaborative activities.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Many cyber schools regularly use social-networking tools in their online classes and are also moving to incorporate some face-to-face interaction into their classes. Those interactions often have an educational bent, such as field trips, but some are purely social—like proms and back-to-school picnics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Students realize they’re not isolated at their house,” said Shelley C. 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Problem behaviors among online students, as rated by the parents, teachers, and students themselves, were either significantly lower or not significantly different when compared with national norms.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>But online schools are not for everyone, and for those who choose it, parents and students need to proactively look for social opportunities when they're offered, the article said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the \u003ca href=\"http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/01/12/15edtech_socialization.h30.html?tkn=UVVFJyPl20wFeGkDEC7U2HyiJF4UrjRrK5XU&cmp=clp-edweek\">whole story here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1294706453,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":11,"wordCount":351},"headData":{"title":"Finding Ways to Be Social in Virtual Schools | KQED","description":"Virtual schools have lots of advantages -- ease of access, students learning at their own pace, flexibility with timing, extending education to hard-to-reach rural communities. 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