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Fairfax high school considers going virtual
April 17, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment
The proposed virtual school will be discussed at a hearing this month. School board members are excited about the prospect, although questions concerning the cost, operations and attendance levels remain unanswered.
Superintendent Jack D. Dale said he does not believe many students would attend the digital school full-time, but rather see it as an educational option. If the proposal is approved, then the school would be open to students county-wide.
Aimed to launch in September, the sheer amount of logistics involved means this is probably over-ambitious, but the school board’s officials are keen to launch ‘before someone else does’. Dale says:
“It’s hard to do marching band online. Kids are going to pop in and out of the virtual school. They’ll just look at it as another method of taking a course, instead of face to face.”
In the virtual school teachers would work via phone and email, and occasional meetings would be conducted in time for revision and exams. Students and teachers would meet through an online platform approximately one-fifth of the time, and outside of this, students would have the freedom to organize their learning themselves.
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Plato Launches Virtual Academy
March 12, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment
Accreditation for the academy will be provided by the Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWAC) with the virtual academy designated as a distance education school. Established in 1917, NWAC is engaged in school accreditation in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.
“Our goal is to help schools and districts to improve student achievement. The Plato Virtual Academy is an important step forward in doing that,” said Jamie Candee, Plato Learning vice president of product and marketing. “We are here to partner–not compete–with educators to meet the needs of 21st century learners.”
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With virtual platform, Alaska high school reverses decline
February 1, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment
When Virtual High School Global Consortium, a non-profit organization specializing in collaborative online education and professional development, offered 25 students spots at a reduced price in exchange for one Advanced Placement teacher, Petersburg saw it a as an opportunity to be able to offer their students more diverse classes.
Now Petersburg offer engineering, architecture, art history, and veterinary science, among other classes. Sue Hardin, the school’s English and Spanish teacher, says that she facilitates advanced placement classes for student in some Northeastern schools, as well as that Oklahoma, Washington State, Switzerland, Venezuela and even China.
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