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e-Learning. not your typical classroom. Is it for us?. Students “There is a growing understanding that providing web-based courses for many middle and high school students works.” SREB’s Report on State Virtual Schools, June 2005 Online courses have benefited students who need:
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e-Learning not your typical classroom
Is it for us? • Students • “There is a growing understanding that providing web-based courses for many middle and high school students works.” • SREB’s Report on State Virtual Schools, June 2005 • Online courses have benefited students who need: • Academic courses that their school cannot provide due to funding, shortage of certified, highly qualified teachers, etc. • To re-take courses for graduation • Alternatives to traditional education • Options to courses offered in their school • Access to courses because of physical disabilities
e4TN • Tipton County is one of 8 LEA’s piloting the coursework for the future Tennessee Virtual School. • 5 TCS students are currently enrolled in Gateway Algebra or US Government • Dan Martin is currently facilitating US Government
Virtual School • What’s happening around us? • Alabama Online High School • Arkansas Virtual High School • Florida Virtual School • West Virginia Virtual School • Georgia Virtual School • Kentucky Virtual High School • Louisiana Virtual School • Mississippi Online Learning Institute • North Carolina Distance Learning Program • Virginia Virtual AP School
Online Professional Development (OPD) Advantages of OPD (Online Professional Development: Why SREB States Should Use It, Oct., 2004) • Reach teachers regardless of where they work or live • Eliminate or reduce travel time and expense • Provide large numbers of teachers with quality PD within a specified time period • Create a learning community where teachers have contact with other teachers who share common experiences and goals
Online Professional Development • ETLO • Virtual Field Trip • Tipton County • PBS Teacherline • South Carolina Online PD • Alabama OPD for Teachers • West Virginia: eLearning for Educators
What next? “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.” -Aristotle