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I was checking the website for the new Georgia Virtual High School (see http://www.GAVirtualSchool.org/ ) A few weeks ago and in their virtual library that had a link to this article: Telling the story of Online Learning: What people do not understand, Dont support (see http://www.sreb.org/programs/EdTech/onlinestory/onlinestoryindex.asp ).on average 92 percent! I’m calling his parents to tell them soon, we finally found the key to the future of their children math. - Henry Chandler, a teacher, Virginia what does teaching online look like?

More directly, what does teaching in a virtual high school look like? What does the teacher do in a synchronous teaching environment in a virtual high school? What does the teacher do in an asynchronous teaching environment in a virtual high school? Looking forward to your thoughts

Tags: virtual school , cyber school , high school , education

Note: I started my comprehensive examinations this past Monday (04 July 2005) and will be engaged in that for most of the next six weeks. While I already have entries pre-written for this period of time to keep a regular flow of content coming, the frequency may decrease slightly (depending on how tired I am at the end of the day and how much I can actually think about something other than my comps questions. I will be posting information about my comprehensive exams at my other blogs, Breaking into the Academy , so you can visit there to see the nature of my questions and any public discussion I attempt as I try to talk out my ideas.

You might find this pilot site of interest.

It’s a gateway to two SEAL sites, one for primary schools the other for secondaries .

SEAL I’m sure you’ll remember stands for social and emotional aspects of learning.

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Young People&s User Involvement and Participation in Their Drug and Alcohol Service .

The Children’s Society have been commissioned by the NTA to develop a policy briefing on young people&s user involvement and participation in their drug and alcohol service.

If you have examples of good practice where this happens, please send them to susie.ramsay@childrenssociety.org.uk , tel: 0207 841 4573.

Filed under: treatment , users voice , Children’s Society , NTA

I think I mentioned this before, but since I have come to Wayne State University I have formed two research groups with some of the graduate students. One of these groups was focused on gaming in education, the other was focused on K-12 online learning. Basically the group meets once a month to discuss some reading that we have selected, and we also undertake a variety of project (or they become involved in different projects that I am currently involved with).

This past semester the group of graduate students that form the K-12 online learning research group and I have been working on a glossary of virtual schooling. Basically, it’s purpose is to collect all of the terms that we can think of related to virtual school and to define them (based upon existing definitions in the literature or by creating our own definitions).

At this stage, we are ready to announce the glossary:

http://virtualschool.wikispaces.com/glossary

In addition to announcing the results of our efforts, we would also like to encourage feedback from the virtual school community. So, if you have comments about any terms that we may be missing or any definitions that you’d like to suggest revisions to, please e-mail me at mkbarbour-at-gmail-dot-com or post a comment to this blog.

Virtual Schooling in the News.

Beginning with the Yahoo News! Alert for virtual school.

I-SS tests virtual school program
Mooresville TribuneMon, 07 Apr 2008 7:11 AM PDT
Iredell-Statesville Schools is one of nine school districts statewide implementing the N.C. Virtual Public School pilot program. The school district began offering the online courses during last year’s summer school sessions.
I-SS testing virtual school program

Statesville Record & LandmarkMon, 07 Apr 2008 2:17 AM PDT
Iredell-Statesville Schools is one of nine school districts statewide implementing the N.C. Virtual Public School pilot program. The school district began offering the online courses during last yearaˆ™s summer school sessions. Students throughout I-SS have completed 837 courses, with Collaborative College for Technology and Leadership (CCTL) students leading the way. NCVPS Executive …

Brooklyn’s Edward R. Murrow High School Wins First Place in Fourth Annual US Network of Virtual Enterprises and …
Business Wire via Yahoo! FinanceTue, 08 Apr 2008 12:50 PM PDT
NEW YORK—-Two New York City high schools and one California high school won the top three awards in the fourth annual US Network of Virtual Enterprises & Merrill Lynch National Business Plan Competition of aspiring young business managers from public high schools across the country.

Kaplan Virtual Education Renames Private Online High School Kaplan College Preparatory School
Business Wire via Yahoo! FinanceTue, 08 Apr 2008 5:30 AM PDT
HOLLYWOOD, Fla.—-Kaplan Virtual Education today announced that it has changed the name of its private online high school to Kaplan College Preparatory School. Previously called the University of Miami Online High School, the renaming serves to align the college preparatory high school with the Kaplan family of companies.
Doyle signs virtual school agreement into law
Stevens Point JournalMon, 07 Apr 2008 3:41 PM PDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Gov. Jim Doyle has signed into law a bill that will keep online public charter schools open. The deal was reached by the Legislature and passed last month. Changes were required after an appeals court ruled last year that the virtual schools were violating state laws on charter schools, teacher licensing and open enrollment. The ruling threatened to close 12 schools that …
Kaplan renames online high school
South Florida Business JournalTue, 08 Apr 2008 9:43 AM PDT
Kaplan Virtual Education said it has changed the name of University of Miami Online High School to Kaplan College Preparatory School to align the college preparatory institution with the Kaplan family of companies.
Doyle signs virtual school agreement
The Appleton Post-CrescentTue, 08 Apr 2008 2:24 AM PDT
MADISON Gov. Jim Doyle signed into law Monday a bill that will keep online public charter schools open.

Doyle signs virtual school agreement into law
WKBT La CrosseMon, 07 Apr 2008 2:42 PM PDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Gov. Jim Doyle has signed into law a bill that will keep online public charter schools open. The deal was reached by the Legislature and passed last month.

No more private tuitions for school kids… enter the virtual classroom
Express IndiaTue, 08 Apr 2008 11:14 PM PDT
With the new academic session for school students beginning in April, E-learning is vying for its space in the education…

Kaplan renames UM online high school
Sun-SentinelWed, 09 Apr 2008 0:29 AM PDT
The University of Miami Online High School, run by Hollywood-based Kaplan Virtual Education , has been renamed the Kaplan College Preparatory School to better align it with the Kaplan companies. The school, which counts about 3,000 enrollments in its grade 8 through 12 online curriculum, has been offering secondary education courses since 2001.

Virtual school to hold information session
The Times-NewsFri, 11 Apr 2008 11:36 PM PDT
Staff report The Idaho Distance Education Academy will hold an information session about the school and enrollment from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday in Burley.

Next the Yahoo! News Alert for cyber school.

No cliques, lots of clicks
The Daily ItemSat, 05 Apr 2008 9:13 PM PDT
LAIRDSVILLE — Tasha Snyder sums up the best thing about cyber school in two words: “No drama.” She opted for online high school because there was entirely too much social angst at her former high school.

PA Cyber Charter School Honors Online Teachers
PR Newswire via Yahoo! FinanceThu, 10 Apr 2008 1:50 PM PDT
The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School has recognized 15 of its online teachers in an ongoing Teacher of the Month program.

Chambersburg Academy funding partially at risk
The Herald-MailSat, 12 Apr 2008 5:14 AM PDT
CHAMBERSBURG, PA. – Chambersburg Academy, an online educational program started last year by the Chambersburg Area School District, could be among the programs facing a cut in the district’s 2008-09 budget. Begun as a pilot program for homebound and alternative education students, as well as a way to lure district students back from cyber charter schools, Chambersburg Academy has 24 slots at a …

Moving on to the Google News Alert for virtual school.

-SS testing virtual school program
Statesville Record & Landmark – NC, USA
By Chyna Broadnax Iredell-Statesville Schools is one of nine school districts statewide implementing the NC Virtual Public School pilot program. …
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Linking with NASA
Bucks Free Press – London,UK
The transatlantic conversation with pupils from the Florida Virtual School in America was arranged after Holy Trinity won an award. …
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Virtually independent
Twin Falls Times-News – Twin Falls,ID,USA
On the other hand, there are key questions about the use of public money in virtual school settings and how that money is utilized. …
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Case study: Emerson Park school ’shosted software service to …
PublicTechnology.net – UK
“Emerson Park School is being transformed into a fully fledged ‘virtual school’. Two weeks after the portal went live in June 2007, 75% of students opened …
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Police investigate charter school “hit list”
The Plain Dealer – cleveland.com – Cleveland,OH,USA
While police were at The Virtual School, in the 700 block of Lakeview Avenue, security officers there told police they saw a student hide a gun near the …
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New Web site a place to discuss school issues
Concord Journal – MA, USA
… COO Preston Carey, who said the site uses existing technology to create a virtual school community modeled on existing offline school communities. …
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Finally, the Google News Alert for cyber school.

California senior aims for career in academia
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – Pittsburgh,PA,USA
When Wohar finishes high school, she said, she will miss the good friends both here and at her cyber school. “Educationally and individually, they both have …
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I actually got this off the Humble ISD website. A little shocking, I thought the first time we would see any boundary proposals would be at the upcoming meetings. Sorry I did not have time to look into each of these yet, I’m out of town (in Indianapolis, Indiana) visiting my dad. Also, my little laptop will not let me visit anything pdf, for the moment, gotta work on that. But, here is the information I got for you to look into. Any insight, please clue me in, and I will certainly follow up on this as soon as I can.

Work is underway to develop boundaries for Summer Creek High School (SCHS), which will open in the fall of 2009, and for Middle School #8, which will open in the fall of 2010.
SCHS is located in the Spring Trace area south of the West Lake Houston Pkwy. and is expected to provide relief for Atascocita High School and for Humble High School.

M iddle School #8 is located north of the Sam Houston Parkway and east of the railroad tracks, just west of Summerwood. MS #8 is expected to provide relief for Atascocita Middle School, and possibly for Humble and Sterling Middle Schools.

T he Population and Survey Analysts (PASA), the demographic firm, which has been working with Humble ISD since 2004, provided proposed boundaries and enrollment projections for SCHS and MS #8, which were used by the Citizens Boundary Advisory Committee (CBAC) as a starting point in their deliberations regarding boundaries.

I n the spring of 2008, the CBAC developed 4 other possible options for boundaries for SCHS and MS #8.

T he boundary option developed by PASA and the 4 options developed by the CBAC will be presented to parents and patrons in order to gather input regarding each of the options from those who may impacted by the boundary changes. The meetings will be held at Atascocita High School (Monday, Sept. 8), Humble High School (Thursday, Sept. 11), and Humble Middle School (Monday, Sept. 15). All meetings will begin at 7:00 PM in the auditoriums of the schools.

F ollowing the community input meetings, the CBAC will present its findings and recommendation for boundary changes to the Superintendent, who will, in turn, present his recommendation to the Board of Education. It is the responsibility of the Board of Education to approve boundary changes.

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Humble ISD Home | Quick Comparison of options | Pros and Cons of each option