Online Teaching
Picketing cyber school teachers want face time with PALO board
Carrying colorful signs adorned with a character from Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” the 15 teachers and counselors shivering in a Homestead parking lot Thursday morning weren’t part of your normal picket line. The group wasn’t striking, nor was it seeking raises and better benefits. Instead, the members of the first cyber charter school union... »
NC Virtual School Offers Statewide Access to Streaming Digital Content
North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS) has announced it has signed an agreement to offer free access to Discovery Education streaming, the company’s digital video-based learning system, to educators and students throughout the state. The school has also chosen the company to provide professional development services for its educators. With partnerships with several companies and... »
In online education, Hartland teacher in a class all her own
Melanie Laber is one of the busiest teachers you’ll ever read about. During the 2009-2010 school year, Laber, a Hartland Middle School at Ore Creek math teacher, teaches six seventh-grade classes. Because of her full load, Laber doesn’t even have a prep hour, but teaching middle school math is only part of her work day. The rest... »
Elluminate’s Fire and Ice Project Recognized as First-Ever iNACOL Award Winner for Best and Most Innovative Online Learning Practice
Elluminate, Inc., the leader in web, audio, video and social networking solutions that support 21st century teaching, learning, and collaboration, announced today that its Fire and Ice initiative was awarded iNACOL’s Best and Most Innovative Online Learning Practice award, which was announced at the organization’s annual Virtual School Symposium held November 15-17 in Austin,... »
Like a game, but worth high school credits
In the near future, a corrupt corporation is trying to take over the world. As part of its nefarious plot, Conspiracy Inc. is altering the historic record. High school students can stop the evil plans — and earn an American history credit — in Conspiracy Code, a new online course that takes... »
U.S. Department of Education Study Finds that Good Teaching can be Enhanced with New Technology
Providing further evidence of the tremendous opportunity to use technology to improve teaching and learning, the U.S. Department of Education today released an analysis of controlled studies comparing online and face-to-face instruction. A systematic search of the research literature from 1996 through July 2008 identified over 1,000 empirical studies of online learning. Of these, 46... »
Internships help prepare future online teachers
As virtual schooling continues to surge in popularity, there is a growing need for new K-12 teachers who understand how to teach in an online environment successfully. To help meet this need, the Florida Virtual School (FLVS) is teaming up with area colleges to pair teachers-in-training with its online instructors in a first-of-its-kind internship... »
Best Online High Schools offers new service
Best Online High Schools is pleased to offer this news service for those interested in online schools at the K-12 level. Virtual School News aims to be the one-stop source for everything happening in the virtual education world. Stay tuned as the news begins rolling in. »
