[PDF] Virtual Schools eBook

Author : Zane L. Berge
Publisher :
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 21,83 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807745724

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This important volume features contributions by top virtual school practitioners and experts in the field who talk about what virtual schools can do to plan for success. If you are interested in the details of launching virtual learning options for your school, district, region, or state, you likely have more questions than answers. Where do I begin? What kind of personnel will I need? What providers and resources are available to me? How do I hire and train teachers? What are the costs involved? This authoritative volume will answer these questions and many more. Providing an overview of virtual schooling and e-learning, along with detailed case studies and issues chapters, this essential volume provides practical guidance and a brief plan for success roadmap for local schools interested in starting a virtual learning program.

Author : Brooke B. Eisenbach
Publisher : IAP
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 41,87 MB
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1641134615

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The world of middle level education is rapidly evolving. Increasingly, online learning platforms are complementing or replacing traditional classroom settings. As students exchange classroom interaction for online collaboration, pencils for keyboards, face-to-face conversations for chat room texts, and traditional lessons for digital modules, it becomes apparent that teachers, schools, and administrators must identify ways to keep pace. We must identify ways to meet the needs of middle level learners within this digital context. In this volume, researchers and teachers share a variety of resources centered on the growing world of virtual education and its implications for the middle level learner, educator, and classroom.

Author : Paul E. Peterson
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 44,25 MB
Release : 2010-03-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780674050112

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In this book Peterson interprets the history of American schools by placing major educational reformers in the context of their times and relates their thinking to our own era by scrutinizing the often unanticipated consequences of their commitments and ideas. These extraordinary individuals provided the critical ideas and articulated the ideals that motivated many others to search for ways to save the schools from the limitations in which they were embedded: Horace Mann, John Dewey, Martin Luther King, Al Shanker, William Bennett, and James S. Coleman. The drive to centralize was pervasive despite repeatedly expressed reform desire to customize education. Peterson argues that education has become an increasingly labor intensive industry that must reverse direction and become more capital intensive or it will descend in quality. Fortunately, technological change is making it possible radically alter the way in which education services are delivered, providing a new chance to save our schools.

Author : Elizabeth Kanna
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 26,6 MB
Release : 2014-12-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 1466886404

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Today, millions of school-age children are learning outside of a traditional classroom and using cutting edge educational options. Policy experts predict that in a decade half of all education will be delivered virtually. In Virtual Schooling three top authorities help you navigate the fastest growing movement in education -- regardless of whether your child attends public school, private school or is home schooled. You'll discover how to: · Find opportunities and programs to optimize your child's learning, strengths and aptitudes. · Create a personalized learning plan for your child, which can remove barriers, ignite their passions and propel your child to new levels of learning. · Prepare your child for success in the workplace in any future economy.

Author : Dan Gutman
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,2 MB
Release : 2011-12-27
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 9781484483411

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On a cross-country vacation with their parents, twins Coke and Pepsi, soon to be thirteen, fend off strange assassins as they try to come to terms with their being part of a top-secret government organization known as The Genius Files.

Author : Catherine Cavanaugh
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 29,54 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1591401550

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Virtual schools are a result of widespread changes in knowledge about learning, in available technology and in society. Virtual schooling is growing in popularity and will continue to attract students because of the benefits it offers over traditional schooling. Stakeholders in virtual schools need information to guide their decisions. For the foreseeable future, virtual schools will continue to meet diverse student needs, and to evolve in response to further change. Development and Management of Virtual Schools: Issues and Trends brings together knowledge of virtual schools as a reference for scholars and other groups involved in virtual schools. The chapters review best practice from concept and development, through implementation and evaluation.

Author : Cathy Cavanaugh
Publisher :
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,46 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Computers
ISBN :

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Provides an overview of effective online teaching and learning practices.

Author : Andrew A. Zucker
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 24,17 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807742860

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This authoritative volume is the first to provide a thorough, detailed account of the virtual high school. Based on a 5-year study conducted by experienced researchers at SRI International, it provides crucial information to assist educators and policymakers in creating, adapting, and learning how to effectively use these new online schools. This book answers such questions as: What is the difference between an online and face-to-face classroom? What is it like to take, or to teach a course online? Are online courses effective? What are the problems with its use?

Author : Kevin P. Brady
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 46,80 MB
Release : 2012-08-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 1483305813

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Education of America′s school children always has been and always will be a hot-button issue. From what should be taught to how to pay for education to how to keep kids safe in schools, impassioned debates emerge and mushroom, both within the scholarly community and among the general public. This volume in the point/counterpoint Debating Issues in American Education reference series tackles the topic of technology in schools. Fifteen to twenty chapters explore such varied issues as the digital divide, electronic textbooks, impacts on curricula, privacy on school computers, web censorship, and more. Each chapter opens with an introductory essay by the volume editor, followed by point/counterpoint articles written and signed by invited experts, and concludes with Further Readings and Resources, thus providing readers with views on multiple sides of technology issues within America′s schools and pointing them toward more in-depth resources for further exploration.

Author : Steven L. Danver
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 2579 pages
File Size : 48,2 MB
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 1506353029

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Online education, both by for-profit institutions and within traditional universities, has seen recent tremendous growth and appeal - but online education has many aspects that are not well understood. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Online Education provides a thorough and engaging reference on all aspects of this field, from the theoretical dimensions of teaching online to the technological aspects of implementing online courses—with a central focus on the effective education of students. Key topics explored through over 350 entries include: · Technology used in the online classroom · Institutions that have contributed to the growth of online education · Pedagogical basis and strategies of online education · Effectiveness and assessment · Different types of online education and best practices · The changing role of online education in the global education system