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Noted science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov predicted that one day, we'd "have computer outlets in every home, each of them hooked up to enormous libraries where anyone can ask any question and be given answers, be given reference materials, be something you're interested in knowing, from an early age, however silly it might seem to someone else," and with this appliance, be able to truly enjoy learning instead of being forced to learn mundane facts and figures. His insight has proven to be amazingly accurate, as we now live in a world with the Internet, where nearly the entire wealth of human knowledge can live at our fingertips or even in our pockets. Such an amazing feat, of course, doesn't happen without impacting our lives, and scientists have begun to note that the Internet has not only served to fulfill our brains' curiosities, but also rewired them. So what exactly is the Internet doing to our brains? Read on to find out.
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Education and learning are moving, at least in many children’s eyes, beyond acts of knowledge transmission toward acts of exploration and creation.”
FAQ from K-12 / Insight schools (This is one of the largest for-profit online virtual schools.
South Carolina Online High Schools (Connections Academy)
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Kids love having the opportunity to learn online but it’s not merely the medium or the technology that students enjoy. At the recent iNacol Virtual Schools Symposium I listened to high school students who have experience learning this way as well as teachers who have experience with these students, share some advice for making this type of learning even better.
Here is their advice as well as suggestions for tools that teachers can use to heed this advice.
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We are pleased to release Keeping Pace 2011. Updated enrollment stats, trends, and analysis of K-12 online and blended learning can be found in the full report and graphics, available for download now!
in list: E-Learning for Educators
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K-12 online and blended learning continued to grow rapidly across the country in 2011 as new consortia and single-district online education programs outstripped the continued expansion of more traditional eLearning programs, according to an annual report that measures the growth of K-12 virtual education.
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As of late 2011, online and blended learning opportunities existed for at least some students in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, but no state had a full suite of full-time and supplemental options for students at all grade levels.
in list: voicethread
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All of the VoiceThread K-12 Products use Ed.VoiceThread, our secure and accountable environment found at ed.voicethread.com. It's a web-based communications network built specifically for K-12 Students and Educators. To learn more, watch the Ed.VoiceThread overview below. The following premium accounts have access to this network.
in list: E-Learning for Educators
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This series, Promising Practices in Online Learning, explores some of the approaches being taken by practitioners and policymakers in response to key issues in online learning in six papers being released throughout 2008 and 2009:
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The title, Promising Practices, deliberately avoids the term “best practices.” There are too many approaches to online learning, and too many innovative teaching and learning strategies in the 21st century, for one method to be labeled “best.”
One suggestion that may change the way we all think about teaching online is to talk with you students everyday by phone. That certainly puts the synchronous element at the top of the list.
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Educators who teach in an online setting should foster strong relationships with their students’ parents and should offer plenty of positive feedback, says the nation’s first-ever K-12 Online Teacher of the Year.
in list: K-12 Online Toolkit
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Cutting-Edge Online Charter School Publicly Releases Award-Winning Curriculum Freely Available To Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime
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Cutting-Edge Online Charter School Publicly Releases Award-Winning Curriculum Freely Available to Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime
In keeping with its mission the Open High School of Utah, a public charter, is the first secondary school to share the curriculum they develop as an open educational resource. Today they announce the release of 20 semesters of creative commons licensed content, bringing the total number of semesters in their repository at www.ocw.openhighschool.org
A full set of high school core classes offered in Moodle format as open courseware.
in list: K-12 Online Toolkit
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The Open High School of Utah is a public charter school designed to meet the needs of the 21st century student. As an online school, we combine state of the art curriculum with strategic one-on-one instruction. Our methods can be described as “one-on-one tutoring for every student in every subject”. Instruction is individualized allowing students to work at their pace. Our delivery of education is structured to provide maximum flexibility that is student-centered; responsive to the needs of each learner, eliminating the negative aspects of a one size fits all system. Our technology sets us apart. It is data-driven, providing real time information that instantaneously tracks the student and their performance. Unique to OHSU is our commitment to share the curriculum we have developed as an open educational resource. All of these elements combined make the Open High School of Utah the future of education; we are the face of innovation.
iNacol is a treasure trove of on point research about Virtual K-12. You don't need to be a member to access the research resources.
in list: K-12 Online Toolkit
The International Association for K-12 Online Learning presents research based standards for virtual school best practices. Download this pdf!
in list: K-12 Online Toolkit
Free curriculum k-5 & 6-8. Parent and teacher education. Digital literacy and citizenship curriculum. Parent Media Education Program.
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Common Sense Education Programs
Today’s kids connect, create, and collaborate through media. But who helps them reflect on the implications of their actions? Who empowers them to make responsible, respectful, and safe choices about how they use the powerful digital tools at their command? Our Common Sense Parent Media Education Program and our Digital Citizenship Curriculum give educators, administrators, and parents the tools and curricula they need to guide a generation in becoming responsible digital citizens. -
Turn wired students into great digital citizens
Get all the tools you need with our FREE Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum and Parent Media Education Program. The relevant, ready-to-use instruction helps you guide students to make safe, smart, and ethical decisions in the digital world where they live, study and play. Every day, your students are tested with each post, search, chat, text message, file download, and profile update.
in list: K-12 Online Toolkit
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CyberBee has been providing rich Internet resources, lessons and projects to educators for over 14 years. Lessons are created around national standards and tested by teachers. All content is free with proper attribution.Lessons can be found under Curriculum Ideas. Be sure to explore the entire Cyberbee site, including the Gallery of photographs featuring the National Parks.
K-12 Student Curriculum Free to educators, the CyberSmart! Student Curriculum empowers students to use the Internet safely, responsibly, and effectively.
in list: K-12 Online Toolkit
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Over the past year, Common Sense has updated and enriched many of the CyberSmart! lessons and incorporated them into our free K-12 Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum available at www.commonsense.org.
in list: K-12 Online Toolkit
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we've worked to actively engage students in exploring their social, legal, and ethical responsibilities as Internet users. In our carefully developed lessons, students
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The topic of cyberbullying—one of four topics in our Manners, Bullying, and Ethics unit—is addressed in our new CyberSmart! Cyberbullying Package, distributed in proud partnership with NSBA's Technology
Virtual School Meanderings is a MUST FOLLOW resource for all interested in K-12 Virtual Education. The author of the blog, Dr. Michael Barbour is a seasoned online practitioner and a voracious blogger who is right on top of the k-12 virtual world. Subscribe to this blog!
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