6/22-Ed Tech in the News
Distance Learning
Oregon DOE Approves Online Charter School
"An online charter school in Scio moved a step closer to reality Monday when the Oregon Department of Education announced it finds no reason to recommend withholding of funds. Oregon Connections Academy stands to be the first wholly online, statewide, full-curriculum public charter school in the state.Thomas said the private company with which the school district has contracted has a list of about 100 interested students so far, most of them homeschoolers and all of them from outside the Scio area.Scio Business Director Cecelia Swigart said she is building a budget for next year with a potential revenue figure of about $2.6 million."
(Moody, Albany Democrat-Herald)
Online P.E. Classes Allow Busy Students Greater Flexibility
Students in Minneapolis high schools have been given the option to complete their P.E. requirements online raising questions from parents and students. 'Initially, Minneapolis physical education teachers had questions, too. "It's kind of an oxymoron to have online PE," said Jan Braaten, the district's lead teacher for physical education and health. "My staff was leery at first." "But Braaten and others who developed the class are proud of their creation and say it's drawing interest from around the state and beyond. Online phy ed made its debut in Minneapolis this spring and is being offered this summer as well." "Online learning offers a way for busy students to shoehorn the state-required academic courses -- the district requires one year each of health and physical education -- and the electives they want into their schedules."
"The point, according to first-level online physical education teacher Frank Goodrich, is to start at whatever fitness level the student has and try to improve that. The course begins and ends with face-to-face meetings between student and teacher. Those sessions include testing components of fitness such as strength, flexibility and endurance. Students also are provided with a heart monitor and record its readings and how hard they perceive they're working, along with other workout notes, in an activity journal. They e-mail their work for each weekly unit to teachers. " (Brandt, Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Oregon DOE Approves Online Charter School
"An online charter school in Scio moved a step closer to reality Monday when the Oregon Department of Education announced it finds no reason to recommend withholding of funds. Oregon Connections Academy stands to be the first wholly online, statewide, full-curriculum public charter school in the state.Thomas said the private company with which the school district has contracted has a list of about 100 interested students so far, most of them homeschoolers and all of them from outside the Scio area.Scio Business Director Cecelia Swigart said she is building a budget for next year with a potential revenue figure of about $2.6 million."
(Moody, Albany Democrat-Herald)
Online P.E. Classes Allow Busy Students Greater Flexibility
Students in Minneapolis high schools have been given the option to complete their P.E. requirements online raising questions from parents and students. 'Initially, Minneapolis physical education teachers had questions, too. "It's kind of an oxymoron to have online PE," said Jan Braaten, the district's lead teacher for physical education and health. "My staff was leery at first." "But Braaten and others who developed the class are proud of their creation and say it's drawing interest from around the state and beyond. Online phy ed made its debut in Minneapolis this spring and is being offered this summer as well." "Online learning offers a way for busy students to shoehorn the state-required academic courses -- the district requires one year each of health and physical education -- and the electives they want into their schedules."
"The point, according to first-level online physical education teacher Frank Goodrich, is to start at whatever fitness level the student has and try to improve that. The course begins and ends with face-to-face meetings between student and teacher. Those sessions include testing components of fitness such as strength, flexibility and endurance. Students also are provided with a heart monitor and record its readings and how hard they perceive they're working, along with other workout notes, in an activity journal. They e-mail their work for each weekly unit to teachers. " (Brandt, Minneapolis Star Tribune)
posted by edtekker at 1:05 PM
4 Comments:
Ray,
Online Charter school project sounds good. I'll keep an eye on the progress and outcomes of the school.
Shibo
Ray,
Online Charter school project sounds good. I'll keep an eye on the progress and outcomes of the school.
Shibo
Ray,
Online Charter school project sounds good. I'll keep an eye on the progress and outcomes of the school.
Shibo
I am quite interested in the online options for our students in schools. This statewide, online charter school is worth watching. I also am a fan that those options be made available to ALL students, including those who have disabilities that affect computer and Internet use. As I read this (and other) blogs, I wonder about the accessibility of the online education being discussed. Since I don't know specifics about the Oregon online charter school, I will simply ask if I could participate if I were a student who is blind or one with quadraplegia (assuming assistive technology)? I will visit this part of the blog to see the future response.
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