Some of the main ideas I read within the articles which took me by surprise include:
-The fact that Michigan is such a strong influence in the virtual schooling community and that we have had the longest standing virtual learning Schools in the nation. I know I have personally worked with kids on Michigan virtual and it is a very difficult curriculum. Needless to say, I thought the east and west coast schools would have beat us to the online thoughts.
-The immense amount of growth and popularity virtual learning has gained within the past 10 years.
-The fact that MVHS teachers, in 2005, did not have to be a Michigan certified teacher boggles my mind, considering the current emphasis placed on obtaining a MI teaching certification. However, the immense change in policy isn't far off of the change in online schooling mindset.
-The variations of course work students can enroll in has come quite a distance! I was never aware of the Test Prep courses via MVHS, however the fact that students did utilize them is wonderful; Comparison of test results pre and post test prep course would be interesting to analyze.
-The below diagram helped me in visualizing the many different components online learning has to offer and how the different variations of 'online learning' can truly make or break a student's success in a course!
-The fact that Michigan is such a strong influence in the virtual schooling community and that we have had the longest standing virtual learning Schools in the nation. I know I have personally worked with kids on Michigan virtual and it is a very difficult curriculum. Needless to say, I thought the east and west coast schools would have beat us to the online thoughts.
-The immense amount of growth and popularity virtual learning has gained within the past 10 years.
-The fact that MVHS teachers, in 2005, did not have to be a Michigan certified teacher boggles my mind, considering the current emphasis placed on obtaining a MI teaching certification. However, the immense change in policy isn't far off of the change in online schooling mindset.
-The variations of course work students can enroll in has come quite a distance! I was never aware of the Test Prep courses via MVHS, however the fact that students did utilize them is wonderful; Comparison of test results pre and post test prep course would be interesting to analyze.
-The below diagram helped me in visualizing the many different components online learning has to offer and how the different variations of 'online learning' can truly make or break a student's success in a course!
I agree that it was great to see that Michigan has been among the leaders of virtual schooling! It was also astonishing to see how fast virtual school has grown within the state over the past ten years. I can only imagine what the numbers will look like in the next ten years.
ReplyDeleteI was amazed by how much the popularity of virtual schooling has grown over the past 10 years as well. I also think that it would be interesting to compare pre-test and post-test data with virtual schooling used as an online test prep course. I could only imagine the results would be positive! I think online classes would be a wonderful supplement to a lot of students traditional schooling. However, I think that some students could be a bit intimidated by it..
ReplyDeleteThe comment you made about MVHS teachers, in 2005, not having to be certified is outrages, especially when to be a substitute teacher you did have to be certified.
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