Virtual Schooling Presentation

Week 14-15

After reading the different scenarios I firmly believe that schools are not equip to handle changes that relate to virtual schooling. Small school districts lack the funding to hire teachers or have to deal with teacher shortage in core curriculum or electives. This includes providing students options to select another teaches for courses due to teacher and students conflicts or if a parent decide their child should have a teacher whom they trust with their learning. Regardless of a child’s previous education was, school districts do not have the funds to assure a teacher that students who transfer into their district will meet the annual standardize test scores to benefit the teacher.  A Facilitator must be given release time in order to service students and provide the documentation needed for them to receive academic credit. Schools do not have extra personnel or funds budgeted to make these accommodations without making adjustments to teacher work schedules. When students are ill and will miss numerous days of school because of their illness, school districts have a limited number of instructors who can visit the students and present their lessons. Even though these scenarios are examples of the limited services that schools can offer students, these changes will not occur over night. As state school funding is shifting for public schools, I see my school district only confronting a few of these situations based on traditional answers. They offer limited courses with selected teachers teaching the course, requesting teachers to do more without time or financial support, and provide face-to-face learning for students who have medical issues.

What I know About Online Learning P2t

What I learned from the readings is that I understood what goes on when taking a course, but did not realize the different names that it is referred to in public and private education. Words that are used to describe types of Distance Education such as Audio -Based K-12 Distance Education, Video-Based K-12 Distance Education I have never heard of before until now. Virtual Learning was not new to me, but while I was reading Clark I realized how distance learning transformed into Virtual Learning. Forms of study and how the teacher and student interacts was interesting. Can I refer to Video Conferencing as a Google Hangout? However, I wonder with the different entities who are public, private, and non-profit virtual education operators how do parents select providers to serve the needs of their children? Are there any particular forms of virtual school operation that is common?