As part of Edutopia’s Schools That Work section of their website, they now offer The Brave New Breakthrough in Online Learning. It is a collection resources and information related to K-12 online learning. Key quote: A U.S. Department of Education analysis of more than 40 studies, including five focused on K-12 pupils, found that “students [...]
Borrowed from one of the funnier places on the planet.
Over the years I have been quoted a number of times in articles on distance learning, online high schools, and the like. I was recently interviewed by the The Sun-Sentinel newspaper in Florida. The reporter was working on an article about Keiser University, a large for-profit school, and how they have used or not used the services of a [...]
I regularly have several projects going on at the same time. One very cool and very secret project came to initial fruition today. My district, Fresno Unified School District, was selected to be one of four districts within California to be part of a pilot of iPads. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) and Apple are providing [...]
CSU Fresno professors are requiring students to purchase iClickers to use in the classroom.
I am giving a presentation virtually tomorrow for the eLearning Special Interest Group of CUE, Computer Users in Education. It’s been a while since I have presented in Elluminate, so it should be interesting. I am going to talk about the current state of online high schools both in California and nationally. Still pulling together [...]
