posted by Joe Polk at 4:39 PM /
Mt. Lebanon High School sent letters to parents and students last week announcing that students could sign up for online courses in subjects such as Chinese, screen writing, interactive game design and history of jazz for the spring semester.
The day after the letter was e-mailed to students, the district had already received one application, for the SAT prep class. High school principal Ron Davis said he expected many students to take advantage of the online offerings.
Read the full article:
The day after the letter was e-mailed to students, the district had already received one application, for the SAT prep class. High school principal Ron Davis said he expected many students to take advantage of the online offerings.
Read the full article:
- www.post-gazette.com/pg/10364/1114170-55.stm (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Labels: high school, online learning, school district
9 Comments:
If the District completely owns the copywrite and the Intellectual property then the Board should license or sell the digitized classroom presentations.
The proceeds could be used to addrerss the horrible debt mess that the Board is leaving our community.
Why don't they just offer ALL classes online and then we don't have to worry about a new school..
Mr. Cannon, how does that work with gym class?
Like a Jane Fonda video? David Huston
David Huston,
Way back when, Jefferson Elementary gym classes used to exercise to the 45 record, "Chicken Fat." I need to find that record!!!
Elaine Gillen
The curriculum that is the property of National Network of Digital Schools (NNDS). The organization is located in Beaver County and is related to PA Cyber which also uses the same curriculum and courses. The courses will be facilitated by NNDS teachers who will be the Teachers of Record. The courses and curriculum are in no way unique to Mt. Lebanon. It is NNDS' standard offering.
Ha...Hey, they could always go online with a gaming console, like the Wii, for gym class. Or, I don't know, go outside like children used to? But I wouldn't expose those young souls to Jane Fonda. That would be cruel and unusual.
Sign of things to come...?
NJ school adds online courses to offset budget cuts
A New Jersey high school is planning to shore up curriculum offerings reduced by budget cuts by making more online courses available to students. Beginning in the fall, the Educere program will be expanded and students will be allowed to take some required courses online or choose from 3,000 online courses, some of which will cost between $200 and $500 each. The school board recently reduced the school's day by one instructional period to save $240,000 in teacher salaries. Patch.com/Basking Ridge, N.J.
Remember, in a an audit & finance meeting, Jan Klein answered yes to Fraasch's question would the debt limit strain future programs and curriculum.
Could this be a test balloon to see how online courses are received before charging students for them like in NJ?
Should we ask the board?
Dean Spahr
NNDS obtained a $500K federal grant (via Jason Altmire) for NNDS to partner with 10-12 districts to provide these classes for a limited time.
So yes the simple question is that whent he federal grant money runs out where will the funding come from? This, of course, assumes a high level of adoption from students. Given the success that PA Cyber has had in attracting students I would assume this will not be an issue.
This will be very interesting to watch.
Matt indeed this will be interesting to watch.
Here's a related article from the Allentown paper. May provide some insight as to why districts are offering online studies.
http://articles.mcall.com/2010-08-21/news/mc-pennsylvania-cyber-schools-20100821_1_cyber-schools-cyber-charter-adequate-yearly-progress
Dean Spahr
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