What did you learn this week that surprised you?
The biggest surprise this week through the readings was to find out how far along we already are in the development of virtual schools. According to Weintana Abraha in the article, "Cyber Charter Schools: The End of Public Education or a New Beginning?", 217 out of the 5000 charter schools in the nation are cyber charter schools. Fully functioning charter schools! Online! Additionally, it's apparent that these cyber schools are doing quite a good job already, shown by Pennsylvania's virtual charter schools out-scoring both state and national ACT and SAT averages. Seventy percent of Pennsylvania's cyber charter school students matriculate to a 2- or 4-year college. Now that says something about the potential of these schools once experience and further developments play their parts.
What was the biggest question you were left with at the end of this first week?
How can I, as a teacher, get ready NOW in order to experience the full benefit of virtual schooling for both educators and students?
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
About me
Hello everyone!
My name is Jung S. Rhee. Many friends also call me Paul, a name my father gave me when I arrived in the U.S. at the age of 6. Paul was actually my father's name, but gave it to me to use in school and renamed himself, Peter.
This is my second semester at TC, attending half-time in the Computing in Education program. I have taught Mathematics at a private enrichment school in Pennsylvania for the last 7 years, a school I founded in order to provide enrichment programs and courses to students in grades 1-12. Over the years, the school has grown to offer approximately 60 programs to an annual student body of 520-550.
We are currently in the final stages of our plans in the online division of the school. As you know, this is an area of research that is still in its infancy, and I am very interested in learning about various models offered by other online programs, as well as the ideas and discussions we will have in this class. I enrolled in the Computing in Education program largely to supplement the school's progress; this class will probably be most directly related to that intent.
I've taken two online courses thus far here at TC. Both were asynchronous, discussion-oriented courses. At first, I was nervous about taking the courses online; I had no idea how they would be facilitated. As it turns out, my experiences with them have been quite positive and engaging. The most important advantage I found in an online course was that I was given a chance to think about discussion topics and carefully respond to them after sufficient thought.
My name is Jung S. Rhee. Many friends also call me Paul, a name my father gave me when I arrived in the U.S. at the age of 6. Paul was actually my father's name, but gave it to me to use in school and renamed himself, Peter.
This is my second semester at TC, attending half-time in the Computing in Education program. I have taught Mathematics at a private enrichment school in Pennsylvania for the last 7 years, a school I founded in order to provide enrichment programs and courses to students in grades 1-12. Over the years, the school has grown to offer approximately 60 programs to an annual student body of 520-550.
We are currently in the final stages of our plans in the online division of the school. As you know, this is an area of research that is still in its infancy, and I am very interested in learning about various models offered by other online programs, as well as the ideas and discussions we will have in this class. I enrolled in the Computing in Education program largely to supplement the school's progress; this class will probably be most directly related to that intent.
I've taken two online courses thus far here at TC. Both were asynchronous, discussion-oriented courses. At first, I was nervous about taking the courses online; I had no idea how they would be facilitated. As it turns out, my experiences with them have been quite positive and engaging. The most important advantage I found in an online course was that I was given a chance to think about discussion topics and carefully respond to them after sufficient thought.
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