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This report provides national estimates about distance education courses in public school districts. The estimates presented in this report are based on a district survey about distance education courses offered by the district or by any of the schools in the district during the 2009-10 school year.

Here is a guy who is doing presentations on "60 web tools in 60 minutes" (60 seconds each).  This is a page with the current 60 listed - do you know them all?   and there is a link to the recording of his presentation/webinar, too, so you can see the whole presentation.

search for existing activities or create your own using over 12 templates. All can then be linked or embedded on a webpage. Instructions in multiple languages

Building a sense of community is really important to online learning.

Things to keep in mind to help keep your virtual audience awake and engaged.

wiki description of Social Constructivism from University of Georgia

Transcript of live chat with 2 experts

I really want to go to this! 

Abstract: Over just the past decade, online learning at the K-12 level has grown from a novelty to a movement. Often using the authority and mechanism of state charters, and in league with home schoolers and other allies, private companies and some state entities are now providing full-time online schooling to a rapidly increasing number of students in the U.S. Yet little or no research is available on the outcomes of such full-time virtual schooling. The rapid growth of virtual schooling raises several immediate, critical questions for legislators regarding matters such as cost, funding, and quality. This policy brief offers recommendations in these and other areas, and the accompanying legal brief offers legislative language to implement the recommendations.

Some videos to help those of you who are, or will be, teaching online.

Video by Paul Hill on how to harness Twitter to build your PLN.

They repealed the law, but now leave restriction-setting up to the district.  Is that any better?