This week the WELSTech Podcast is all about Getting Things Done in the church and school office, and Staff Minister Jon Ruddat shares his productivity success story.
Study Finds That Online Education Beats the Classroom
We pulled our son out of a useless junior high, let him play guitar and video games at home all day, and used an online charter school to teach him ourselves at night
It is interesting that the study states this true for adults, yet the picture was of a 9 year old. There is not a lot of data to support that the results of the study is true for most K-12. It is clear that it is generally unsuccessful for the unmotivated or those with limited reading skills. Many have pushed online ed for K-12 credit recovery and GEDs. It has not been successful with most of those students. Using blended models in K-12 has had more success.
Check out the article "The End of Techno-Critique: The Naked Truth about 1:1 Laptop Initiatives and Educational Change." This article has huge implications for how any school improvement model takes hold and elements that make for sustained change.
I thought you would be interested in this new app market. I have only looked at few, but I think there may be a bait and switch position for some of these. You have it free for 20 days, but then you have to pay. Time will tell how successful this is.