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Virtual Learning for All Ages

Virtual Learning for All Ages. Presented by Amy Johns & Jamie Burch. What is KYVS?. Kentucky Virtual Schools – www.kyvs.org KVHS – Kentucky Virtual High School e-Learning Kentucky – PD, Training & Communities. Adult Learners: Professional Development. eLearning KY online PD courses are

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Virtual Learning for All Ages

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  1. Virtual Learning for All Ages Presented by Amy Johns & Jamie Burch

  2. What is KYVS? • Kentucky Virtual Schools – www.kyvs.org • KVHS – Kentucky Virtual High School • e-Learning Kentucky – PD, Training & Communities

  3. Adult Learners:Professional Development • eLearning KY online PD courses are • accessible anywhere, anytime, anyplace via an Internet-connected computer • providing opportunities to learn and share best practices and resources • eligible for up to 24 hours EILA or PD credit

  4. What to expect • 1 + 6 week course • Orientation week • Six week long sessions of content • Overview • Readings • Assignments • Discussion Boards • Course catalog – www.kyvs.org • Click on e-Learning KY

  5. Example Sessions • Best Practices in the Digital Age: More than Just a PowerPoint • Designing a Virtual Field Trip • Differentiating Instruction to Accommodate Learning Styles • Early Childhood Mathematics & Technology • Finding the Best Educational Resources on the Web • Getting Ready for Algebra Using Virtual Manipulatives • Instructional Approaches for Teachers of ELL • Integrating Literacy in the Life Sciences • Library Media Programs and Services • Six Different Reading First Courses • Science 2.0: Using Web Tools to Promote Inquiry Based Science • Sexual Assault Domestic Violence & Child Abuse Awareness & Intervention • Special Students in Regular Classrooms • The Connected Writer: Using Blogs & Online Collaborative Tools to Enhance Student Writing • Using KET Encyclomedia • Using Technology in the Elementary Math Classroom • Making the Most of Adolescent Literature

  6. Secondary Learners:Building Community • Academy of Information Technology @ Bryan Station High School • 35 students – across grade levels • 2 teachers • 1 director • Problem: Little opportunity for whole group interaction and director – student interaction

  7. IT Academy Student Forum • Solution: An online environment that allows the director and students to interact by: • posting announcements • maintaining a calendar • working with groups of students of specific projects • soliciting student feedback via the discussion board

  8. Benefits of the Online Community • Gives the students direct access to the director of the program – a way to feel connected • Allows students to interact with each other, even if they don’t have class together • Provides a common space for announcements, calendar, etc • Is a secure environment • Allows for anytime access from home or school

  9. take a look… • IT Academy Student Forum - Blackboard

  10. Primary LearnersOnline Classroom • Third grade classroom at Garden Springs Elementary School • 22 students • 1 classroom teacher • Wireless lab • Computer lab • Home access • Problems • A number of students have internet access at home but did not login in regularly to complete assignments. • Shortage of in school time with students enrolled in online class.

  11. Online Classroom • Possible Solutions: • Write specific directions for parents and students to use when logging in at home. • Make the assignments required allowing students without internet access class time to complete assignments. • Allow students to complete more assignments in the computer lab now that they are more proficient with using Blackboard.

  12. Benefits to the online classroom • Teacher Benefits • Ease of grading assignments from anywhere at anytime • No more excuses about losing assignments • Student Benefits • Enhance technology skills • Complete assignments from home, school or while on vacation. • Students learn the ins and out’s on an online learning environment.

  13. Let’s Take a Look…. • Review Burch Math & Social Studies • Announcements • Discussion Boards • Assignments • Surveys • Voice boards • Graded assignments • Gradebook

  14. Other Opportunities • Moodle - http://moodle.com/ • An open source alternative to Blackboard • Currently being used in several KY districts • iSchool - http://ischool.fcps.net/ • A Fayette County Public Schools initiative to encourage blended learning, online communities and professional development.

  15. iSchool • Courses you can review: • iSchool Support • FAQ’s, Documents, How-To’s… • Professional Development • Intro to Office 2007 • Login as a guest – Enrolment Key: necc • Garden Springs • Social Studies – Jamie Burch • Login as a guest – Enrolment Key: necc

  16. iSchool • Bryan Station High School • IT Academy – Amy Johns • Login as a guest – Enrolment Key: necc

  17. Contact Information: • Jamie Burch • jamie.burch@education.ky.gov • Amy Johns • amy.johns@education.ky.gov

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