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Blaylock, T Hendon; Newman, Joseph W. "The Impact Of Computer-Based Secondary Education". __NASSP Bulletin__ 1 Apr. 2005: 373. elibrary. Roseville Area High School Library. 29 Apr. 2009 

__Summary Of Information:__

pros of online classes-


 * 1) offers a solution to inequalities in education, existing due to geographical location, school size, demographics of income and race/ethnicity, budgeting constraints, and substandard teachers.
 * 2) online classes is offering students in low-income schools, rural areas, and small towns the same preparation for college courses and career demands as students in urban and suburban schools.
 * 3) the internet is important in the workforce today; employers cannot flourish unless their workers can use technology to improve their knowledge and productivity.
 * 4) textbooks are the current curriculum in schools, however, in the workforce, computers and other new technologies are being used in jobs today. Being in online classes in high school can better prepare you for future jobs, which will likely include you working at least somewhat on computers.
 * 5) internet access allows students to recognize that they have more learning opportunities available outside the traditional classroom than in it.
 * 6) offer high quality, rigorous instruction to all students regardless of location or class size.
 * 7) some online classes can be designed for special learners, whether gifted or struggling.
 * 8) some virtual schools offer online college preparatory courses that enhance a student's eligibility to be accepted into top universities.
 * 9) provide opportunity for high school drop outs before their class graduates.

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Chaney, Elizabeth Griffin. "Web-Based Instruction


 * VHS (virtual high school) programs operate outside the traditional school system's barriers of place and time, bringing together students, teachers, and information from around the world. Virtual schools and courses experiment with a range of organizational and pedagogic frameworks-- from individual courses on the Internet, to programs that complement or replace courses given in traditional schools, to entire systems that offer alternatives to the regular educational system (Mittelman 2001).**
 * This new approach offers administrators a way to address problems such as chronic teacher shortages, increasing regulations, and increasing demands from students and parents for innovative ways to learn. VHSs try to address these and other concerns, including dropout rates, student disinterest, and low learner achievement; however, VHSs can also generate new issues, such as how to allocate responsibility for supervision, by removing students from the face-to-face environment of a high school campus.**


 * Responses from students taking online courses:**

__for online schooling__:
 * "I communicated more with the professor than I usually do in a traditional course."
 * "The individualized attention was great!"
 * "I enjoyed the opportunity to learn and communicate without sitting in a classroom, and I did it on my own schedule."

__against online schooling:__
 * "I had major problems with my Internet provider. I couldn't get on when I needed to."
 * "I missed interacting with classmates. The opportunity was there, but I simply didn't get as involved as I should have."
 * "The technology was quite a challenge at times. My system would go down and I would lose all the content I had generated."

Addressing student needs: teaching on the internet (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
Kubala, Tom T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) 03-01-1998

http://www.geteducated.com/latest-news/6-latest-online-learning-news/326-new-study-shows-online-education-growing-by-17-percent

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