The secret to VLACS’ success may be that it does things differently from most virtual schools. It puts a focus on building strong student-teacher relationships. It breaks up traditional courses into specific skills and abilities, called “competencies,” that students master through a personalized blend of traditional lesson plans, offline projects and real-world experiences.
An interesting approach to the limitations of relationships with online coursework. It seems to be working for them, but I’ll need to do more research.
You can only live your life asleep or awake. There isn’t any in-between. You are mentally here, or you are mentally elsewhere. This is the reason changes oftentimes doesn’t happen. Source: Going Through Life Asleep – Drew Tolbert I love the thought experiment he proposes.
In the 1950s, the Air Force hire Lt. Gilbert S. Daniels to figure out the size of the average pilot. The Air Force was having issues with pilots dying in plane accidents, and they couldn’t figure out what was wrong. Lt. Daniels measured 4,063 pilots on 10 physical dimensions (height, chest circumference, etc.) and set up…
I found CaptureCast to be a worth screencasting tool for Chrome and Chromebooks, and I have discovered a new use for it. Since you have full control of what CaptureCast captures, you can use it as a quick webcam recorder or as a plain audio recorder. To capture audio, click on the CaptureCast icon in your…
I’ve been on Twitter for awhile, and as I look for new people to follow, it’s the little things that cause me to not follow you. Egg for an avatar Nothing screams newbie like the default egg avatar that Twitter gives you when you sign up. This should be the first thing you change, even…
