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.
When taking pictures with your smartphone, two tips come to mind: Don’t bother cropping before taking the picture Almost all smartphones use a digital zoom for zooming instead of an optical zoom. An optical zoom uses lenses to adjust the image being caught by the sensor, but since smartphones do not have the space for…
How to Print a YouTube Video – Storyboard Bookmarklet Yes, you read the title right, this bookmarklet allows you to print a Youtube video. Introducing Google Cast for Education Google Cast allows the teacher’s computer, that is attached to the projector, to act as a Chromecast device for the student’s Chromebooks in the classroom. Google…
By default, the favicon for Gmail is the boring old Gmail logo: . There is a way to update that icon, and have the favicon reflect the number of unread emails in your Gmail inbox. To do this, you will need to go to the settings in Gmail by clicking on the gear icon, , and then…
Last Friday I received my Ubuntu Tablet, and first impressions are definitely mixed. For $300 the hardware seems to be pretty decent, and feels pretty good in the hand. The software, on the other hand, is definitely a work in progress. Quick summary: This tablet is for early adopters only. After visiting #ubuntu-touch on Freenode…
Back in March, we reported how Amazon was poised to up its stakes in the educational publishing market with the launch of a free platform called Inspire for teachers and others to post and share education resources online. Today, the company has confirmed it is doing just that. It has announced Amazon Inspire, an online education resources (OER) platform…
