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Rice,
M. F. (2017). Few and Far Between: Describing K-12 Online Teachers’ Online
Professional Development Opportunities for Students with Disabilities. Online
Learning, 21(4), 103-121. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ1163611&site=eds-live
Summary
- This article goes over how online education has the potential to assist students with disabilities.
- First the article goes over online education. What it is, the overall benefits of it, and how it has the potential to help students with disabilities.
- The article then goes over the various methods you may go about teaching students with disabilities. Sometimes these students need one on one teaching, but with online you don’t have a traditional classroom and in that case video calls may work.
- Then the articles spends some time showing off graphs of performance records of kids with disabilities. Many students preformed better when put into an online class.
- The article then ends with some discussion on the issue and what research is being done on how to even further improve this issue.
Evaluate
- This article is very well informed and brings up many graphs to prove their point and sources these charts.
- This article was written in 2017, which may have not been that long ago, but technology is advancing so rapidly that I may want to find an even more recent source.
- Overall I really like the article. It is more informative than opiniated. It clearly defines the issue and brings up their solutions and executions.
Films, Linopa. “ONLINE SCHOOL | How It Works & My
Thoughts After One Year. (K12).”
YouTube, YouTube, 17
June 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HjJcW2s1ng.
Summary
This video goes over the basics of how online schools work.
This video is from the perspective of a student. He explains his weekly
schedule. First, he has an online lecture where he and the other students get
online and watch a live lecture of the teacher and can interact with her in
real time. Then there is schoolwork that they can do at their own pace, which
of course can lead to some procrastination problems. Then He covers the issue
of internet connection, because if your doing an online school you need a good
internet connection.
Evaluation
This video does a pretty good job on going over the basics
of an online school. I have taken a few online classes at college, but never in
high school, therefore I don’t know how different the classes are. Based on all
the information I have seem, it appears this video is very accurate. As I
previously stated this video is made by a student, therefore while his
information isn’t sourced, he is speaking from experience. Overall this is a
good video that covers the basic concepts of online schooling.
Reflection
I am pretty convinced that there is a distinct advantage to
online schooling. Of course its not for everyone, but it is another option for
kids who may have trouble in traditional schooling. The article talked about
the advantage of online schooling for students with disabilities and that
articles gives some pretty definitive proof that online schooling can be very
advantageous for students with disabilities.
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Aaron, I really like your blog post. The summary you wrote on the article is very clear and organized; I agree that using online education for students with disabilities can be very beneficial. I also enjoyed watching the video you chose; it is very educational and it taught me a lot about online schooling.
ReplyDeleteOnline schooling can be very beneficial for certain students but also a risk for others. It is a great way for students to continue their education at their own pace for those who are sick, have learning disabilities, or even behavioral disorders. There is the concern for social interaction but I think if it fits well for the student and they are able to reach their full potential, that is all that matters.
ReplyDeleteYour blog was quite informative on the affects of online schools. I agree that online schooling can be very beneficial some students that learn best from that teaching style. I enjoyed your video and found it to be very informative on how online schooling really works.
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