More advances in technology have led to the growing popularity of virtual classrooms or distance learning. The classes that are being offered for high school students in specialized and AP classes present a great opportunity for students to take classes that can’t be offered at their school for budgetary reasons. While distance learning should never replace face-to-face teaching unless necessary, it is a great new technology that is providing many new opportunities to students. I think that the more this technology is developed it can be utilized in many different classrooms. While it may be easier to integrate this technology into high school and middle school s, I think that it will also be able to be used in elementary classrooms. With further development, I think this technology can become more interactive, getting rid of the most prominent con to the idea. This is a great technological advance which can help education become more accessible to students who may not be able to make it to a concrete classroom on a daily basis.
Lefferts, JF. (2009, September 27). High school classes go virtual. The Boston Globe.
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2009/09/27/nonprofit_virtual_high_school_consortium_gaining_schools_students/
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