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ON24 Launches Virtual Training Platform

May 16, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Additional features of the virtual training platform include enterprise integration, allowing connection to Learning Management Systems and collateral/document repositories, while training measurement functionality highlights key metrics such as attendance, number of discussions/chats, documents downloaded and time spent in the virtual environment — providing meaningful insight into learner participation and completion rates. Its enterprise-class security ensures that only authorized individuals have access to the environment, and its “roles” feature allows companies to customize the experience and training for a learner’s position within the company. Finally, ON24′s VCU includes geography-specific virtual classrooms that enable country/market localization, with the ability to “toggle” between as many as 15 languages.

“With our innovative new virtual training platform, ON24 has developed an engaging training solution that serves global companies even more effectively,” commented Sharat Sharan, CEO of ON24. “The ON24 virtual learning solution gives the end user unprecedented access to online educational content while enabling employers to scale virtual training quickly, share institutional knowledge more effectively, and save time and cost versus live training.”

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Parent Report on the Virtual School

May 7, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Because the mostly online school starts with kindergarteners, parents can’t just seat their kids in front of a computer and expect them to learn.

Administrator Meg Ervais described the K-2 program as requiring more parental involvement.

While Students in K-2 will be guided by a program called “Little Lincoln” the students will use text books and workbooks that directly correlate to the online teachings.

Grades 3-5 will use the “Lincoln” which is a bit more independent. They still use text and workbooks.

While both elementary programs do teach core curriculum, they use different textbooks and workbooks than CUSD brick-and-mortar schools. This would make changing midstream difficult.

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Online learning now essential, speakers say

May 2, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Senate Republican Leader Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar) hosted the 2012 Educational Summit on online education Thursday at Cal State Fullerton. The event was co-sponsored by CSUF’s University Extended Education.

About 30 people attended the event in the Titan Theatre to hear the panel discuss the future of technology in the classroom.

Judi Carmona, a school board member for Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, was among the attendees.

“I know that Sen. Huff is on the education committee in the senate, so what he has to say about education is of keen interest to me,” said Carmona.

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SCHOOL NEWS: The Californian, April 30, 2012

April 30, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

TEMECULA —- Administrators from Temecula Advantage Virtual School will host two meetings Monday to provide students and parents with information about the online school, which will open in August.

Curriculum will be discussed at 5:30 p.m. and a general information meeting will be at 6:30 p.m.

Classes will be offered to children in grades 6 to 12 who will do most of their studying via computer.

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New K-5 charter school enrolling students

April 25, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Schuetz said parents of students at the charter school will have input in their child’s learning plan and there will be room for flexibility.

Julie Cortez, a parent on the developmental committee, said the flexibility offered in the charter school is one thing that appeals to her. She decided to home school her daughter Hannah, 7, through a virtual private school after realizing that traditional public school wasn’t meeting her needs. Hannah is currently in the fourth grade and Cortez said other students that are outliers in the public school system may be able to benefit from the charter’s flexible format.

“We realized she doesn’t fit into the typical public school mold and we had to meet her needs. She is in a private school right now, but it’s a virtual,” Cortez said. “We are paying full-tuition for an elementary student and we didn’t plan on doing that. I want the money to stay in the district.”

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Virtual school opens enrollment, plans informational session

April 23, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

The academy is accepting students in kindergarten through 12th grades who reside in Sacramento, San Joaquin, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, Alameda, Amador, Calaveras and Contra Costa counties.

Connections Academy offers virtual education programs in 21 states.

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Online lessons helping city students

March 28, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

PORTSMOUTH — Mary C. Dondero School third-grader Luke Bouchard is a skilled math student who, at times, finds lessons too easy. Thanks to an after-school enrichment program, that is no longer a problem.

The School Board heard Tuesday night about the successes of Bouchard and other students who have participated in a pilot program using the online Khan Academy at Dondero.

Khan Academy is a nonprofit organization that provides vast Web-based resources and lessons. According to its Web site, its mission is to change education for the better by providing a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere.

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SCHOOL NEWS: The Californian, March 19, 2012

March 19, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Temecula Advantage Virtual School will open at the beginning of the 2012-13 school year and be operated by the Temecula Valley Unified School District. Students at the school will study online and in classrooms.

The meeting will cover how to enroll in the school; how to identify whether a student will be successful in an online environment; how Temecula Advantage will be structured and the courses provided; and a day in the life of an online student.

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Virtual school’s students meet for real-world science fair in Corte Madera

March 16, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

The usual suspects were all on display: experiments involving yeast, anti-bacterial soaps and herbicides; colorful cardboard posters and nervous but knowledgeable student scientists explaining their work.

Yet two things made Thursday’s presentation by the California Virtual Academies different from a traditional science fair. The first was its location, tucked into the children’s section of the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Corte Madera Town Center.

The second was the fact that many of the judges at Thursday’s science fair were miles away, evaluating the students’ posters and presentations through photographs and other materials posted online.

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