Tues Lunch Speaker- Texas Virtual Students by Janel

Students described their online learning experience as fun and interesting.

1. Things they like: math multiple choice tests easy, figuring stuff out for yourself, liked the ebook, liked that it was self paced,

2. Things they did not like: no notes, no examples in math, teacher interaction is not as great in one case, not enough feedback, not able to see what is wrong on the tests, links were old in the ebook and did not work

3. What would you spend on technology for the traditional school- better computers (apples), better Internet service because its really slow- takes too long,

4. How does it prepare you for your future?- able to spend time on what you are interested in doing. Take core there and have time to explore your interests, self motivation.

5. Teachers are important. Important to know that the teacher is there for her.

6. Use instant messenger in classes. It would be useful.

7. My Space used for kids in the classes where they are grouped by class. They thought it would be a good way to get to know kids and be interactive.

8. Usually there are a lot of things open and going on when they are workingon the online classes.

9. Collaboration, any time anywhere 24/7. Conference rooms to pull people together. Model is different as people are collaborating. Need to determine how we use our spaces and set up our schedules. How will we reach our teachers and students