Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Tuesday Teacher Profile: Ms. Susan Cox
Name: Ms. Susan Cox
Courses Taught: Chinese II, III, and Survey of World Languages
Years Teaching: 15
Location: Alexandra, VA
Hidden Talent: Ballroom dance (Won first place at the 2011 USA Dancesport Championships)
Thoughts About Teaching and Learning Online: Individual students learn differently. The great thing about online classes is how flexible I can be in offering various assessments, resubmissions, and effective methods of feedback. Ironically, I can make the teaching more personalized for the individual student online than in the classroom.
Advice for students taking an online class:
1) Keep a binder and planner/calendar. You must stay organized and on pace.
2) Try not to refer to your face-2-face teachers as "real" teachers compared to your online teachers. I am very real.
What is one concrete example that shows that online world language classes "work"?
Last year, one my online students was accepted to the US government's NSLI (National Security Language Institute) summer language program in China. As part of that program, she was tested on her Chinese language skills. She tested so high that she was placed in the highest class after only two years of Chinese. In other words, she came into the NSLI program with Chinese language skills ahead of all her peers, who were all face-2-face students.
More Information:
Ms. Cox's online Chinese language courses were featured on National Public Radio's Morning Edition. You can listen to the story here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89070946
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Summer Session Info
Find out more about our upcoming summer session here: http://www.virtualvirginia.org/summer.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
VVa Brochure for 2011-2012 is now available
Print copies will mailed to schools soon, but you can download a digital version now.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Recognition for Great Teaching
Congrats to Kristin Kipp, the 2011 Online Teacher of the Year and also to VVa's Tom Landon for also being honored tonight by the SREB/iNacol.
Good Luck, Tom!
Good luck to VVa Geography Teacher and National Online Teacher of the Year Finalist Tom Landon as he makes his way to Atlanta today for the SREB Excellence Dinner where he will be honored. We are all proud of you, Tom. http://bit.ly/d8R19w
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Tuesday Teacher Profile: Ms. Jesse Hernandez
Name: Ms. Jesse Hernandez
Courses Taught: AP English Literature and Composition, World Mythology
Years Teaching: 11
Location: Midlothian, VA
Hidden Talents: single-handed cartwheels and parallel parking
Thoughts About Teaching and Learning Online: Our world is becoming increasingly more connected through online learning. As more and more high school students are required to take online classes, those of us with experience need to constantly make it better through interactivity.
Advice For students Taking An Online Course: Engage your teacher and your classmates regularly to create your own learning community.
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