This is a program that I have just learned about at my volunteer work , St. Peter Claves K-8 school. This program is designed to replace all in class session with online education. The website is at Education2020.com. This program covers a full range of subject up to 7 and 8 grade
Math
6th grade Math
7th Grade Math
Pre-Algebra
Algebra I
Geometry
Algebra II
Pre-Calculus
Math Models & Applications
Social Studies
MS World History
MS US History
HS World History
HS US History
Geography
Economics
Government
Language Arts
Language Arts 6
Language Arts 7
Language Arts 8
Language Arts 9
Language Arts 10
Language Arts 11
Language Arts 12
Literacy and
Comprehension I
Literacy and
Comprehension II
Introduction to
Communications and
Speech
Science
Earth Science
Life Science
Physical Science
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Elective
Health
Psychology
Sociology
Spanish I
Spanish II
Consumer Skills
Career Skills
Strategies for Academic
Success
Introduction to Art
Art History
Computer Applications
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Classic Novels
The Red Badge of Courage
Call of the Wild
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Gulliver's Travels
Jane Eyre
Robinson Crusoe
The House of Seven Gables
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Portrait of the Artist
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Mrs. Dalloway
Heart of Darkness
The Three Musketeers
Borges Author Study
O'Connor Author Study
The students will learn to how to use the program. Each of them will go through online video-text lecture that won’t allow you to skip the first time. Then they will do a comprehensive quiz at the end of short lecture to make sure they have understood the concept. A regular in class lecture will be divided into several short sessions. The students should be able to finish these sessions within the same amount of time as regular lecture. Each student will have his/her own computer and will be able to work at the same page. They can also review the lecture at home as their convenient. This seem a promising feature but it also have some small problem that I can see right away.
Pros:
Students can work at their own paces
Allow review of lecture
Quiz check for understanding of concept
Convenient for students
Allow course to go on without interfere that can happen at regular in class lecture such as teacher or students is absent, etc
Allow multiple feature and technology advance gadget to assist in learning such as video, graphs, pictures
Cons:
Different students have different paces
Lazy students will have more chance to become lazier
Extra cost
Computer – network dependant
Students tend to finish the lecture fast so that they can browse internet or do their own thing than lecture
Class is chaos as some are finish, talk, play around while other have to study.
Generation with potential vision problem
However, this is just base on few days experience in a school where the program has just been used. I would want to look forward to it and experience more.
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Interesting looking, but I couldn't get any of the sample videos to play and some of the links weren't correct on their page. How does this not end up being mostly directed versus constructive instruction?
ReplyDeletehere one example link. Hope it work for you http://education2020.com/examples/algebra1_demo.html
ReplyDeleteThis past school year E2020 was implemented in our building replacing the traditional style of teaching. Students took all classes on E2020 and worked daily on the computer from the start of school day until the end of the school day. As a teacher, I found the program beneficial in regard to using it as a teaching tool for myself. If I needed to refresh my memory on a particular topic I could view a lecture anytime. From the student’s perspective, the courses became very repetitive and long. The module design of the program didn’t allow for student explorations, hands on activities, peer collaboration, or further developing technology skills. Overall E2020 was successful for our older students motivated to recover credit and graduate with a diploma.
ReplyDeletePersonally,I believe it's better for the students to interact with other students and review the subject as a class. At my high school we have to finish two subject\lessons a day so its hard to actually remember awhile activity and pass the quiz. Which is why I was an honor roll students, buy now have a C in a E2020 class.
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