Virtual High School

We described the Virtual High School in your text (page 476), and invited you to visit their website. Now, here is your opportunity to get a better idea of a VHS course. Advanced Placement English is just one possibility. Check the VHS course catalogue for others.

We also have some questions about Internet teaching and learning for you to consider. After you visit the course site, try your hand at these information-age questions. Click here to see the questions.

Interested in teaching at the VHS? Contact the VHS directly for further information. Remember, the VHS is a collaborative of high schools from around the country. In exchange for contributing a small amount of teaching time, a school in the collaborative can offer its students NetCourses ranging from advanced academic courses to technical and specialized courses. Schools donate computers, Internet connectivity, and staff time. Each school also provides a VHS site coordinator who is responsible for project management and support of teachers and students at their local school. The VHS grant provides training, software, and technical and administrative support. Each school can enroll up to 20 students for each course a teacher contributes. Quality of teaching is maintained by requiring each teacher to successfully complete The Teachers Learning conference, a graduate-level NetCourse designed to give participants exposure to the best educational strategies and technologies for NetCourse teaching. As the Virtual High School gains popularity, schools can contribute more teachers, enroll more students and help make a wider variety of courses available to the student body.

Or perhaps you want to consider being a founder of the VES- Virtual Elementary School, the VMS- Virtual Middle School or VTS (a virtual tutoring service). The Internet is open for educational ideas!