The new experimental online school should not happen. The reasons why this is a bad idea is because students will never meet face-to-face, they will not have the traditional high school experience, and this will allow technology to control every aspect of our lives. Already, tons of people are constantly on there phones and on their computers. They are so consumed by their technology they can not create memories or socialize naturally. The state department of education should reconsider their ideas for the following reasons.
The first reason why this online school is a bad idea is because students will never meet their peers face-to-face. Which causes the problem for students to not develop the social skills they need for their education. They will have trouble with talking to a person and having a conversation with them. The reason why students need social skills is because when they grow up looking for a job they will need to know how to talk in an interview and have a normal conversation with their boss. Managers are looking for people to work with and talk to. There are even some jobs where it requires to provide customer service and have a discussion with people. That is why social skills are important to a student and why online school will damage this.
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High School is a clinical period in peoples lives they will either remember forever, or try to forget. Again, during high school, students experience relationships, trends, sports, clubs, dances, student council, lunch, detention, etc. So many things to do and experience in the traditional high school that online schooling can not provide for the students. This is clearly a major issue that online schooling will have and why the idea should be
Online schools versus campus schools, can one completely replace another? I’ve personally had the opportunity to experience both schools. Although they both provide the same outcome, which is a college degree of your choice of studies, there are advantages of one versus the other. I believe online schools are better to attend because of the convenience, satisfying classroom experience, and the cost and length of time to complete the degree program.
I disagree with Glassner and Schapiro because some people want the traditional college experience. Don’t get me wrong, technology will eventually take over but a lot of students still want the experience of moving away and going to school. That experience is like nothing else because this is the time of a student’s life where they really discover themselves. Some students want to join social clubs, sororities, fraternities, etc. Online course do not give the students that opportunity. Some students want to travel and attend a school out of state. Some colleges and universities do not have online courses available to those who want to attend that school. The freedom that comes with living on campus is incomparable as well. Every action that the student makes affects the experience of the student. The biggest disadvantage of online courses is that you cannot connect with other students. This period in a person’s life is where the lifelong friends are made and this simply cannot happen if the person is taking online courses.
It also helps students to gain abundant knowledge for a college or university and prepare them for a future life. In the present tense, the system allows students to learn at home the same material as in schools. Many students decide to switch to be home or cyber schooled because they can sleep longer, and there would not be negative impacts on them from the school system. My sister Anhelina, goes to Neshaminy High School she is currently a ninth grade student. Every morning she wakes up at 5:45 AM to get ready for school. When it is still dark and cold outside she walks to her bus stop that is a block away. It is very hard for her to wake up that early and right now she thinks that she is not getting enough attention from her teachers. She also says that it is very boring in most of her classes, so she is thinking to switch to cyber school. What I think about this situation that my sister is going through is that it would be better for her to be cyber-schooled. Some of our friends are cyber schooled, and they say that it is better than public schools. They do not have to wake up that early and go to school every day. Also, they have more time for themselves and they are more positive students who are not annoyed with school. When you are being cyber schooled you gain more knowledge and tend to do more work than you would do in a 45 minutes class in public
Moreover, it will cut down on taxes. Also it will provide a structure for students to get the individualized education they need. With the standardization of online schooling students will be given the opportunity to go at their own pace weather it be faster or slower than that of their
School officials could limit the amount of days that a student could take advantage of online classes per semester. After their allotted time is up, students would have to attend school each day, or face the consequences of an absence. Bad weather would no longer be a cause of countless missed learning opportunities. Maybe a huge snow storm comes through, blanketing the area in snow and ice and causing roads to be inaccessible and unsafe to drive on. With distance learning, classes could still be held without students and teachers needing to brave the dangerous, icy roads to make it to school. Entire school days could be taught from the comfort of a living room; and school could still release early in the year; not halfway through the summer due to snow days and bad weather. Even though an argument could be made that some families could not afford the technology required to attend these virtual classes, schools could easily arrange fundraisers and bring in enough money to allow all students to receive an equal learning opportunity and eliminate bad weather as a cause for an unproductive day. In conclusion, video conferencing and online classes could be a highly valuable asset to schools and
Online schooling is no more considered a lesser road for acquiring a degree. In today's bustling surroundings conventional schooling is now and again impossible. People have duties of full time occupations and families that won't permit them to go to school full time for a long time to pick up an education. This is transforming online degrees into a practical better choice for some people who need a degree without putting their life on hold to do it.
They are worried that without spending seven hours a day, five days a week, with the same people, students will suffer socially and no longer be capable of communication. Without time to communicate with other students, such as in classes, lunch, extra curricular activities, and dances, some parents believe that their children would not be able to interact properly with their classmates. The truth is, classes that are run “properly,” that is, classes with teachers that enforce the rules, are generally fifty-five minutes of book or paper work, with occasionally a few minutes taken out for lectures. Students that attempt to socialize during this work time are often scolded for disrupting class or, in some extreme cases, given detention. In addition to this, most people that oppose online learning do so because they believe it is, essentially,
Resolve that homeschooling should be banned. Imagine, you are a parent and you want the best education for your child. Which do you choose, a public school, or homeschooling? The answer is blatantly obvious, and I’m here to tell you why. Firstly, you have to work to provide for YOURSELF, let alone a FAMILY. It takes $10.20 per hour to provide for yourself, now let 's take that times the average family size. On average, a family has 2 parents and 2.5 children, so 4.5 people. So let 's multiply that by the needed hourly wage. This gets us $45.90 an hour, which is a HUGE underestimate, (which means no extra luxuries, like having your children in sports) but we should just go with this number for simplicity. $45.90 an hour isn’t a devastating number, as long as you have 2 working parents. But with homeschooling one parent will have to take off A LOT of work to off educate their children. So let 's assume that you have 1.4 working parents with the average hourly wage (so one full time working parent and one that has to take off SIX TENTHS of their jobs) , and keep in mind this is generous for my opponent 's side of the argument. This will give us, wait for it… only 23.39! This isn’t even close to provide for a family, in fact that’s only enough to provide for the parents!
It is no secret that technology plays a critical role in our society. In fact, it has become one of the most used items in the world, starting from personal computers and ending in smartphones, thus it was only a matter of time when educational institutions would start to utilize these gadgets in order to improve the overall state of current education. According to a U.S Department of Education (UDE, n.d) report, all 48 states, including the District of Columbia are now offering online education. Additionally, the report states that these schools operate on all kinds of scales, including state scale, district scale and charter scale, thus it would safe to assume that the whole state of current education in the United States is large and the whole approach is clearly technology based. However, despite the
With high speed internet available to potential students of all economic levels, schools are opting to implement online classes into their traditional teaching curriculum. As a result, our society is divided in two different ways of thinking on the education. Some believe the modern method is better than the traditional method of teaching. Personally, I believe both methods should balance one another instead of attempting to substitute one another; this way their purpose of educating will be far more successful.
Virtual High school is becoming more and more popular. But is it really the best option for your child? My parents are planning on sending me to a virtual high school. But I totally disagree with that Idea. Here's why. There's no doubt that online schooling can’t get you the proper education that you need, But if your alwaysways on the computer, surrounded by no one but yourself and maybe a parent. Then how is it possible that you will be able to learn any social skills. When you first think of this it may not seem like a bad thing, but when really, it’s a huge issue that will shape your lifestyle.
It seems that technology is growing, improving, and changing at an exponential rate. Technology now affects every part of our lives from the time we get up to the time we go to bed, and even as we sleep. One of the major areas that has been affected by technology is education. At one time, the only option for students to complete their education was in a traditional classroom setting. There has become a major need for non-traditional education because there has been a growth in the amount of non-traditional students that exist in our society. The advancement of technology has
Online education is a type of distance learning. The student is taking courses without attending a school or university. Instead, online students and teachers interact over the Internet. Online classes can teach students educational responsibility. By forcing them to access the online portal to participate in reading the textbooks/lectures and doing the assignments. Technical abilities is also learned with online classes. Students who lack the tech savvy knowledge can learn how to navigate through the online environment. Being able to access the online portal at any given time of the day is one other benefit to online education. Though online education may seem beneficial, there are more negatives than
The way we educate our children is always changing. First it was in little school houses where all grades were in one classroom together. Then we moved into bigger schools where grades were separated and each grade had their own teachers. Eventually schools became integrated and African Americans could get the same education as whites. It has always been done, but homeschooling at one point became something that was more and more common. The way we educate the future of our world changes because of the world around it. So, how appropriate that one of the newest changes in education in this technology age that we are in is online education. There are always people who are a little skeptical when a change in education comes around. When it comes to online education I am one of the skeptical ones. So I wanted to find an article that showed the benefits of education online and I did just that by finding an article on the website, The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, which researches and analyzes a study done on education. Being the skeptic I am on this topic, I did a full analysis of this article to fully understand what the author might be trying to accomplish with this article and to see if they can convince me that online education can be a new big step in education.
But without the securities of the traditional classroom environment cheating has become a big concern in online education aside from cheating the quality of online education is also in question in addressed by article posted Greg Rodriguez which states “the level of effectiveness of educational technology is influenced by this specific student population, the software design that educators role, and the level of access to technology I agree that having a quality program is important but still requires much effort from both student and teachers to ensure success of the online program”. This is also true for traditional classrooms the use of online education impacted not only colleges but grade, middle, and high schools alike one of the biggest issues discussed on the topic of online learning is age and maturity an article written by Sam Dillon talks about the use of online learning in elementary and home schools. While I do agree with the statement made by Tracie Weldie, a native from Milwaukee, which home schools her three kids than there is no reason for Isabel to practice counting if she can already add not every child learns at the same rate and this will elevate, concerns the parent might have about their child being challenged to reach their full academic potential. Either the online