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Minnesota Receives National Online Learning Recognition
Minnesota was honored as one of the top 10 states in the country for state-level online learning policy and practice based on a survey and review conducted by the Center for Digital Education in 2008. The award recognized excellence in the key areas of funding, number of students served, policies to promote online student access, enrollment trends, licensure reciprocity, K-20 initiatives, online teaching and professional development and alignment with high school reform programs.
Online Charter Middle School Accredited as an IB Middle Years Program
Cyber Village Academy, one of Minnesota's first online schools, has been awarded International Baccalaureate certification for its middle-school program. Cyber Village Academy has a unique mixture of online and classroom instruction. From Monday through Wednesday, students go to school; on Thursday and Friday, they study from home, take field trips, go to libraries or otherwise participate in distance learning.
International Baccalaureate (IB) programs are highly regarded for requiring students to meet high international standards, for their focus on global issues and for their encouragement of students to contribute in their own communities.
National Speak-Up Survey on Technology and Education
Despite overwhelming agreement among parents, teachers and principals that the effective implementation of technology in schools is crucial to student success, students say they "step back in time" when they enter the school building each morning, according to the results of the 2008 Speak Up survey.
"For most students, technology is an integral part of their toolkit for participating in the world," the Speak Up Report revealed. "Technology has enabled students to be not only uber-communicators, but also to develop strong teamwork skills and to view the process of content development as a key part of the new learning process. For many students the process of developing that content is as valuable, or more valuable, than the end result."
Speak Up is a national initiative of Project Tomorrow, an educational nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that today's students are well prepared to be tomorrow's innovators, leaders and engaged citizens of the world. The most significant impact of the data every year is on the schools and districts nationwide that use Speak Up as a guide for planning technology use, investments and implementation strategies within their community. This year, with the historic education stimulus funding, the role of the Speak Up data, and especially the ideas and views of K-12 students, is more important than ever before.
Free offer of writing review for high school and eighth grade school students.
The mission of The Ready or Not Writing Program (www.readyornotwriting.org) is to increase chances for post-secondary writing success by assessing high school students' college-ready writing skills during their sophomore or junior year. The Ready or Not Writing Program is designed to identify, assess, and support college-ready writing skills among high school students. The program also provides individual as well as institutional data reports on high-frequency error patterns. Eighth grade students can have their essays reviewed by high school faculty (www.centerforcollegereadiness.org/stepwriteup) and receive written feedback. Both programs are supported by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.
FutureWork is a collection of articles highlighting current trends and news that impacts industry, the economy and careers. These articles originate from various media journals throughout the country. They are sorted by areas (careers, education, jobs and business) and can be found in the related section of ISEEK or by searching the entire article database. You can search for articles by clicking on "FutureWork" at http://www.iseek.org/news/trends.html.
