Journal #8

Bree Colwell
Journal #8

Virtual Schooling is an interesting topic because I myself and down the middle about why or when we should implement VS. The students who have a difficult time getting to school weather it be because of transportation or personal obligations I think VS is a great idea. A great example would be the students who were displaced due to Hurricane Katrina, they are having difficulties with personal obligations and if they had the resources to keep up in their school work, VS would be a great tool for them. On the other hand, those students who just don’t want to go to school are missing out on a social aspect that I feel all students should experience. Making friends at school is a great networking tool for life. I don’t know where I would be with the friends and experiences that I made while in high school.

1) Do you think a virtual teacher can replace the classroom teacher?
Personally I feel that the VS teacher is very important, but the relationship that you build with your teacher on a daily basis is so important. It is the beginnings of learning how to work with peers and superiors that you might not like or agree with. Many times students who live on the computer lack a sense of belonging to an affiliation and going to school provides that.

2) Do you think VS will contribute to the constant growth of childhood obesity?
Walking around campus will burn more calories that sitting at a computer. When enrolled in a school, there is PE and or recess where students run around and get their heart pumping. When they eat lunch in the cafeteria, the lunches are healthier because of district standard but if the student were at home, they would eat what ever was faster to make.