Oregon
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March 14, 2000
Steve Rutherford (Portland), Ron Cross (consultant, Willamette ESD ), Marcia Arganbreight (NetSchool), Tina Mondale (Jackson ESD), Jack Turner (CyberSchool), Jim Saffeels (SK Online), Mary Jean Sandall (SK Online)
COSA Shared Presentation June 22-23
 | What is Online Learning? What are the benefits? How do we collaborate? |
| Student populations served. |
| Contacts |
| SK Online, Jackson ESD, CyberSchool, NetSchool, Portland CyberScholars |
http://www.cosa.k12.or.us/professi.htm
Topic of discussion: What do we have now? What is on the way? What can we share?
NetSchool - Hillsboro
Content mostly contracted through Internet Academy (Federal Way, WA). Have available 6th grade social studies and Academic Systems Algebra. Any courses Netschool creates is based on WebCT (used also by Portland State, PCC, Marylhurst). WebCT is on the net at http://www.webct.com/ Course Licenses based on student's enrolled. 1-50 licenses $250 100 $500 unlimited $3000 per year. Oracle database $2000 yearly fee.
Academic Systems for Math and English needs a dedicated server and Oracle database $20,000 set up and pay per student licenses. $100 per student or less.
Grant enables money up front and benefits everybody
Courses in development: 4th math, 8th social studies (history based), high school health 1 & health 2.
Using elementary science, world history, and western civilization from Internet Academy.
Teachers must be a member of the Hillsboro bargaining unit. Inter-district transfer agreement makes the student a Hillsboro student.
http://netschool.hsd.k12.or.us/
CyberScholars - Portland
Moshe-Moshe (Japanese) Hola-Hola (Spanish) K-5 curriculum based on 1-way video with curriculum guides. Portland Public Schools also has CIM Academy's (phone 416-5783) CIM recovery testing and remediation instruction in Word format, not online yet. CyberScholars targeting grades 8-12 this summer.
Portland BlackBoard training in April.
SK Online - Salem-Keizer
Math Algebra - Academic Systems, Inductive Geometry - Hawaii Geometry through Internet Academy. Planning to support in-building cohort for deductive geometry at the middle school level.
English - Sophomore Survey available for sharing
Wellness 2 is available now, Wellness 1 online during summer. Very localized to Salem resources.
Computer Skills 2 is available.
In development: Modern Abstract Algebra, Economics, Global Issues, Literature/College Writing, US History, CIM benchmark math 10th grade, US government. Moving towards purchase of NOVEL curriculum core high school curriculum. Currently used by Molalla HS. Gives us the ability put into immediate application then customize and adjust to our needs.
Eventually investing in elementary curriculum, interested in development within state and marketing to home-school.
http://skonline.salkeiz.k12.or.us/
Jackson ESD
In process of developing courses. Emphasis as an ESD for training teachers. Their staff development web-based. Now developing courses for students not meeting standards. Developing Southern Oregon Online School, which is a coalition of . Teachers to train and development courses in math science, language arts and social studies. Nothing to share at this time. Using BlackBoard. License $100 per course and you can get added tools.( Blackboard's web site is http://www.blackboard.com/ )
Summer week-long institute, June 19-23.
Go to http://www.jacksonesd.k12.or.us/it/ for their project-based training
CyberSchool
Targeted at high-end motivated kids, not targeting credit recovery. Trying to provide rich online content to small Oregon schools. Not offering core offering courses which are better done in brick and mortar. Every language available in every school.
Teachers own vast majority of the own courses. When they lose the teacher they lose the course. Independent contractors as teachers with other schools. Purchase, or rent courses from the teachers directly.
Own American Sign Language, Artline, Technical Writing, Math on the Web, Social Studies on the Web. All other courses owned by teachers. Not for sale, instead desires to enroll students directly.
Content to stay 9-12. Partners with 5 other districts. Meridian School District (Idaho) staff development.
Taking on Spanish for Spanish speakers and convert website and some courses into Spanish.
Tom Layton will do summer training effort for Spanish and other languages. Uses streaming audio as well as real-time video.
U. of O. Projects Connects for learning disabled children, two courses testing at Churchill High (history and math). Based on ColdFusion server therefore usability may be a problem.
How do we share with outlying schools? Pay tuition?
Stressing co-operation and collaboration, Mary Jean suggested that SK Online will share course content at no cost. Marcia and NetSchool is willing to do the same and use their server to host Academic Systems at cost.
For those sharing resources, additional enhancements such as server hosting, and teaching staff needs will need to be covered.
Two levels: free content and supported by teachers by tuition/inter-district agreement.
Tasks
Presentation proposal to COSA - Mary Jean Sandall
Put resource sharing agreement into "Lawyer talk" - Mary Jean Sandall
CIM resources - Steve Rutherford
Summer training opportunities - Jack Turner
Superintendent summary on funding details - Marcia Arganbreight
May 4th am next vtel meeting - Jim Saffeels
