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EdVisions Off-Campus High School
Project-based education on the leading edge of
thetechnology revolution
Where schools came from Uncomfortable desks,
lockstep schedules One-size fits all
curriculum fits nobody
Too many kids to get individual attention
Trying to force information INTO students
Where schools are going Information available
instantly, using all the power of the internet and adaptive software
Students out in the community, volunteering and finding out what they need to know
Schedules, atmosphere personalized for each student
What’s new? Each Student Has
His/Her Own Laptop and webcam
Instant connection to their advisor, their peers and the world from home
Students design and carry out their own projects
Brain research says:Feedback is best when it comes from reality, rather than from an authority figure.
People learn best when solving realistic problems.
The big picture can't be separated from the details.
Because every brain is different, educators should allow learners to customize their own environments.
Renate and Geoffrey Caine, Making Connections: Teaching and the Human Brain.
Learning Styles Research says: Some students need to move while learning, others
need to sit Some students need visual, or auditory, or
touch/manipulation to learn Some students learn better alone, others in groups Some students need the whole idea first, others,
go for the details
With off-campus, individual projects, students can find and meet their own learning needs
Built on a solid foundation MNCS, a leader in
educational innovation for over a decade
Gates Foundation, funding innovative programs nationwide
Volunteers of America - schooling with heart
Experienced staff- over 60 years of leadership in new ways of teaching and learning
Technology as you’ve never seen it in Education
Elluminate - live connections around the state and the world
E-Reader, ViaVoice, Kidspiration, WYNN - reading, writing and organization aids level the educational playing field
Different from other online schools
EOC provides equipment EOC provides “real-time”, daily
connections with students and staff EOC encourages curiosity through
projects EOC uses technology to compensate
for different student needs
What Is A Project?
Projects Improve Skills Students
dig deeply into areas of interest
learn from a “need-to-know” attitude rather than from “you must know”
improve their reading and writing skills through constant, voluntary use rather than forced drill and practice
Projects reawaken curiosity, ability to concentrate All students, even
those with attention or behavior problems, concentrate best when they are interested in what they are doing.
Technology helps students connect with mentors in their field - the world is their schoolhouse!
Projects provide community involvement
Students’ projects often include a service component from fundraising, to building, to providing expert internet help like designing web pages
Larry the Car Guy 9 AM - Larry wakes up/Gets
ready/Eats Breakfast9:30 AM - Larry calls his advisor and talks about what he is going to do for the day.9:45 AM - Larry uses text reader and dictation software to take notes on Thunderbird info11 AM - Larry has a video conference with 2 kids in his advisory about go-cart building the next day. 11:30 AM - Larry meets online with math teacher. They complete a worksheet about balancing a checkbook.12 PM - lunch
1 PM - He reads along with a recording of his favorite book, Then he meets with his reading teacher by webcam, reads back some of it, and dictates summary.2 PM - Larry looks online for Thunderbird parts. He finds pictures and saves them on his computer.3 PM - Larry walks his dog, for exercise.3:30 PM - He calls his advisor and tells what he did for the day.3:45 PM - Larry dictates his daily time logs into a program on his computer.4 PM - Larry’s school day is done
Toby the Musician 12:00 PM Toby gets up and quickly
gets dressed 12:15 Online Advisory meeting. The
students and their advisor talk about how their projects are going
12:30 Toby writes song lyrics for his band for an hour. He gets stuck a couple of times and looks up rhyming words online.
1:30 Toby looks around the web for other web lyrics/poets. He finds a couple of nice songs and runs off the lyrics.
2:00 Toby works on his own website. He adds some sound files of songs the band has recorded and puts in some links to the new bands he has found. He also puts in some video files of his band's CD covers, which he helped design.
3:00 Toby does 20 math problems (he skipped math yesterday because he was in a recording session, so he has extra ones to do). He checks in with advisor via webcam to ask questions about 3 problems. He e-mails them to his advisor.
4:00 Toby goes out when his friends get out of school and plays basketball with them
5-11 PM Non-school time: Toby has dinner and hangs out with friends
11:00PM Toby learns and practices 2 new songs on electric guitar (with headphones)
12 am- Toby reads part of a novel, and writes his school timelogs and journal.
12:40 AM Toby watches tv for a while and goes to sleep.
Caitlyn the Creative Historian Caitlyn
7:30 AM - Wakes up/Gets ready/Eats Breakfast
8:15 AM - Goes into the family computer room and researches the Civil War. She highlights printouts from websites on the internet and calls her local library to check for books.She starts her power point and makes plans to write fictional accounts of one female from each side of the war.
9:30 AM - Caitlyn has group advisory time, through a video conference, with her advisor and 7 other students. They talk about current events and she shares what she has been doing for her projects lately.
10 AM - She does Algebra, by completing prescribed math problems, using a textbook as a resource. She calls her advisor when she has a question.
11 AM - She eats lunch while chatting online with her friends.
11:30 AM - Caitlyn walks 1⁄2 mile to the library. She looks at the Civil War books and takes notes. She also finds a fiction book and reads for half an hour. She checks out her books and walks back home.
2:30 PM - Caitlyn arrives back home. She writes her daily time logs and reflection and emails them to her advisor.
2:45 PM - Her school day is done. She goes to her part-time job.
Parent Responsibilities at EOC
Provide adequate supervision for their teen
Look over and approve proposal forms
Connect with student’s advisor at least weekly (e-mail or webcam or phone) to discuss progress
Help arrange transportation for field trips and presentation nights
Attend presentation nights to see the projects students are producing
Student Resposibilities at EOC
Sign in to daily advisory meetings and individual advisory sessions over internet
Do work for on projects for an average of 6 hours per day
Attend monthly field trips and presentation nights
Complete daily time logs and journals so advisor and parents can see progress
Staff of EOC Cathy Diaz
Advisor
5 years experience at El Colegio project-based School in Minneapolis
3 years at EOCHS
Gigi Dobosenski
Co-Director/Advisor
5 1/2years experience at MNCS
3 years at EOCHS
Karen Locke
Advisor/Special Education Advisor
3 years experience at MNCS
25 years experience in teaching
3 years at EOCHS
Keven Kroehler Co-Director/Advisor 8 years experience at MNCS 20 years teaching experience 3 years at EOCHS
Aaron Grimm Advisor Actively involved in education policy issues 2 1/2 years experience at MNCS 2 years at EOCHS
Mike Motzko Special Education/ Advisor Previous career in Business Management 2 years at EOCHS
Chris Lepper Advisor Previous experiencein alternative learning Environments 1 year at EOCHS
Megan Bollig Advisor Art Specialist Spent time in Australia,New Zealand and Japan 1st year teacher at EOCHS
Contact us EdVisions Off-Campus High School is now
accepting students for Fall 2008. To enroll or request additional information, email or give us a call!
1-800-617-7857
EdVisions Off-Campus Box 307Henderson, MN 56044
www.edvisionshighschool.com