Online Education News Archive
12-Mar-2009
Verizon Foundation Announces Availability Of $25,000 In Education Grants (SchoolBuyer'sOnline)
The Verizon Foundation is helping Rhode Island public schools better prepare students to succeed in the 21st century. Amid the increased focus on student achievement, public schools across Rhode Island are invited to apply for grants that use the Verizon Foundation's Thinkfinity.org, an online education resource, to improve student learning V-Learning Technology to Be Featured in Public TV Series (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
One of the few bright spots in the U.S. national economy has been the continuing growth of online training and education. While the industry is often referred to as "e-learning," in a soon-to-be-aired public television documentary, it becomes evident that the existing approach to online education may actually be nearing the end of its life cycle as new technologies come on the scene. Education, Version 2.0 (Peninsula Gateway)
Erik Nilson now takes four classes a day online through WAVA and two through Gig Harbor High School. He is no longer officially a PSD student; instead, he?s enrolled in the Monroe School District, where WAVA is based.
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