Precollege (Resources)

Precollege Sites:

Florida Virtual School: The Future of Learning? Florida Virtual School: The Future of Learning?: Brief from the American Youth Policy Forum, published online in 2002. (Precollege) http://www.aypf.org/forumbriefs/2002/fb101802.htm Francis Virtual School Francis Virtual School: A virtual high school offering on-line courses for high school credit. Students can receive an accredited New York State high school diploma. (Precollege) http://www.francisvirtualschool.org Class.com Class.com: Web-delivered online accredited high school courses. (Precollege) http://www.class.com/ Great Western Network Great Western Network: A consortium of K-12 schools in North Dakota who share distance education resources. (Precollege) http://www.greatwesternnetwork.com/ Goliath Academy Goliath Academy: Christian school offering high school diploma to US students through correspondence and online instruction. Tuition, enrollment, accreditations. (Precollege) http://www.goliathacademy.org Continental Academy Continental Academy: A private home study high school which offers two programs for achieving a high school diploma. Must be at least 16 to enroll. (Precollege) http://www.continentalacademy.com/home.html ABCs of the Virtual High School ABCs of the Virtual High School: Kathryn Winograd interviews virtual high school educators from several states in this 2002 article from "The Technology Source." (Precollege) http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=988 VHS, Inc. VHS, Inc.: Large-scale project to create Internet-based courses at the pre-college level. (Precollege) http://www.govhs.org/ Virtual Silurian Reef Virtual Silurian Reef: The Virtual Silurian Reef is a K-12 distance-learning project of the Geology Section of the Milwaukee Public Museum, funded by the Wisconsin Advanced Telecommunications Foundation. During the Silurian Period in earth history, 425 million years ago, when m (Precollege) http://www.mpm.edu/reef/intro.html Chemistry Instruction at Merlin's Academy of Alchemy Chemistry Instruction at Merlin's Academy of Alchemy: The best Chemistry courses on the Internet. Self-learning, self-paced, hypertextbook and email tutoring. Low cost, high quality chemistry education for home school or institutions. (Precollege) http://www.synapses.co.uk/alchemy/index.html Education Program for Gifted Youth Education Program for Gifted Youth: EPGY provides computer based distance learning for gifted youth in mathematics, physics and writing from the elementary school level through university level. (Precollege) http://www-epgy.stanford.edu/ UC College Prep Initiative UC College Prep Initiative: The mission of the initiative is to provide online college preparatory courses to high school students who otherwise would not have the opportunity to become eligible or competitively eligible for admission to the University of California. (Precollege) http://www.uccp.org/ K-12: Interactive Web Projects K-12: Interactive Web Projects: list of Interactive Web Projects (Precollege) http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/proj.shtml Florida Virtual School Florida Virtual School: Online public high school offers instruction free to Florida residents and by fee to others. Scheduled courses and suggested curriculum progression, evaluation by students, parents, teachers and school districts [PDF]. (Precollege) http://www.flvs.net/ A School Without Walls (ASW2) A School Without Walls (ASW2): Serving students around the globe via the Internet, offers interactive, online A-level courses, 24/7 course support and exam revision courses. (Precollege) http://www.ASW2.net/ Distance Education Center at University of Texas Distance Education Center at University of Texas: Courses for all age groups, especially those who want college credit. (Precollege) http://www.utexas.edu/cee/dec/ SchoolCenter SchoolCenter: SchoolCenter is a district-wide Web site that works on Windows and Mac platforms simultaneously. Everything going on in the school district can be shared with the community. Web pages can be updated by administrators, teacher and parents without knowing (Precollege) http://www.schoolcenter.com Education Week: E-Defining Education Education Week: E-Defining Education: Detailed summary from 2002 offers state by state statistics, charts, and analysis of online K-12 instruction in the US. (Precollege) http://www.edweek.org/sreports/tc02/index.cfm? Insite Distance Learning Insite Distance Learning: High school courses, elementary-level language instruction, virtual field trips. Broadcast schedule is available. (Precollege) http://ali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/exhibits/1000754/ Virtual Institute of Professional Development Virtual Institute of Professional Development: Offers workplace-related courses online. Subjects include basic academic skills, information technology, business productivity, OSHA compliance, and PC skills. (Precollege) http://www.wccareercenter.com/ California Virtual High School (CAVHS) California Virtual High School (CAVHS): Provides online courses for purchase and free SAT/ACT test preparation to the students of California either individually or in partnership with schools and school districts. CAVHS also provides teacher training in the effective use of technology in the K- (Precollege) http://www.cavhs.org/ Texas Virtual School Texas Virtual School: The Texas Virtual School is a web-based learning initiative designed to meet the needs of Texas public school students and educators. Students can enroll in for-credit and not-for-credits courses. (Precollege) http://www.texasvirtualschool.org/ LearningLinks LearningLinks: Distance learning at Northwestern's Center for Talent Development. Program provides accredited high school honors and Advanced Placement courses to sixth through twelfth-grade students. Students may begin in October, January or May. (Precollege) http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/learning/ Mem-ExSpan's Cognitive Skills Training System Mem-ExSpan's Cognitive Skills Training System: The Bridge to Achievement is an accelerated learning technology designed to create faster and more accurate personal information processing, critical thinking, and memory. The scientifically documented multi-media program produces high academic achievemen (Precollege) http://www.memspan.com Nevada Virtual High School Nevada Virtual High School: Online high school classes and lessons from a full service interactive online high school program open to students everywhere. (Precollege) http://www.nvhs.org/ Cal Driver Education Home Study Course Cal Driver Education Home Study Course: Home study course satisfying the California DMV driver education requirement to obtain a learner permit and driver license. (Precollege) http://www.Cal-Driver-Ed.com KET DISTANCE LEARNING - HOME PAGE KET DISTANCE LEARNING - HOME PAGE: a major educational component of our Humanities, German, Latin and Physics courses. Schools enrolled in one or more courses view daily television broadcasts delivered via satellite. (Precollege) http://www.dl.ket.org/index.htm Keystone National High School Keystone National High School: A blended correspondence-based independent study curriculum with internet-based home education. (Precollege) http://www.keystonehighschool.com/ University of Missouri-Columbia High School University of Missouri-Columbia High School: The school offers accredited diploma, college preparation and enrichment programs for homeschool, rural and gifted students. More than 130 courses are available online. (Precollege) http://cdis.missouri.edu/MUHighSchool/HShome.htm Center for Distance Education - Math Tutorials Center for Distance Education - Math Tutorials: Home Page for the Math Tutorials. Distance Education for academically talented youth ages 5 - 17. (Precollege) http://www.jhu.edu/gifted/math/ Wired News: States Rethinking Virtual School Wired News: States Rethinking Virtual School: Article from April 2004 examines use of public funds to pay companies such as K12, Inc. and Connections Academy to run virtual schools in Florida and other states. (Precollege) http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,62889,00.html Stetson University's Florida Virtual School Program Stetson University's Florida Virtual School Program: A distance education, accredited online high school administered by Stetson University. (Precollege) http://www.stetson.edu/celebration/flvs_home.shtml Southeast Atlantic Academy Southeast Atlantic Academy: Earn a high school diploma from an accredited, affordable, private school in the comfort of your own home. All ages, grades K-12. (Precollege) http://www.geocities.com/MadisonAvenue/Boardroom/8695/HOMESCHOOL.html BYU Independent Study BYU Independent Study: Online university and high school courses. (Precollege) http://ce.byu.edu/is/ NASA - MSU/Bozeman CERES Project NASA - MSU/Bozeman CERES Project: CERES has developed several on-line NASA data search engines and two graduate level distance learning courses, available over the internet to K-12 teachers. (Precollege) http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/