EOC Recruitment 2008 09

Slide 1: EdVisions Off-Campus High School Project-based education on the leading edge of the technology revolution

Slide 2: 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

Slide 3: 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

Slide 4: 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

Slide 5: 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.

Slide 6: 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

Slide 7: 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

Slide 8: 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

Slide 9: 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

Slide 10: What Is A Project?

Slide 11: 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

Slide 12: 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!

Slide 13: Projects provide community involvement Students’ projects often include a service component  from fundraising, to building, to providing expert internet help like designing web pages

Slide 14: Larry the Car Guy 1 PM - He reads along with a 9 AM - Larry wakes up/Gets  recording of his favorite book, Then ready/Eats Breakfast he meets with his reading teacher 9:30 AM - Larry calls his advisor and by webcam, reads back some of it, talks about what he is going to do and dictates summary. for the day. 2 PM - Larry looks online for 9:45 AM - Larry uses text reader Thunderbird parts. He finds pictures and dictation software to take notes and saves them on his computer. on Thunderbird info 3 PM - Larry walks his dog, for 11 AM - Larry has a video exercise. conference with 2 kids in his 3:30 PM - He calls his advisor and advisory about go-cart building the tells what he did for the day. 3:45 PM - Larry dictates his daily next day. time logs into a program on his 11:30 AM - Larry meets online with computer. math teacher. They complete a 4 PM - Larry’s school day is done worksheet about balancing a checkbook. 12 PM - lunch

Slide 15: Toby the Musician 12:00 PM Toby gets up and quickly gets 3:00 Toby does 20 math problems (he   dressed skipped math yesterday because he was in a recording session, so he has extra 12:15 Online Advisory meeting. The  ones to do). He checks in with advisor students and their advisor talk about how via webcam to ask questions about 3 their projects are going problems. He e-mails them to his 12:30 Toby writes song lyrics for his  advisor. band for an hour. He gets stuck a couple 4:00 Toby goes out when his friends get of times and looks up rhyming words  out of school and plays basketball with online. them 1:30 Toby looks around the web for  5-11 PM Non-school time: Toby has other web lyrics/poets. He finds a couple  dinner and hangs out with friends of nice songs and runs off the lyrics. 11:00PM Toby learns and practices 2 2:00 Toby works on his own website.   new songs on electric guitar (with He adds some sound files of songs the headphones) band has recorded and puts in some links to the new bands he has found. He 12 am- Toby reads part of a novel, and  also puts in some video files of his band's writes his school timelogs and journal. CD covers, which he helped design. 12:40 AM Toby watches tv for a while  and goes to sleep.

Slide 16: Caitlyn the Creative Historian Caitlyn 10 AM - She does Algebra, by completing   7:30 AM - Wakes up/Gets ready/Eats prescribed math problems, using a Breakfast textbook as a resource. She calls her advisor when she has a question. 8:15 AM - Goes into the family computer room and researches the Civil War. She 11 AM - She eats lunch while chatting highlights printouts from websites on the online with her friends. internet and calls her local library to check for books.She starts her power 11:30 AM - Caitlyn walks 1⁄2 mile to the point and makes plans to write fictional library. She looks at the Civil War books accounts of one female from each side of and takes notes. She also finds a fiction the war. book and reads for half an hour. She checks out her books and walks back  home. 9:30 AM - Caitlyn has group advisory time, through a video conference, with 2:30 PM - Caitlyn arrives back home. She her advisor and 7 other students. They writes her daily time logs and reflection talk about current events and she shares and emails them to her advisor. what she has been doing for her projects lately. 2:45 PM - Her school day is done. She goes to her part-time job.

Slide 17: 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

Slide 18: 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

Slide 19: Staff of EOC Cathy Diaz Karen Locke   Keven Kroehler Gigi Dobosenski   Advisor Advisor/Special  Co-   Co-Director/Advisor  Education Advisor Director/Advisor 5 years experience  5 1/2years   8 years experience at El Colegio 3 years experience  experience at MNCS at MNCS project-based at MNCS 3 years at EOCHS  20 years teaching School in  25 years experience  experience Minneapolis in teaching  3 years at EOCHS 3 years at EOCHS  3 years at EOCHS  Aaron Grimm Mike Motzko Chris Lepper Megan Bollig      Advisor  Special Education/  Advisor  Advisor  Actively involved in Advisor  Previous experience  Art Specialist education policy issues  Previous career in in alternative learning  Spent time in Australia,  2 1/2 years Business Management Environments New Zealand and Japan experience at MNCS  2 years at EOCHS  1 year at EOCHS  1st year teacher at EOCHS  2 years at EOCHS

Slide 20: 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 307 Henderson, MN 56044 info@edvisionshighschool.com  www.edvisionshighschool.com 