Kinsella, J., Antrim-Cambium, S., & Barbour, M. K. (2005, March). Presenting an AP class via the Illinois Virtual High School. Presentation at the Advanced Placement Conference, Chicago, IL.

1. Pr esenting an
AP Class via the
Illinois Vir tual
High School
Jim Kinsella
Sarah Antrim-Cambium
Michael Barbour

2. What is the mission of
the Illinois Virtual High
School (IVHS)?
 To use new and emerging technologies
that expand the boundaries of space
and time to provide Illinois students and
their teachers with increased equity and
access to the highest quality educational
opportunities
Illinois State Board of Education-Aug. 24, 2000

3. Primary purposes
 Assure equitable access to rich and
varied learning opportunities for Illinois
students, with emphasis on curricular
areas needed to ensure that all students
can meet the Illinois Learning Standards
and succeed in higher education and
the workplace;

4. Primary purposes
 Expand high-quality professional
development opportunities for Illinois
teachers and other educators; and
 Support schools in integrating technology
into teaching and learning.

5. AP in IVHS
 IVHS has been offering online
AP classes since 2001
 In school year 2001-2002, IVHS had 37
enrollments in 12 AP courses (9 full year and
3 semester-long)
 This school year (2004-2005) IVHS had 225
enrollments in 18 AP courses (13 full year
and 5 semester-long)

6. How do we currently
teach AP online?
 IVHS AP courses contain high quality
rigorous content utilizing multimedia and
providing many opportunities for additional
web research
 Communication – email, telephone,
synchronous chat
 Student discussion occurs with
asynchronous discussion boards

7. How do we currently
teach AP online?
 Assignments and projects are
completed and submitted, often
using a dropbox feature
 Elluminate is a synchronous virtual classroom
tool featuring text messaging, voice chat,
whiteboard, presentation and recently added
video capabilities
 The AP exam is ordered and administered by
the local schools and is not included within the
IVHS course

8. Student Panel
 Jessica Glass
 Brad Heinz
 Anne Shivers
 Jill Rountree
 Rich Zemola

9. What do you want to
know?
 Contact us:
 Jim Kinsella, IVHS Coordinator of
Instructors jkinse@ilstu.edu – 309/287-1338
 Sarah Antrim-Cambium, IVHS Local School
Program Coordinator for Cook County
santrim@imsa.edu – 630/907-5883
 Michael Barbour, IVHS Online Instructor
mbarbour@coe.uga.edu – 706/542-4025

10. What do you want to
know?
 Contact us:
 Jim Kinsella, IVHS Coordinator of
Instructors jkinse@ilstu.edu – 309/287-1338
 Sarah Antrim-Cambium, IVHS Local School
Program Coordinator for Cook County
santrim@imsa.edu – 630/907-5883
 Michael Barbour, IVHS Online Instructor
mbarbour@coe.uga.edu – 706/542-4025