As the school year winded down I continued to explore some options for next year. As much as I love my school, faculty, and students/families I feel that there is more out there for me to do, more avenues to explore, more students for me to teach. One of the avenues that I am considering is online (virtual) schooling, so when I came across the article Virtual Schooling: Where Are We Now? Where Are We Headed? it sparked my interest.
This article has tons of facts about virtual schooling and lists the pros and cons along with several of the reasons why it seems to be picking up steam and not looking back. Up until reading this article I did not realize that Michigan was the first state to require online learning for high school graduation.
I also found the following statitistics to be interesting, especially since this is the path I chose to study for my masters program: 65% of today's grade school kids will end up at jobs that haven't invented yet, according to US department of Labor. By 2020, 50% of high school courses will be delivered online. By 2050 virtual services will be the basis for many jobs. (Miller)
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