Miriah Large Virtual K-12 Schools

Annotated Bibliography

Virtual K-12 Schools

Glass, Gene V. (2009). "The realities of K-12 virtual education". Boulder and Tempe: Education

and the Public Interest Center & Education Policy Research Unit. September 29, 2014

http://epicpolicy.org/publication/realities-K-12-virtual-education

  This publication tells readers all about Virtual Education. It tells readers what exactly virtual education is, the prevalence and research that has been done on virtual learning, the achievement outcomes of virtual learning, the cost and quality of virtual schooling, the recent developments that have been done on virtual schooling, and recommendations for virtual schooling. It was written to inform the reader on the realities of virtual education. It is written by someone who has the expertise to author the information. The information is accurate. The author uses several sources and she cites them all. The information is up to date for this topic.

Traditional or Virtual Schools

This video is basically a debate on traditional schools and virtual schools. The video is an audio of a man and a woman debating on which is better. The man and the woman both agree that a virtual school is good for a student who cannot attend a traditional school but it is better for students to attend a traditional school for social reasons. Socializing is important for students and they cannot socialize with other students face to face at virtual schools. The video was posted October 13th, 2013 so it is up to date. The video does not give the credentials of the man or woman speaking in the video but the information does sound accurate. I agree with the man and woman that students should go to traditional schools because I do believe that being able to socialize is important.