Online+Learning

=The companies some CLIP Families used or are using:= iMandarinPod http://www.imandarinpod.com/hoola/ Pros: Has it’s own podcast. Payment is reasonable and flexible Cons: fewer instructors

eChineseLearning [|__http://www.echineselearning.com/__] Pros: many selected time slots Cons: large payment outfront. If you don’t use the credit/class, you lose it.

=Online Learning Brainstorming:=

For online learning, I think we could survey teachers what they would like to have available. I've heard that some private schools have lesson plans, media, and supplemental materials through a secure website. I definitely think we have the resources to make this happen. We have a lot of parents who might enjoy working on this project. Perhaps we can have parents work with one teacher and have a prototype to present to the CAC.


 * Which classroom would really benefit from the online learning and which teacher would be willing to be the guinea pig?
 * It seems the district likes to use @http://teacherweb.com/.
 * I have used blackboard.com when I was in college and now there are free open source alternatives that we would have to install and maintain ourselves: @http://moodle.org/ & @http://sakaiproject.org/portal.
 * Whatever we choose, we would need to have it secure.
 * Google Apps is a great option: http://www.google.com/a/help/ intl/en/edu/index.html