Virtual Schooling Presentations at SITE

The annual that Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) conference is coming up at the end of March.  As the proceedings documents are due today, I thought it would be a good time to highlight the presentations in the first ever Virtual Schooling special interest group program.

Tue, Mar. 30
Time	Room	Title	Type	Topic	Proceedings Starting Page #
2:45 PM	9	The Chester Area Cyber School: How Distance Learning Technology Successfully Transformed High School Completion for Hutterite Students Allen Whitlatch, South Dakota State University, USA; Maren Fischer, Chester Area Cyber School, USA View Details	Brief Paper	Virtual Schooling
Wed, Mar. 31
Time	Room	Title	Type	Topic	Proceedings Starting Page #
4:00 PM	8	The Challenges of Improving Synchronous Web-based High School Course Delivery in Isolated Aboriginal Community Settings Dennis Sharpe, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada; David Philpott, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada View Details	Full Paper	Virtual Schooling
4:00 PM	9	The Impact of the Virtual Schooling Curriculum on Preparing In-Service Teachers for the Roles as Virtual School Facilitators Michael Barbour, Wayne State University, USA; Kelly Unger, Wayne State University, USA View Details	Full Paper	Virtual Schooling
6:00 PM	15	Saskatoon Catholic Cyber School On-line PD and Learning Communities, Connecting Us All! Kelli Boklaschuk, Saskatoon Catholic Cyber School, Canada; Ryan Hauber, Saskatoon Catholic Cyber School, Canada View Details	Poster/Demo	Virtual Schooling
6:00 PM	15	Virtual Education: Preparation of Teachers for Virtual School Practices Nicole Horn, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, USA View Details	Poster/Demo	Virtual Schooling
6:00 PM	15	Is Online Teaching for You? How to be a great teacher online. Robyn MacKillop, RTG, LCC, USA View Details	Poster/Demo	Virtual Schooling
Thu, Apr. 1
Time	Room	Title	Type	Topic	Proceedings Starting Page #
10:15 AM	8	Correlations between teacher-student interaction and student academic performance in a large virtual high school Abigail Hawkins, Brigham Young University, USA; Charles Graham, Brigham Young University, USA View Details	Full Paper	Virtual Schooling
10:15 AM	8	Course completion and participation patterns at Utah’s Electronic High School Abigail Hawkins, Brigham Young University, USA; Charles Graham, Brigham Young University, USA View Details	Full Paper	Virtual Schooling
2:45 PM	16	The One-Two Step: How Pre-Service Teacher Teams Transformed Theory Learning into Empowerment in Second Life Leticia De Leon, University of Texas Pan American, USA; Carmen Pena, University of Texas Pan American, USA View Details	Roundtable	Virtual Schooling
Fri, Apr. 2
Time	Room	Title	Type	Topic	Proceedings Starting Page #
11:30 AM	14	Teacher professional development and outcomes: The case of the Quebec remote networked schools initiative Christine Hamel, Laval University, Canada; Thérèse Laferrière, Laval University, Canada View Details	Brief Paper	Virtual Schooling
11:30 AM	14	Online Synchronous Delivery Model proves to be a successful Format for High School Students Margaret Dupuis, Learn Quebec, Canada View Details	Brief Paper	Virtual Schooling
11:30 AM	14	A comparison study of how teachers with high and low completion rates interact with virtual high school students Abigail Hawkins, Brigham Young University, USA; Charles Graham, Brigham Young University, USA View Details	Brief Paper	Virtual Schooling

In addition to the presentations and posters, there is also a SIG meeting:

Tuesday, March 30 Theme: New Media, New Possibilities for Teaching & Learning
SIG Meetings: Virtual Schooling	8 AM – 9 AM

I’ll try and re-post this the weekend before the conference starts.