Timing is Everything! This from the NY Times: "TECHNOLOGY | August 19, 2009
Bits: Study Finds That Online Education Beats the Classroom
By Steve Lohr
Education that includes at least some online work is more effective than classroom-only teaching, according to a major research review done for the Department of Education..."

As we get ready for another (great) school year, we are in the midst of filling up our new Moodle Server (www.rocklearn.org) with content, connections and courses! And I am putting the final touches on the schedule for October for the NYS Online academy courses (http://www.olacatalog.org), filling in the details. Several of our own Rockland-based teachers have been trained to be instructors using Moodle, either through the Teacher Center Online Academy or locally, and will either teach entirely online this year or use the service to supplement the collaborations and resources of their classes. In addition to this, the prevalence of social networking tools and Web 2.0 resources abound and are taking hold not only in the home but in the schools. Handheld technology (Smart phones, Mobile Learning Devices) are functioning like full-blown computing machines! Stay tuned for some exciting times!