Chapter 8

The Chapter 8 presentation was about Organization of American Schools.  The presentation was very informative.

The group showed a video about virtual education and in the video one of the girls was using a website called Starfall.com.  I recognized this site because when I was living in Austria as a full time nanny; the 6 year old boy I nannied also used Starfall.com as a tool along with his academics. His teacher suggested that the students use Starfall to help them learn to read, help them with the alphabet - pronouncing letters, etc.  The boy was also an Austrian native and going to an American school and was in his 2nd year of speaking English. I thought using this website was useful for him along with going to school. I think that using virtual learning can be useful if it's used along with regular education. However, I don't think virtual learning should just be used on it's own.Children will lack the social skills if they are not in a classroom setting and socializing with other children. I just don't think it's a good idea to use virtual learning on it's own; however, as I stated I feel it would be useful to use some virtual learning in a regular educational setting.