"We live in a digital age, practicing an industrial age… We need a digital strategy in a digital age."
Ann Hill Duin, Associate Provost, Iowa State University
March 26, 2001 (http://www.provost.iastate.edu/bio/duin.html) 

“The biggest obstacle to school reform is our memories.”
Allen Glenn, School of Education, University of Washington
(http://www.depts.washington.edu/coe/programs/ci/profiles/faculty/glenn.html)
  

Are you interested in being a 
CAL Online teacher?

CAL Online teachers recommend what it takes to be an online teacher.

CAL Online teachers have learned that being online teacher takes more time than teaching in a face-to-face classroom.  It’s important to be a person who is flexible, patient, enjoys technology, and has a passion to teach online.  Teachers email with students at least once a week and talk on the phone with each student at least every other week.

Take the “Is Online Learning for Me” online quiz for students, but can apply to teachers as well.  
  

Other “Online Teaching” articles and activities:

We are modeling our online courses after Florida Virtual School.  They have over 50 online courses and more than 3500 students taking these course.  See www.flvs.net.

From Kentucky: http://www.kvhs.org/index.real?
action=Welcome&subaction=quiz

Distance Education Clearinghouse (recent articles and research) - http://www.uwex.edu/disted/home.html

See the online research page  for more articles and reports about online learning.  
 

Would you like to see a course?

See the course PowerPoint presentation.

Send an email to Rob Darrow for a password.

Talk to any current CAL online teachers. 
  

Would you like to become an online teacher?

Complete the Online Teacher Interest Form if you're interested in becoming a future online teacher in CUSD.  Email your interest to Rob Darrow (RobDarrow@cusd.com)  
    

How are the online courses organized?  

Each course is organized by modules that are similar to units of learning.  Within each module are assignments that students complete and turn in electronically to the teacher.  Activities may include using web sites or completing a PowerPoint presentation for an assignment.  Students are encouraged to print out pages, copy and paste pages and scheduling appropriate time to complete each assignment.  An online course doesn’t mean you are online all the time.  Each course is aligned with the California content standards.  
   

Read more about the history of CAL Online.