I got quite excited when I read the headline, dreams of retiring went through my head. Unfortunately it's just another exercise in vod and podcasting, not a virtual teacher in sight. Ah well.
"A new out-of-hours service that allows pupils to receive homework tips from "virtual teachers" is being piloted in Clackmannanshire.
Pupils at Alva Academy will trial a "vodcasting" system in the first project of its kind in Scotland.
Teachers of subjects like maths, music and home economics will record videos recapping key points from lessons to help with homework.
The videos will be posted on the school website to be accessed at home.
The system will also involve teachers recording mp3 files for podcasts of lesson tips which can be played on a pupil's mp3 player or mobile phone."
Source BBC News
Its' all going virtual now!!!
I thought my job was unusual teaching online English classes for a big expensive school! I see many new ways of teaching English every year, what i experienced last week also surprised me! a virtual English school on Second Life! It's pretty surreal! Maybe I'm getting old! Congratulations on the great job compiling free resources for students and teachers. I found a site that says, "Launching soon with free online English lessons" It might help a few people. the URL is: http://www.englishtheme.com I
t looks like it might be free conversation classes but I'm not sure.
Best regards,
Allan Dickson
I considered starting one on Second Life too, but after looking into it I decided I should really get a First Life first.