A Deeper Dive
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This document summarizes the expansion of blended learning programs at Palisades Cyber Academy. It discusses how the academy started in 2011 providing K-12 cyber options and has since expanded to include cyber centers, online credit recovery, blended computer programming courses, and partnerships with other school districts. The academy aims to identify students needing remediation early and designs individualized learning plans. Future plans include integrating massive open online courses, fully blended curriculums, summer session credit programs, and early graduation/degree options. The director advocates asking why current practices cannot be improved and taking risks to push the boundaries of creativity in education.
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A Deeper Dive
- 1. A Deeper Dive Expanding Blended Learning For All Learners Palisades Cyber Academy Rich Kiker rkiker@palisadessd.org
- 2. PCA Background Mass customized learning Agile and responsive organization Palisades teachers as much as possible Started in 2011 K-12 cyber options, while promoting blended
- 3. What came next? The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise -- with the occasion. ~Abraham Lincoln
- 4. Cyber Centers Fully staffed, open during school hours Serves diverse student needs
- 5. Online Credit Recovery Second chance learning Improve graduation rates Students first
- 6. Blended Computer Programming Autonomy Extending STEM Math, Science, Technology App Inventor, scripting languages
- 7. Partnerships Quakertown SD partnership No cost seat exchange A knowledge economy is built on partnerships, not in hierarchies or silos
- 8. Keystone Remediation BSN 3.0 design Early identification Designed by Palisades teachers
- 9. Where are we going? If you dont like change, youre going to like irrelevance even less. ~Anonymous
- 10. Ideas On Deck MOOC integration Fully blended curriculum Full credit summer sessions Early graduation, early degree programs
- 11. Opportunity and Growth Look at every aspect of your school and ask why? Can it be done better? Be a launch pad, not a lily pad Be an institution of creativity, not conformity Why? Why are the things the way they are? Why cant we change them? the truth is, its too easy to say no all the time. Its too easy to be cautious. Pushing the boundaries of creativity means saying yes, taking risks, trying new things, learning, and being surprised ~Lorraine Twohill, Google
- 12. A Deeper Dive Rich Kiker Director of Online Learning Palisades Cyber Academy rkiker@palisadessd.org