Blog #13 option 2

The “My Teacher is an App” article shows the pros and cons compared between traditional public schools and online public schools. Online types of homeschooling give some students the ability to play with technology and learn at their own rate. They can also get children away from peer pressuring and bullying but can they fully overtake the traditional classroom?

The truth is that fully online home-schooled students standardized test scores are much lower than traditional students. With that being said I think it goes to show that students physically need an educator there to motivate them. I also believe that it is vital that children grow up communicating with each other and adults so they can develop proper communication skills needed to function efficiently in our society. I think if people cannot properly communicate then they will struggle in the real world being unable to fully express their thoughts. Although this may not seem true to some just maybe some of the sheltered kids, which very well maybe very bright, can be deemed as somewhat socially insufficient. Which in today’s world is still very important in many jobs including teaching.

On the other hand there are schools that provide a classroom atmosphere to prosper along with a portion of the day set aside for computer work. This does give students to collaborate throughout most of the day then go and learn more about technology even if it is just playing mathematical games and so on. Some of these schools have their students scoring among the best of the national average. I believe this goes to prove that having the right balance maybe most effective. All students learn best in different ways but by incorporating all learning styles the scores show that this balance has had the most positive outcome.