Welcome to 180 Days of Awesome, a podcast series about school. About how it was. About how it is. About how it will be. And, most importantly, why it has to change.
Episode 001 jumps right into the shark-infested waters of online learning.
You've heard the rumors: They're just signing in and walking away to play video games. They're scamming the system to skate through school.
But, online learning is very different than the picture commonly presented in education conversation (one often painted by those who have never experienced it for themselves).
In this episode we explore the transition to online school through the eyes of an 8th grade student and her mother.
Links to awesome things we mentioned:
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 <li><a href="https://www.connectionsacademy.com/nevada-virtual-school/about">Nevada Connections Academy</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://www.evergreenedgroup.com/john-watson">John Watson @ Evergreen Education Group</a></li>
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Links to more awesomeness if you'd like to dive deeper:
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 <li><a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59c3f229197aeabbd2a556b2/t/5afde15c70a6adead81fed55/1526587747644/FOBL_WhyStudentsChoose.pdf">Why do students choose blended and online schools?</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a98496696d4556b01f86662/t/5d8e279c4889d434ff2e8412/1569597346778/DLC-KP-Snapshot2019_v8.pdf">Snapshot 2019: A review of K-12 online, blended, and digital learning</a></li>
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Artwork: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:France_in_XXI_Century._School.jpg">France in 2000 year (XXI century). Future school.</a> (Public Domain)

180 Days of Awesome is a podcast about school. About how it was. About how it is. About how it will be. And, most importantly, about why it has to change at all.

Join us for an exploration of those critical 180 days between summer vacations through the eyes of educators, students, entrepreneurs, parents, and anyone touched by the K-12 school experience (which is everyone, by the way).