Total ACCESS

The ACCESS program is strongly encouraging techonology in the classroom. It "provides high quality courses and teachers via technology." I do think that technology is a very important aspect to be incorporated in classrooms today. It is essential, in our techology consumed world, that children of all ages understand the basic concepts of technology. However, a complete technology based course does take away from the personable communication. It does take away from the everyday interaction with students within a classroom, and therefore taking away valuable social interaction development skills.
This program would be very beneficial for students to take classes that aren't offered at thier school. However, they would have to take personal resposibilty for their work, and without being in an environment where they see their authority on a daily basis, they may not take the work quite so seriously. If the teacher is supervising them at school during a certain time, why can't they just teach it then and there? Why does having it persented online make it more beneficial? As a teacher, it would be very difficult to help the students feel like part of a class. It would be good for individual development and prehaps easier to focus on one student at a time, but it would be very difficult to create a bond between students and teacher and even students with students.
The blending process of mixing more traditional teaching styles with modern technology is a better alternative then having everything completely done online. To watch clips, but then have a teacher facilitate in class discussions. This is a very unique idea and there could be many positive things that come out of this program. However, I believe it is very important for the students to interact with their teachers and for them to be personable. We don't want to just teach them academics or technology, we want to be able to help develop them as well rounded people.