Since Covid-19 arrived and many schools were forced to pivot unexpectedly to emergency distance learning, much has been written about the impact on students. Clearly emergency distance learning is not the same as online learning, online learning isn’t the right choice for all students, and MNOHS is unlike most other online learning options. Let’s unpack […] Read more
Real learning
Janet, the mother of a MNOHS summer student told me this story: Her son, Rob, like many varsity athletes wanted to knock off the required health course in the summer. Their family chose the MNOHS Health Issues and Choices course, while most of his teammates and friends chose their district’s online option. One evening, some […] Read more
Traffic cop: My love affair with webinar
This blog post won runner-up in the Blackboard K-12 #BragAboutYourClassroom blog contest. Playwright and critic Eric Bentley said that a playwright is “a perverse traffic cop, beckoning characters into collision with one another.” I think an educator is one too. At Minnesota Online High School (MNOHS), we beckon students into collision—with themselves and with one another; with […] Read more
