Virtual Schooling

1. Pros

1.1. Flexibility in scheduling of classtime

1.2. More reticent learners may contribute more to discussion

1.3. Educators can be connected over vast distances

1.4. Expertise of educators shared worldwide

1.5. Efficient use of technology and internet can "connect" students and teachers to vast new resources

2. Cons

2.1. Lack of Face-to-Face Learning

2.2. Dynamism of "live" discussion reduced

2.3. Temptation to reduce "regular" staff for schools in the name of "efficiency"

2.4. May promote "surface" learning over "depth of thought if teachers confuse the "tools" of learning with the knowledge and wisdom of the classroom teacher.

2.5. May promote the notion that students brains have been "re-wired" to read, write and think in fragmented "quicker" ways, rather than giving due credit to the "slow" thinking often required with deep deliberation