Wikihigh
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Welcome to the Wikihigh Development Project.
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[edit] Project summary
Wikihigh is a proposal for an accredited online high school, including GED preparatory course offerings, conceived with the intention of providing free and convenient access to a quality educational program. It ultimately hopes to provide students with a high school equivalency degree (through the GED, in the US, and other appropriate examinations elsewhere).
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Wikihigh currently needs to find willing contributors and establish a curriculum — what specific skills and knowledge need to be taught to students?
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- Seek grant support
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - committed to raising the high school graduation rate and helping students get ready for college and work.
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[edit] Learning materials
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- Wikiversity outreach - establishing constructive interactions with other educational institutions
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[edit] Active participants
Active participants in this Learning Group
- User:JWSchmidt - I am interested in outreach from Wikiversity to existing schools that use a large amount of online learning resources
- User:Mirwin - Ditto
- The Jade Knight I'd be glad to take charge of the Language and History elements.
- Cormaggio talk
- Gautam Borkar Glad to take cahrge of Engineering and Managementtalk
- Geoff Plourde - I can teach US History, possibly World/European, and do administrative junk.
[edit] High schools using online education
- Phoenix Union Cyber High School - internet-based curriculum, computer studios not classrooms, self-paced learning, opened 2006.
- "Tech-savvy Cyber High still in need of students: All schoolwork will be on PCs" by Karina Bland in The Arizona Republic (Dec. 17, 2005).
- AMDEC Online - "Education for the dot.com generation" - completely online school, offering credits toward an Ontario Secondary School Diploma
