Saskatoon Catholic Cyber School

It was great to see this article about the Saskatoon Catholic Cyber School article in the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. This is a model that needs to be developed in more school divisions. The most important difference, by the way, is not the use of computer technology, although it is a convenient medium for delivering content.

“In a face-to-face school what we do is we spend 80 per cent of our time as teachers presenting material,” said Darren Cannell, assistant principal of the Saskatoon Catholic cyber school. “Here the computer actually presents the material so you spend the whole hour helping the students and . . . that allows you to get to know your students and there is more time for us to assist students in an online environment than there is in a face-to-face environment.”

Nicely put, Darren (and thanks for posting a link to the story in your Teaching and Learning Developing Online blog). Keep up the great work. BTW, Norm – nice photo! ;^)