It is interesting to compare my blog entry about Bridgemary School and the news article about virtual schools in Oregon.

I wonder if the Bridgemary project will be as popular as the Oregon ones or whether either will prove to be successful in reaching absent pupils. Either way, at present, both projects show at least one way in which the internet can be used to reach possible disaffected pupils and other who may not be able to attend a school inperson. One thinks of the possibilities for pupils in hospital beds, pupils isolated from school by physical distance, pupils of travelling familes and children on holiday or visiting relatives abroad during term time.

It can also be a step, of course, to bringing about greater personalised learning by enabling pupils to access learning material at a time and place that is more convenient to them.

I wonder though, whether provision has been made for pupils and families who do not have computers or internet access from home? It is all to easy to assume nowadays that everyone has a computer and telephone and that they have good internet access where they live. Yet there are still many pupils who do not have all or any of these and there are still places in this country as well as around the world that do not have internet access.

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