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VSKOOL is a new consortium working to offer online K-12 classes and tutoring to students affected by Hurricane Katrina. Participants include online-learning organizations, virtual schools, technology companies, foundations, and other corporate and nonprofit organizations.
According to the consortium, VSKOOL will:
- 鈥� Find virtual school programs to offer courses, tutoring, and open seats to affected students.
鈥� Find teachers with online-teaching experience to volunteer to take extra students and tutor students.
鈥� Find organizations to provide support for online-learning enrollment (e.g., through scholarships) for students; and
鈥� Coordinate with computer hardware, software, and infrastructure providers to supply computers and broadband Internet access to create learning centers to run online courses.
VSKOOL listed a number of organizations last week as interested in supporting the initiative:
| 鈥� Alberta Distance Learning Center | 鈥� Alberta Online Consortium |
| 鈥� Apex Learning | 鈥� Blackboard Connections Academy |
| 鈥� DeKalb Online Academy | 鈥� Discovery Education |
| 鈥� Education Industry Association | 鈥� Florida Virtual School |
| 鈥� IEARN-USA | 鈥� Impatica |
| 鈥� Learning Through Sports | 鈥� LibraryU |
| 鈥� Michigan Virtual High School | 鈥� National University Virtual High School |
| 鈥� Netday | 鈥� Northern Star Online |
| 鈥� Plano (Texas) Independent School District | 鈥� Texas Virtual School |
| 鈥� Virtual High School | 鈥� Virtual Library Co-op |
| 鈥� Wisconsin Virtual School |
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