Rob Schwartz is an online high school teacher in Adobe, yet he has this to say about the benefits of physically sitting in a classroom with his students: "I love what technology does for us, but I"ve seen how critical it is to be in touch with the community that you"ve built at a school. I"m an online teacher, but I find myself going down there every couple of weeks to spend time with the kids, because I feel that it"s such a critical part of things. I used to believe that an online resource could replace a classroom, but now I"m beginning to think it only replaces the textbook. The classroom environment ...is so important...it"s much harder to create that culture online."
Rob Schwartz is an online high school teacher in Florida, yet he has this to say about the benefits of physically sitting in a classroom with his students: "I love what technology does for us, but I"ve seen how critical it is to be in touch with the community that you"ve built at a school. I"m an online teacher, but I find myself going down there every couple of weeks to spend time with the kids, because I feel that it"s such a critical part of things. I used to believe that an online resource could replace a classroom, but now I"m beginning to think it only replaces the textbook. The classroom environment ...is so important...it"s much harder to create that culture online."