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 it does for us , but I"ve seen how critical it is to be in touch with the culture that you"ve built at a school . I"m an online teacher , but I find myself sitting 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 classroom could replace a classroom , but now I"m beginning to think it only replaces the textbook . The classroom culture ... 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."