<p>Welcome to <strong>180 Days of Awesome</strong>, a podcast series about school. About how it was. About how it is. About how it will be. And, most importantly, why it has to change.</p> <p><strong>Episode 001</strong> jumps right into the shark-infested waters of online learning.</p> <p>You've heard the rumors: They're just signing in and walking away to play video games. They're scamming the system to skate through school.</p> <p>But, online learning is very different than the picture commonly presented in education conversation (one often painted by those who have never experienced it for themselves).</p> <p>In this episode we explore the transition to online school through the eyes of an 8th grade student and her mother.</p> <p>Links to awesome things we mentioned:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.connectionsacademy.com/nevada-virtual-school/about">Nevada Connections Academy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.evergreenedgroup.com/john-watson">John Watson @ Evergreen Education Group</a></li> </ul> <p>Links to more awesomeness if you'd like to dive deeper:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59c3f229197aeabbd2a556b2/t/5afde15c70a6adead81fed55/1526587747644/FOBL_WhyStudentsChoose.pdf">Why do students choose blended and online schools?</a></li> <li><a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a98496696d4556b01f86662/t/5d8e279c4889d434ff2e8412/1569597346778/DLC-KP-Snapshot2019_v8.pdf">Snapshot 2019: A review of K-12 online, blended, and digital learning</a></li> </ul> <p>Theme music:&nbsp;</p> <p>Artwork: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:France_in_XXI_Century._School.jpg">France in 2000 year (XXI century). Future school.</a> (Public Domain)</p>