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PVA’s March Madness Tournament!
Philly Virtual’s Super Bowl Contest was a complete and utter success, so we’re bringing back the culture for March Madness! Sign-ups started yesterday and continue through Sunday, March 23rd. The TA’s are the team coaches just like the Super Bowl. Rules are as follows: Students earn points in classes from Monday, March 24th to Sunday…
Astrophysicists vs. Athletes
The average American boy or girl grows up idolizing their favorite, athlete, singer, or movie star (usually a fictional character, not the actual actor). Dean Karmen, the inventor of the Segway, argues, why not astrophysicists, biological chemists, and programmers? At SXSW, Karmen motioned that, “as professionals, as parents, as citizens, the technical community has to…
Learning vs. Teaching
We’ve been posting EdTech blogs each Wednesday for the past two months now. PVA has detailed M.O.O.C, big data, TED Talks, mobile connectivity to the classroom and much more. Today, we decided to see what other blogs were saying about education technology, or EdTech as many refer to it. We came across this incredible blog…
PVA’s Student of the Month: Khalid Abogourin
Khalid Abogourin is a seventh grader at PVA and will be celebrating his 13th birthday on February 27th. Khalid is an athlete (football and baseball especially) and a gamer. He also “loves to learn about new things.” His favorite subject at Philadelphia Virtual Academy is Mathematics. When asked why he chose PVA, Khalid responded, “We…
The Future of EdTech Part 1: M.O.O.C.s
What the future of education holds has truly yet to be seen. Technology will continue to evolve as will students’ learning habits. But today, in the midst of the Web 2.0 explosion and 3.0 break through, universities are presenting M.O.O.C. (Massive Open Online Courses or MOOCs) to educate the masses and improve the brand image…