Taylor
Taylor is participating in a district pilot program for
retaining students with emotional and behavioral disabilities.
It is a "virtual schooling" program that allows
students, as necessary, to participate in class activities
from a remote location via computer and Internet access.
Taylor takes advantage of the program when she is most vulnerable
to becoming overstimulated, and least able to control her
behavior.
She uses a Web camera, microphone, and speakers to have
full access to the class, in real-time, from a separate location
in the school building.
Taylor's group is studying air and water quality
issues of the Blue Mountains. She made contact with
two members of a community water monitoring program
in the region, and arranged for a live Web conference
today.
The members of Taylor's group join the Web conference
from the classroom. Together, Taylor and her peers
virtually interact as they gain a first-hand account
of a local grassroots effort to maintain healthy waterways. |
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