Online Courses Available To Montana High School Students

The Montana Digital Academy is offering online courses to all high school students in Montana for the 2010-2011 school year. Approved during the 2009 legislature, House Bill 459 aims to make distance learning opportunities available to all school age children in the state of Montana.

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Online courses for science teachers begin Fall 2010

Aug 11, 2010 – Montana State University’s online courses for science teachers are now open for fall registration. The courses are all part of MSU Extended University’s National Teachers Enhancement Network.

Fall courses include biology, earth science, nutrition, soil science, microbiology, physics and other topics. The courses offer MSU graduate credits to practicing elementary, middle, high school and community college teachers. Each course is 100 percent Web-based. Courses offer between one and three MSU graduate credits, and most begin in September. Teachers do not have to be admitted to an MSU degree program in order to take the courses.

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Students learn about Montana Digital Academy

On Tuesday night, the Great Falls Public School district helped students log on to a whole new world of educational possibilities by introducing them to the Montana Digital Academy.

The program starts up in the fall and will offer 45 online courses for high school students across the state.

In an informational meeting on Tuesday, high school sophomore Jared Smith said that he’s excited about the virtual classes.

Smith said, “I wanted to do online school so I could have a more flexible schedule to work around, and because I’m in a band, so it’d be nice to do…some of my classes, show up early for band practice…that’d be pretty cool.”

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