The Akron Digital Academy is a public, community school district serving students in Akron, Ohio, United States and its surrounding counties. Akron Digital is located in the northeastern part of Ohio, 40 miles south of Cleveland and 20 miles north of Canton. The district includes two high schools and one middle school. There are approximately 500 students enrolled in blended learning school.
Blended Learning Education
Akron Digital offers a blended learning education model that is a combination of a traditional school model and an "online" school model. In a traditional setting, a student attends a school building five days a week while scheduled in various class periods throughout the day. An "online" school model is where a student works only from a computer, where all of the courses are offered through online curriculum.
A blended learning model is truly a hybrid to both traditional and online. At Akron Digital, students are given Chromebook (laptops) with online based curriculum/courses and are assigned various days to attend labs. This flipped classroom model allows students to work primarily from their computer (while connected to the internet) at their own pace. Because this model does not put time restrictions like a traditional model, students can work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Unlike an online school, students are assigned days to attend lab so that they can get extra help from their teachers including direct instruction courses, small group instruction and one-on-one help.
Dropout Recovery
A dropout recovery initiative is any community, government, non-profit or business program in which students who have previously left school are sought out for the purpose of re-enrollment. In the United States, such initiatives are often focused on former high school students who are still young enough to have their educations publicly subsidized, generally those 22 years of age and younger.
Dropout recovery programs can be initiated in traditional "brick-and-mortar" institutions of learning, in community centers or online.
AVID
Advancement Via Individual Determination is a "college readiness system for elementary through higher education that is designed to increase schoolwide learning and performance."
Curriculum
Blended Schools Network
Blended Schools Network (BSN) is a K-12 curriculum which includes all of the core courses and electives a school needs to offer according to the Ohio Department of Education. BSN is common core aligned and can be accessed online.
Odysseyware
Odysseyware is a web based curriculum specializing in credit recovery, customized courses, dropout prevention and more.
Achieve 3000
Achieve 3000 is an online program designed to help students improve their reading and writing skills.
Study Island
Study Island is a tool for helping students study for the state standardized tests (Ohio Graduation Tests included).
Scantron Performance Series
"Performance Series from Scantron is a computer-adaptive test that lets you quickly pinpoint the proficiency level of your students, across a range of subjects."
Technology
At Akron Digital, each student is given a Google Chromebook while they are enrolled to complete their work for their online courses. Akron Digital also utilizes SMART Board technology in each classroom as well.
History
References
External links
- ADA website