There are over 500, 000 students in high schools and other institutions of higher learning enroll for online classes either as full-time students in the online schools or as part-time students for specific tutorials. I wish to submit to you that the need for extra input in terms of study has caused many parents to enroll their children in online study classes to supplement the knowledge they get from class (Areskog, 1995).
It is also evidently clear that most people have had the opportunity to get degrees from credible universities oversees by simply enrolling through the online degree programs for such institutions of higher learning. However, in this speech, I intend to prove to you, as parents, that enrolling high school students to online class can help boost the performance of the child greatly.
First, I wish to submit to you that online classes are helpful in terms of inculcating a study mentality upon the children, thus boosting their overall performances in their respective schools. In the age of computing and technology, it is quite clear that most students generally fail their exams as a result of too much concentration on computerized games, movies and music. Quite frankly, it has proven difficult to keep the children away from handling computers. The result of this has been linked to poor performance of these students in class since they spend a lot of time in computer-related leisure activities and fail to study for their exams.
Allow me to inform you that introducing such children to online classes would be helpful in terms of giving them a chance to improve their performances (Wolfe & Wolfe, 2001). Since these children are so addicted to computer-related activities, it would be wise to initiate them into an activity within the computing world that would help them improve their studies. Studies have revealed that 60% of high school students who enroll for online classes as supplementary part-time programs improve their overall academic performances by over 50% ever year (Hiltz, 1990).
Secondly, online classes provide variety of the knowledge through internet searches that expose students to high volumes of information which can boost their studies. It is a reality that class work given by tutors is limited to the syllabus for the schools. This limits the capability of these students to gain adequate knowledge concerning the respective topics they cover in class. Online classes expose the children to internet searches through online libraries which contain variety of books and articles which can help boost and supplement information provided in the classroom.
With the increase in search engines in most browsers in computer programs, it has become easier to navigate through various online libraries to get supplementary information regarding certain subjects. Research reveals that over 40% of the information given to the students in physical classroom set-up is actually derived from the online sources (Lipsitz, & Reisner, 2000). The improvement of technology through internet provides the tutors with a chance to derive their teaching materials from online sources. It would, therefore, be helpful to the student to use the same methodology to improve in studies.
Lastly, I wish to indicate that I will enroll one of the students into online classes for tutorials in as a case analysis that online classes are rapidly becoming so significant in terms of helping students to pass their examinations every year.
In conclusion, I wish to reiterate that enrolling high schools students to online class can help boost the performance of the child greatly. This is through provision of help in terms of inculcating a study mentality upon the children, thus boosting their overall performances in their respective schools, as well as, provision of variety of the knowledge through internet searches that expose students to high volumes of information which can boost their studies.
References
Areskog, N. H. (1995). The Tutorial Process – the Roles of Student Teacher and Tutor in a Long Term Perspective. London: Prentice Hall Publishers.
Hiltz, S. (1990). ‘Evaluating the Virtual Classroom’, in Harasim, L. (ed.) Online Education: Perspectives on a New Environment. New York: Praeger.
Lipsitz, L., & Reisner, T. (2000). The Computer and Education. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications.
Wolfe, C., & Wolfe, C. R. (2001). Learning and teaching on the World Wide Web. San Diego, Calif.; London: Academic.