You're probably hearing the term “distance learning” more often these days as colleges and universities teach more classes online.
But a middle school teacher from the east gave new meaning to that phrase Thursday when he taught his Carteret County class all the way from Washington, DC.
Nine On Your Side's Philip Jones shows us how he did it in Thursday’s Assignment Education:
Class was still in session Thursday morning even though teacher Ryan Koczot was some 350 miles away from his students.
“Here's your quick homework assignment,” he told them via teleconference. “You gotta write fast 'cause I gotta go.”
The Broad Creek Middle School teacher of the year is in Washington, DC at the Cable Industry Convention -- but he's still teaching his class through a broadband internet connection.
He's at the convention as a guest of CNN because of the way he uses technology in the classroom.
“That's the future,” he told WNCT. “That's where everything is going. And it keeps them interested. It keeps them attentive.”
Charmic Larin is one of "them" -- as in one of Koczot's students.
“He makes learning so fun,” Charmic, a sixth-grader, said.
Many of her classmates say the same thing -- and they credit Koczot's use of technology and programs like CNN Student News for keeping them interested in learning.
“It's easier to learn when you have something more engaging for you to see,” eighth-grader Lauryn Amick said.
Koczot says students use so much technology outside the classroom; it just makes sense to bring that same technology in to the classroom.
And while he's still teaching his class all the way from Washington, DC and showing cable industry leaders how he's doing it -- he's also learning how to set up more of these video conferences with people all over the world.
Koczot is one of only four teachers from across the country who will be featured in the three-day convention.
He also gave his students a virtual tour of the convention and introduced them to members of Congress -- all over a broadband connection.
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