num_pages: 320
description: The Kids that ECOT Taught are the twenty-one pioneers who together became the first high school graduating class in the United States of an electronic school, the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow (ECOT). Their stories speak of the unmatched courage it takes to be the first at something and the positive power an e-school can have on a child. They knew their diplomas were worth striving for. What they didn’t know was how important their determination would prove to be in the fight to open up the world of e-learning to children everywhere. Each of The Kids that ECOT Taught came to ECOT for a different reason. Some because they were bored, others because they were ignored. Some were looking for safety in an increasingly dangerous world, others to provide security or care for family members by staying at home. Some were looking for flexibility to work a full-time job; others needed flexibility to learn at their own pace. Some were focused on where they were going and how ECOT could get them there faster; and others were lost in a public education system that didn’t have a roadmap for them. Bill Lager, the founder of ECOT, tells the very personal, often troubling and ultimately inspiring story of the first year of ECOT. Through his experiences and the stories of these graduates, you will see the challenges of our current educational system, the promise of our young people, and the hope that new technologies hold to expand our current thinking about how education is delivered in the United States. America’s K-12 e-schooling revolution has begun.
language: English
title: The Kids That ECOT Taught: The Pioneers of America's E-Schooling Revolution
titlecomplete: The Kids That ECOT Taught: The Pioneers of America's E-Schooling Revolution
ratings_count: 1
publisher: EOS Publishing