In my personal opinion, students cannot learn as well online as when they are allowed to

participate in face-to-face interaction. I know that I learn better by seeing and then doing so faceto-face interaction is important to my way of learning. I believe that allowing a student to
participate in face-to-face interaction can highly benefit the student in several ways. For
example, the student is able to ask questions directly to the professor during class so that they are
given straight forward and quick answers. When students are limited to emails with their
professors this can become very frustrating. I feel that when students are able to communicate to
their professors face-to-face, this can lead to better interaction in the course. While some students
can keep up in online courses, others are limited to this form of communication. It can become
very difficult to follow a class schedule online when there isnt interaction with fellow students
or the professor.
Texas Technology Standards
Standard I. All teachers use technology-related terms, concepts, data input strategies, and ethical
practices to make informed decisions about current technologies and their applications.
1.5s use technology terminology appropriate to the task
1.8s use appropriate terminology related to the Internet
Standard II. All teachers identify task requirements, apply search strategies, and use current
technology to efficiently acquire, analyze, and evaluate a variety of electronic information
2.1s use strategies to locate and acquire desired information from collaborative software and on
networks, including the internet and intranet