The Online Classroom

<p>The world of middle level education is rapidly evolving. Increasingly online learning platforms are complementing or replacing traditional classroom settings. As students exchange classroom interaction for online collaboration pencils for keyboards face-to-face conversations for chat room texts and traditional lessons for digital modules it becomes apparent that teachers schools and administrators must identify ways to keep pace. We must identify ways to meet the needs of middle level learners within this digital context. In this volume researchers and teachers share a variety of resources centered on the growing world of virtual education and its implications for the middle level learner educator and classroom.</p>