Notes 1. cyber charter schools — cyber charter schools deliver the majority of their instruction over the Internet instead of in a school building. And, like charter schools, they are public schools, but free of many of the rules and regulations that public schools must follow. 2. futuristic — strange and modern, or seeming to come from some imagined time in the future 3. little more than — only; as ... as 4. virtual school — A virtual school describes an institution that teaches courses entirely or primarily through online methods. Though there are tens of thousands of commercial and non-accredited courses available online, the term “virtual school” is generally reserved for accredited schools that teach a full-time (or nearly full-time) course of instruction designed to lead to a degree. 5. assessment tests — tests to evaluate students’ performance at school 6. epidemiology — the study of the distribution and patterns of health-events, health - characteristics and their causes or influences in well-defined populations 7. graphic design — the practice or profession of designing print or electronic forms of visual information, as for an advertisement, publication, or website 8. PA Cyber — the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School 1. Listening Listen to the recording and answer the following questions. 1. What do students attending cyber charter schools need? 2. In what way or ways is a cyber charter school similar to a traditional school? 3. What’s the biggest difference between virtual schools and traditional schools? 4. How do cyber charter students interact with their teachers or supervisors? 5. How can virtual education work best?