在线上课堂一开始的时候可能不太安心，甚至觉得有点怪怪的，但因为大家在一起努力－分享想法、互相帮助、无私支持－现在线上课堂渐渐成为一种非常有成效的学习形式。沟通是当中的关键，正如各方付出的耐心也是。无论是老师反思课堂上优势与缺点、家长和学生给予宝贵的反馈、还是行政部门利用所有信息建立起一个有效的平台以提供优质教育，若在整个教育过程的各阶段没有实施反思的策略，我们的线上课堂就不会有什么进展。

It may not have been comfortable at the beginning of the virtual school, it might even have felt a little strange, but because everyone worked together-- sharing ideas, helping each other, and being generally supportive-- it is now beginning to become a very productive form of learning. Communication has been key, as has patience from all parties involved. Very little progress could have been made if reflective strategies weren’t implemented throughout all stages of the education process - be it teachers reflecting on the positives and negatives from classes, parents and students giving much-appreciated feedback, and the administration using all of the information to set up a functioning platform capable of delivering high-quality education.  

保持各方面平衡是在线课程中重要的一环。跟以往一样，我们在身心灵发展之间保持了平衡—结合学术课，还有体育和艺术课。

An important aspect of the online school day has been the maintenance of balance. As before, we have kept the balance between developing the body, the mind, and the soul - incorporating academic classes, as well as PE and the arts.

也许我们正在体验教育的未来，因为我们正迈向一个对便携设备、高带宽互联网普及化和多元文化学习下带来越来越多可能性的社会。虽则如此，约翰海蒂在他对教育最重要层面的元数据分析中，明确指出与老师的个人互动是年轻人教育中最重要的部分。我们从在线学习中获得的是流动性和信息的即时获取，但我们失去的是真实的、经过时间验证的、值得信赖的研究、一个发展中的头脑和一个受过训练的导师之间的人与人之间的接触，而这种接触将把学生转变成能够改善世界的那种人。这正是师生间在TWIS建立的交流，也是学生和老师们在经历了这段在线教学的时期后渴望回归的社区。届时，大家将带着新技能，强化的方法，和科技世界为年轻新一代提供的体验回到校园。

Perhaps we are getting a taste of the future of education as we move towards a society that increasingly embraces the possibilities made available by hand-held portable devices, universal access to high-bandwidth internet, and multicultural learning. Nevertheless, John Hattie, in his meta-data analysis of the most important aspects of education, resoundingly identified the personal interaction with a teacher as being the most important part of a young person's education. What we gain through online learning is mobility and instant access to information, but what we lose is authentic, time-tested, research-credited, person-to-person contact between a developing mind and a mentor trained to transform them into the sort of person who will improve the world. This is what we are creating at TWIS, and this is the community the students and teachers are itching to return to after this transformative period of online teaching, fortified with new skills and approaches, and with a renewed taste of what the world of technology has to offer our brightest young minds.