DD10 started taking a middle school math class this year by using webcam technology. She has two way communication. It avoids the longer school day and she gets to interact with the teacher, not stuck in a classroom with a textbook or on a computer by herself. It is working out well. She was skeptical at first but likes it now. She gets some problems that stretch her and is maturing greatly in checking her work and learning new ways to do things. The school suggested this idea (not us).