Comments on: Exploring Online Learning in our Homeschool

By: Laura McClain

Laura McClain

In reply to Sarah M.

Yes! TED talks have been wonderful for my 13 YO son. Have you tried TED-ed ? http://ed.ted.com/ It’s a great resource for all ages. Same quality, but in little bites. Lots of science, history, and “how things work.” You can even make little classroom collections, assignments, and customize quizzes about content if you want to go that route. We sometimes use the short videos as a “did you know?” exploration at the beginning of our days.

By: Ashley

Ashley

Great blog. Thanks for sharing your experiences and views about online learning. Yes, online learning is providing all the wide range of courses to the students all over the world. Online education is provided in a convenient and stress free online environment. Online education is the great idea which everyone should opt for.

By: heather

heather

In reply to Renee Maruniak. i find this so amazing! of all the people in the world,and just 25 kids in that class... and we moms are both here. fantastic!

By: Renee Maruniak

Renee Maruniak

Funny that I ended up here reading your blog today. I was looking for frugal cooking advice today and ended up at simplemom.net. From there I noticed homeschooling-related links and ended up here. Your review of Bravewriter caught my eye because my daughter just finished taking a class last week. Lo and behold, it was the same class you daughter was in! I think Nancy did a fantastic job. What a huge under-taking for her to respond so thoroughly to all that writing. Definitely worth it, IMO.
Renee M

By: Tara

Tara

Thanks for the info. We use Cornell Lab of Ornithology too. Their lesson plans are fabulous and we also subscribe to Birdscope magazine. It’s full of bird related inquiry based science articles, written by kids. My middle school age kids will be looking into online learning soon, so I’d love to hear more about this. Because the internet is such a vast place, other homeschoolers’ opinions are so very helpful. Who has time to do all the research alone? Thanks, Heather for sharing.

By: Johanna @ My Home Tableau

Johanna @ My Home Tableau

In reply to Kika@embracingimperfection. My parents lived in Africa (Central African Republic) for about 14 years. I was born there. Shortly after I was born, though, they moved to France. I lived there all my growing up years. My parents still live there, actually. I LOVED living a multi-cultural life! (And the awesome by-product of being bilingual isn't too shabby either.) :)

By: renee @ FIMBY

renee @ FIMBY

fabulous stuff you share here Heather. Thank you. Also for your honesty about cost. Quality stuff costs. And as a family who makes our living online also – programming, writing, etc. I feel there is value in supporting online courses etc and understand the cost behind them. Since we plan to h-school through high school we will be incorporating more online classes as our kids grow.

By: Janet

Janet

I love these resources. My boys are headed into that age where they are interested in broader, more intensive subjects. We have used Khan Academy and are looking at Code Academy – both free! Your resources are fantastic and we look forward to checking them out. Thank you.

By: Liz

Liz

This online learning is a big help to a students even workers. Lots of information and knowledge to knew.

By: Pam

Pam

My kids are also on the young side, but I love this post. What fantastic ideas these are. We will be doing Bravewriter in a few years, because we are fans. Project Feederwatch we may have to add next winter. Thanks for such a helpful post. Got my creative juices flowing.