A radical experiment is underway to determine if tablets can take the place of teachers, especially in areas of the world where villages have no literate adults. If children can learn to read, they can read to learn. That’s the philosophy behind this experiment to find out if illiterate children can learn to read on [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Learning’
Infographic: Can Tablets Take the Place of Teachers?
Posted by ginac on January 24th, 2013
Posted in Electronics, Global Homeschooling, iPad, Learning, Tablets 
Tags: Learning, OLPC, One Laptop Per Child, self-directed learning, tablets 
Comments OffIdeas Drive Integrated Learning, Not Subjects
Posted by ChristaJ on August 5th, 2012
Integrated learning seems like a pretty simple idea. Kids don’t get fired up when you say, “Let’s go study some English!” They get fired up with dinosaurs, scuba diving, and iPhone apps. Why? Because English is boring. In the traditional sense, that is. (Unless you’re that one teacher who really digs grammar. Seriously, I [...]
Posted in Back to School, Eclectic Homeschooling, Homeschool, Interdisciplinary, Learning Methods, News, Teaching methods, technology, Unit Study, Unschooling Tags: homeschool, informal learning, Learning, montessori, Project-based learning, unschool Comments OffFive Simple Projects for Summer Learning
Posted by JenniferN on July 1st, 2012
Even if you normally follow a rigid curriculum during the academic year, summer is a great time to relax a bit and try project based learning and on for size. Unschoolers typically follow a less regimented approach to homeschooling, and utilize things like project-based learning, Waldorf-inspired lessons, and student-led learning to educate their kids. Doing [...]
Posted in Back to School, Learning Methods, News Tags: blogging, gardening, homeschool, Learning, Project-based learning, roadschooling, summer learning Comments OffLearning Calculus and Quantum Physics Through Comics
Posted by ginac on May 13th, 2012
Many people find calculus and quantum physics intimidating. These subjects are for geeky, smart kids with no social life, right? Well, geeky kids might find calculus fun and interesting in ways most others may not, but thanks to comic-style books on these subjects, calculus and physics feel more like reading the Sunday comics in the [...]
Posted in Back to School, Books, Learning Methods, Physics Tags: Calculus, cartoons, Comics, graphic novels, Learning, Math, Physics Comments OffIvan Illich – Seeing the Future of Education?
Posted by ginac on May 9th, 2012
According to Ivan Illich in 1972, “Universal education through schooling is not feasible”. His radical ideas regarding schooling provoked much debate back in the 1970s, with most dismissing him as an over-zealous new-age hippy. Could it be, however, that he was rather a forward-thinking would-be educational revolutionary? Are his ideas still valid today, and have [...]
Posted in Back to School, Homeschool, Learning Methods, News Tags: Education, homeschool, Ivan Illich, Learning Comments OffTED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing for Homeschoolers and Unschoolers
Posted by ginac on April 28th, 2012
TED videos have always been great for kids. We’ve been viewing talks as a family for years, enjoying insights into different ways of thinking. With TED-Ed videos, you can use, tweak, or completely redo any lesson featured on TED-Ed, or create lessons from scratch based on any video from YouTube. The featured lessons are mostly [...]
Posted in Eclectic Homeschooling, Homeschool, Learning Methods, Online Tools, Teaching methods, TED Tags: homeschool, Learning, online education, TED, TED-Ed, unschool, video Comments OffWeird and Annoying? Only to Those Who Can’t Think Outside the Box
Posted by ginac on April 21st, 2012
You know that child, the precocious know-it-all that talks enthusiastically and incessantly about arcane topics like 19th century rifling patterns. This child is so ‘odd’. Normal children do not talk like ‘little professors’. Normal children talk about age-appropriate material, like their favorite star on American Idol or the latest episode of Sponge Bob. So, what [...]
Posted in Homeschool, social change, Teaching methods Tags: Education, free thinkers, gifted, homeschool, Learning, unschool Comments OffIt’s Time to Reevaluate How We Evaluate Our Kids
Posted by JenniferN on April 18th, 2012
The scandal began a few years ago when The Atlanta Constitution Journal decided to analyze multiple years worth of standardized test scores from schools in the Atlanta area, in an attempt to clarify just how effective these tests were in evaluating student academic progress. With the millions of dollars and countless hours and other resources [...]
Posted in News Tags: cheating, homeschool, Learning, Project-based learning, standardized testing, testing Comments OffNew Intel Education Tablet Device Designed for Classroom Management not Learning
Posted by ginac on April 11th, 2012
According to the Wall Street Journal, Intel is developing a small, ruggedized tablet device called the studybook aimed squarely at school students. Smaller and less expensive than an iPad, the device will feature cameras with applications for performing time-lapse photography and add-on lenses that turn the device into a microscope (although you can do this [...]
Posted in Electronics, Learning Methods, Teaching methods Tags: classroom management, Education, Intel, Learning, studybook, tablet device Comments OffWhat’s Missing From Traditional Education
Posted by ginac on March 28th, 2012
As a parent you can probably easily see the vast differences between what you learned in school while you were growing up and what your kids are learning now. Some changes that have been made are definitely for the better, while some are certainly worse, and what kids are learning from traditional education could use [...]
