Comments - Homeschooling using Social Networking Tools and Technologies - The Journey Begins! - Classroom 2.02024-03-29T14:09:22Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=649749%3ABlogPost%3A42647&xn_auth=noWelcome to the world of homes…tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-08-18:649749:Comment:429662007-08-18T20:18:37.005ZTammy Moorehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/armoorefam
Welcome to the world of homescooling Jacinta. This will be our 15th year of homeschooling. My oldest is in college and doing great. He has a perfect 4.0 so far. I also have a 12th grader who has been homeschooled up to this year, but she wants to taste public school for her senior year. So she will be at the local school instead of home this year. My next one is in 8th grade this year. My youngest is in 1st grade.<br />
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Resources. Mmmm, we have wrapped a ton of technology and social tools into our…
Welcome to the world of homescooling Jacinta. This will be our 15th year of homeschooling. My oldest is in college and doing great. He has a perfect 4.0 so far. I also have a 12th grader who has been homeschooled up to this year, but she wants to taste public school for her senior year. So she will be at the local school instead of home this year. My next one is in 8th grade this year. My youngest is in 1st grade.<br />
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Resources. Mmmm, we have wrapped a ton of technology and social tools into our homeschool over the years. Here are a smattering of things you might find interesting:<br />
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Electronic Notebooking:<br />
It now can probably be done via a blog, but we were doing e-notebooks before the big blog bloom days. LOL. Use guest access at out Moodle site at http://www.virtualhomeschoolgroup.com/course/view.php?id=9 to learn more about it.<br />
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Cmapping:<br />
Last year we delved into making a complete school year's worth of concept map notes for our curriculum. Tim (7th grade) enjoyed it very much and he did succeed in creating a fairly complete full school year portfolio of concept maps. Gregory used it for his college studies and tried it as a collaborative study group tool. Tim is planning to use it again this year. You can access a ton of concept maps by clicking on the icons at the bottom of the nodes on any of the maps. I will bring you in on Tims new portfilio page that he created to accomodate multiple years of Cmapping. The link is http://cmapspublic2.ihmc.us/servlet/SBReadResourceServlet?rid=1161096225734_1562544823_8228&partName=htmltext . To learn more about Cmap go to http://cmap.ihmc.us/download/index.php<br />
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We are working to get an online homeschool co-op going at Virtual Homeschool Group. We have Moodle as well as an Elluminate online classroom. Moodle is great for assysnchronous activities and we use the Elluminate for our synchronous classes. Stop in at VHSG and take a look around. We are at http://www.virtualhomeschoolgroup.com/