Issues! (bless you) - more details
Apparently, homeschooling in Missouri has some people antsy. Home schooling operates on ‘honor system,’ 28 September 2008, Columbia Missourian,  Columbia, Missouri The selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as the GOP vice presidential candi...

Introducing the eLearn Blog - more details
Educators have started recognizing that video games will play a significant role in the future of learning. Online games are the new playground for children and teenagers, and present unique opportunities for rich online learning environments. However,...

eLearn Magazine - more details
Assistant Professor Hend S. Al-Khalifa of King Saud University in Saudi Arabia had an idea: Test the effectiveness of micro-blogging service Twitter as a tool for keeping her students informed of updates on a course blog. Though the results were quite ...

NCLB version of football - more details
Henry Cate at Why Homeschool, has a link to a humorous post about the “NCLB version of football.”  A couple of the funny points are that all teams will win championships and only game scores from the 4th, 8th and 11th games will count to...

The ABCs Of Home Schooling - more details
On Sunday, CBS aired another program on homeschooling, this one less strident than the network’s last memorable foray into homeschooling reportage. The ABCs Of Home Schooling, 14 September 2008, CBS News (video report with full-screen function...

Pro and con homeschool cartoons - more details
Just as journalists write about homeschooling from their own point of view, cartoonists draw their mini-stories while referencing their own beliefs about homeschooling. Recent cartoons point up the differences: Luann:  benefits of “social in...

Education is big business - more details
I’m still on vacation (just taking a short break waiting for the steam cleaner to cool), but I had to stick this next link up somewhere because if I wait, it’ll be gone with the wind. A search for background, triggered by query on an emai...

Learnscape Architecture - more details
Taking an online course takes time. A poorly designed course, or one that doesn't teach effectively, means lost time that can never be recovered. Time is one of the most precious commodities we have, but in our current economic climate, especially, cos...

eLearn Magazine - more details
Online education is where the business and academic worlds collide. So how can one take the successes of real life and apply them to the virtual classroom? By producing lifelong learners. Successful organizations are the ones that have developed genera...

Vacation, Holiday, Ferien, Vacances - more details
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