learning - DISCUSSION FORUM - startingtohomeschool2024-03-28T17:45:07Zhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/feed/tag/learningWhat We Can Learn From Homeschoolinghttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/what-we-can-learn-from-homeschooling2015-02-02T19:47:54.000Z2015-02-02T19:47:54.000ZMelanie Borrego, Ph.D.https://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/MelanieBorregoPhD<div><p>I'd love it if some of my colleagues here would read and comment on my new article--it's just been published in a newish online education journal titled Hybrid Pedagogy, and it would be great to show the editors that homeschooling does initiate some great conversation (and open the door for other publications from our group, perhaps?). Thanks in advance!</p><p></p><p>Melanie Borrego</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/journal/can-learn-homeschooling/">http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/journal/can-learn-homeschooling/</a></p><p></p><p></p></div>Reigniting Your Child's Passion for Learning and Living Through Unschoolinghttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/reigniting-your-child-s-passion-for-learning-and-living-through2014-08-05T00:00:01.000Z2014-08-05T00:00:01.000ZLaurie A. Couturehttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/LaurieACouture<div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;"><strong>Name and Title:</strong> <br />Laurie A. Couture, Author of <em>Instead of Medicating and Punishing</em> and Attachment Parenting/Unschooling Coach <br /> <br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;"><strong>Organization Name</strong>:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">LaurieACouture.com</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">Co-Presenter Name(s):</span></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">Brycen R. R. Couture, Grown unschooler; Vocalist and songwriter of Serenade II Darkness; Artisan; son of Laurie</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</span></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">New England in the USA</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;"><strong>Language in Which You Will Present:</strong></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">English</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;"><strong>Target Audience(s):</strong></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">Parents and youth who are considering unschooling; unschooling families getting started; unschooling families who are seeking support and inspiration</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">Short Session Description (one line):</span></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">Laurie and her grown unschooled son, Brycen discuss how youth can reignite their innate passion for learning and living through the freedom of unschooling.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">Full Session Description (as long as you would like):</span></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">Children are each born with an innate passion for learning and a unique purpose to contribute to the world in a creative manner. Traditional schooling, with its structure of forced academics, confinement, time-stealing and denial of children's basic needs often strangles children's innate passion and craving for learning and creating, especially for artistic, musical and kinesthetic learners. Media and screen addiction are also responsible for distracting youth from their creative talents, from physical activities and from engaging in real world adventures.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">Unschooling is not a new trend, nor is it a new way of learning. Although the term "unschooling" was coined by the late homeschool pioneer, John Holt in 1977, the practice of children living and learning in freedom, through play and exploration, is as old as humanity. Nature intended youth of all ages, from infants and toddlers to older children and adolescents, to learn through play, exploration, creative expression, movement, family and social interaction and by following one's passions, interests and abilities.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">Although unschooling is nature's intent for all children, no two young people will venture on their unschooling journey in the same manner. Some youth prefer a more structured approach to learning, while many youth crave freedom and constant stimulation. Most youth need a combination of both. Unschooling caters to all three learning styles (kinesthetic, visual, auditory) and all seven forms of intelligence!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">Laurie will be discussing learning theory, unschooling in the context of attachment parenting, how unschooling meets the developmental needs of youth and how our Hunter-Gatherer tribal ancestors "unschooled" for millennia in the context of "attachment parenting". She will discuss the unschooling journey of her family and how families can get started on their own unschooling journey, today, whether your child is 5 or 17!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">Brycen will be discussing some of his unschooling experiences and how unschooling met his needs as a learner, musician, artist and human being. He will discuss how unschooling allowed him to pursue his music career, start a small business and focus on community service, family and friends. He will also be discussing the dilemmas of working through dealing with the expectations of the "outside world" when people who live by traditional views of schooling, growing up, work and play do not value freedom in young people to live, grow and meet milestones on their own unique time tables. He will also discuss how he dealt with the constraints of state homeschool regulations.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">Both Laurie and Brycen will address many other issues relating to unschooling as well, including how to unschool in a way to fit state regulations, eliminating media focus, increasing community involvement, how to meet friends and how start homeschool groups.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">Participants will walk away with the knowledge to embark on their own family unschool adventure!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</span></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;"><a href="http://www.LaurieACouture.com">www.LaurieACouture.com</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/SerenadeIIDarkness">www.facebook.com/SerenadeIIDarkness</a></span></p></div>Incorporating a Digital Learning Platform in Homeschool Learning Environments To Improve Learning Outcomeshttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/incorporating-a-digital-learning-platform-in-homeschool-learning2014-08-01T16:18:01.000Z2014-08-01T16:18:01.000ZNoel Kuriakoshttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/NoelKuriakos<div><p dir="ltr"><span>Your Name and Title: <strong>Noel Kuriakos</strong>, <em>Quantified Teacher, Technologist</em></span></p><p dir="ltr"></p><p dir="ltr"></p><p dir="ltr"><span>Area of the World from Which You Will Present: <strong>USA</strong></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>Language in Which You Will Present: <strong>English</strong></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>Target Audience(s): Parents, Homeschool Teachers, Publishers, Content Creators</span></p><p><span><span> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>Short Session Description (one line): I<strong>ncorporating a Digital Learning Platform to improve learning outcomes.</strong></span></p><p><span><span> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>Full Session Description (as long as you would like):Learn how to incorporate a <strong><span style="color:#333399;">digital learning platform</span></strong> to <span style="text-decoration:underline;">improve learning outcomes</span> through connected learning, cooperative learning and social learning. DLPs can</span></p><ul><li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">reduce manual effort</span> by utilizing organized, online resources to <span style="text-decoration:underline;">create customized curriculum</span> content for individualized learners. </li><li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">create engaging learning environments</span> that can be accessed anytime, anywhere, on any device by any learner, so that learning can occur in a fluid, and natural manner. </li><li>be used to <span style="text-decoration:underline;">share curricula, content, assessments and assignments</span> by bringing homeschoolers together in a virtual environment. </li><li>allows content creators and publishers to <span style="text-decoration:underline;">publish their content in an economically efficient manner</span>. </li><li>provides instant, up-to-date analytics to <span style="text-decoration:underline;">track and monitor learning outcomes</span> so that the right intervention and resources can be assigned at the right time. </li><li>also be used <span style="text-decoration:underline;">for test preparation</span>, or for any learning/knowledge based activity that requires repeated practice.</li></ul><p> </p></div>To University from Unschooling: Why the digital generation needs adults more than contenthttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/to-university-from-unschooling-why-the-digital-generation-needs2014-07-29T22:28:54.000Z2014-07-29T22:28:54.000ZJudy Arnallhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/JudyArnall<div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"><font size="3">Your Name and Title:</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"><font size="3">Judy Arnall, BA, DTM, Certified Canadian Family Life Educator</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"><font size="3">School or Organization Name:</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"><font size="3">Unschooling Canada Association</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"><font size="3">Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"><font size="3">Calgary, Alberta, Canada</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"><font size="3">Language in Which You Will Present:</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"><font size="3">English</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"><font size="3">Target Audience(s):</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"><font size="3">General, Education Professionals</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"><font size="3">Short Session Description (one line):</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"><font size="3">Explore the secret of engaged learning</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"><font size="3">Full Session Description (as long as you would like):</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"><font size="3">Unschooling is learner determined education. Many people worry that freedom in curriculum, pace, and learning styles will hinder one's chances of attending post-secondary education in the future should they decide to attend. With a background knowledge of child development, multiple intelligences, and temperament, Judy aims to educate the attendee on why unschooling is a critical alternative education for the digital generation. </font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"><font size="3">This presentation will include:</font></span></p><ul><li><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"><font size="3">The future of education or what are we educating for?</font></span></div></li><li><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"><font size="3">Research</font></span></div></li><li><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"><font size="3">7 Reasons why children need adults more than content</font></span></div></li><li><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"><font size="3">Unschooling explained</font></span></div></li><li><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"><font size="3">Differences between unschooling and school and homeschool</font></span></div></li><li><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"><font size="3">Common concerns addressed</font></span></div></li></ul><p></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"><font size="3">Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.professionalparenting.ca">www.professionalparenting.ca</a></font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.unschoolingcanada.ca"><font size="3">www.unschoolingcanada.ca</font></a></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"></p><p></p><p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7159812072,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">JudyArnall (Small).jpg</a></p></div>Myths of Education - Truths I've Learned Through the Homeschool Journeyhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/myths-of-education-truths-i-ve-learned-through-the-homeschool2014-07-24T15:06:41.000Z2014-07-24T15:06:41.000ZHeather Martinsonhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/HeatherMartinson<div><p></p><p><strong>Your Name and Title:</strong><br />Heather Martinson, Owner Celebration Education and OChomeschooling.com</p><p><br /><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">Co-Presenter Name(s):</span><br /><br /><strong>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</strong></p><p>California, USA<br /><br /><strong>Language in Which You Will Present:</strong><br />English</p><p><br /><strong>Target Audience(s):</strong></p><p>Families interested in non-traditional education</p><p><br /><strong>Short Session Description (one line):</strong></p><p>Exposing how tactics used in traditional classrooms can actually detract from learning.</p><p><br /><strong>Full Session Description (as long as you would like):</strong></p><p></p><p>We will debunk the following myths:</p><ul><li>A school's first concern is to the physical safety of the children</li><li>Children only learn when they are forced to</li><li>Only Linguistic and Mathematical intelligence matter</li><li>More time at a desk means more learning is happening</li><li>Passed tests is evidence that learning has happened</li><li>High standards means that all children will be smarter</li><li>More schooling means more success in life</li><li>Homework ensures that children will learn</li><li>Children can only learn from credentialed teachers</li><li>Learning is hard and boring work</li></ul><p></p><p>Learn the truths that supersede these fallacies and what you can do to infuse your learning with more dynamic and meaningful experiences!</p><p><br /><span>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</span></p><p><span><a href="http://www.celebrationeducation.com">www.celebrationeducation.com</a></span></p><p><span><a href="http://www.ochomeschooling.com">www.ochomeschooling.com</a></span></p><p></p><p></p></div>Science and Homeschooling a Winning Combinationhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/science-and-homeschooling-a-winning-combination2014-07-22T23:35:13.000Z2014-07-22T23:35:13.000ZBlair Lee M.S.https://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/BlairLeeMS<div><p><b>Your Name and Title</b>: Blair Lee M.S., I am the author of REAL Science Odyssey Biology 2 and Chemistry 1</p><p><br /> <b>Co-Presenter Name(s):</b> N/A<br /> <br /> <b>Area of the World from Which You Will Present</b>: California, USA<br /> <br /> <b>Language in Which You Will Present</b>: English<br /> <br /> <b>Target Audience(s):</b> Adults<br /> <br /> <b>Short Session Description</b>: I am a passionate advocate of homeschooling and learning science. This talk will focus on how to take those elements unique to the homeschooling environment and use them to craft a world class science education for your child.</p><p><br /> <b>Full Session Description</b>: Science and homeschooling go together like peanut butter and jelly, macaroni and cheese, coffee and cream… Of all the academic subjects, science is the one that is the best fit for the homeschooling environment. Why? Because science is best taught where there is the time and space to ponder, research, explore, and get up and experiment. My name is Blair Lee. I was a college professor teaching chemistry and biology at community colleges before retiring to homeschool my son. I also write secular science textbooks for the REAL Science Odyssey series. As you can imagine, at our house we definitely take time to learn science. My talk will focus on what I have learned about learning and teaching science while homeschooling my son and teaching a homeschool science co-op.</p><p><br /> <b>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session</b>: blairleeblog.worpress.com, <a href="http://www.pandiapress.com/?page_id=20">http://www.pandiapress.com/?page_id=20</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Your Bio</strong>: </p><p>Blair taught chemistry and biology before having her son. She is the author of R.E.A.L. Odyssey Chemistry 1 and Biology 2. These days she devotes most of her time to handcrafted her son's education, AKA homeschooling him and writing RSO Earth and Space 2.</p></div>A Handcrafted educationhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/a-handcrafted-education2014-07-22T23:12:09.000Z2014-07-22T23:12:09.000ZBlair Lee M.S.https://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/BlairLeeMS<div><p><span><strong>Your Name and Title</strong>: Blair Lee M.S., I am the author of REAL Science Odyssey Biology 2 and Chemistry 1<br /> <br /> <strong>Co-Presenter Name(s)</strong>: N/A<br /> <br /> <strong>Area of the World from Which You Will Present</strong>: California, USA<br /> <br /> <strong>Language in Which You Will Present</strong>: English<br /> <br /> <strong>Target Audience(s)</strong>: Adults<br /> <br /> <strong>Short Session Description (one line)</strong>: How to handcraft an education<br /> <br /> <strong>Full Session Description (as long as you would like)</strong>:</span> <span>Homeschooling at its finest is about creating a handcrafted education for each homeschooled student. A handcrafted education should focus on the unique strengths, weaknesses, and passions of each student. There are some academic subjects that everybody should know, but even within these subjects there is room to be flexible in a child-led manner. There are other subjects that deserve time and attention because of the skill and desire of that one student, creating an education that is as unique as each student. This workshop will look at how you go about creating the recipe for a handcrafted education that will result in a well-educated child, with lots of options, who loves to learn.</span><span><br /> <br /> <strong>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session</strong>: This is not really associated with my talk, but I do have a blog: blairleeblog.wordpress.com & a public Facebook page: Blair Lee M.S.</span></p></div>An Introduction to Self-Directed Learninghttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/an-introduction-to-self-directed-learning2014-07-04T02:34:31.000Z2014-07-04T02:34:31.000ZLuba Vangelovahttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/LubaVangelova<div><p><span>Your Name and Title: Luba Vangelova</span><br /> <br /> <span>Co-Presenter Name(s):</span><br /> <br /> <span>Area of the World from Which You Will Present: Washington, DC, United States</span><br /> <br /> <span>Language in Which You Will Present: English</span><br /> <br /> <span>Target Audience(s): Parents, educators, and anyone else with an interest in learning about different educational approaches</span></p><p><br /> <span>Short Session Description (one line): This session will introduce people to the concept of self-directed learning, and the different settings and ways in which it can be applied.</span></p><p><br /> <span>Full Session Description (as long as you would like): Self-directed learning -- education driven by what the student wants to learn -- is a concept that has been gaining favor. It is being practiced, in different forms and to different degrees, in a wide range of settings, including: select classrooms in conventional schools; independent school-within-a-school programs; homes; community learning hubs; homeschool resource centers; and various types of "alternative" schools.</span></p><p></p><p><span>This session will address the following questions: How does self-directed learning differ from conventional education? Why do some parents and educators prefer this approach? Is self-directed learning for everyone? How have self-directed learners fared later in life (including in college and in the career arena)? How are the parents' and educators' roles different in a self-directed learning environment? How does this type of learning affect students' relationships with family members and people within the broader community? What are the range of ways that self-directed learning can be practiced in institutions, in informal groups, and/or in homes? What are the necessary ingredients to success?</span><br /> <br /> <span>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session: <a href="http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/author/luba/">http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/author/luba/</a>, <a href="http://www.AlternativesToSchool.com">www.AlternativesToSchool.com</a></span></p><p></p><p></p></div>5 Steps to Unleashing the Brilliance of your Childhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/5-steps-to-unleashing-the-brilliance-of-your-child2014-06-30T16:26:21.000Z2014-06-30T16:26:21.000ZKathy Magnussonhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/KathyMagnusson<div><p>Your Name and Title: Kathy Magnusson, M.Ed.</p><p style="text-align:left;"> Youth mentor, program manager, learning consultant<br /> <br /> Co-Presenter Name(s): N/A<br /> <br /> Area of the World from Which You Will Present: Minnesota, USA<br /> <br /> Language in Which You Will Present: English<br /> <br /> Target Audience(s): Teen youth, Parents and Alternative school teachers<br /> <br /> Short Session Description (one line):</p><p>The beginning of unleashing the brilliance of a child starts in recognizing what is right with the learner. Identification and development of a youth’s strengths can assist parents and teachers to fully engage the child in learning by focusing on their strengths.<br /> <br /> Full Session Description (as long as you would like): When using strength based educational practices, such as identifying and developing strengths in children, engagement in learning is high. In this session we will explore what are strengths, how to identify strengths, actions you can take to develop strength and how to use the self-awareness to create personalized learning for your child or students. <br /> <br /> Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</p><p><a href="http://www.wildewoodlearning.com/">www.wildewoodlearning.com</a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/wildewoodlearning">https://www.facebook.com/wildewoodlearning</a></p><p><a href="http://www.girlsleadmn.org/">www.girlsleadmn.org</a></p></div>Humor and Lightness in the Face of Strugglehttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/humor-and-lightness-in-the-face-of-struggle2013-08-22T13:34:00.000Z2013-08-22T13:34:00.000ZMeredith Collinshttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/MeredithCollins<div><p></p><p><strong>Your Name and Title</strong>: Meredith Collins, Learning Consultant</p><p></p><p><strong>Area of the World from Which You Will Present</strong>: Portland, Maine, US</p><p></p><p><strong>Language in Which You Will Present</strong>: English</p><p></p><p><strong>Target Audience(s)</strong>: parents and others who interact with young people (those who do not attend school and those who do)</p><p></p><p><strong>Full Session Description</strong>: </p><p>When it feels especially important that a child overcome a challenge or navigate resistance, adults tend to get very serious. Things like reading, math, screen time, money management can weigh heavily and we default to a mood of solemn gloom. Serious things call for serious ways of being!</p><p>But when the tone of our interactions with young people gets heavy, our good intentions can be undermined. Kids get even more stressed out and our relationships with them erode. They not only feel the stress of struggle, they feel it alone.</p><p>In this session we’ll talk about how keeping the mood light is possible even when the task at hand feels very serious, and about how doing so can restore or sustain the kind of relationships we’re committed to having with kids. </p><p></p><p><span><strong>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session</strong>: <a href="http://www.eachonethrives.net" target="_blank">http://www.eachonethrives.net</a></span></p><p></p></div>Presentation: Homeschooling UK Comparision of 4-5 year olds in and out of schoolhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/presentation-homeschooling-uk-comparision-of-4-5-year-olds-in-and2013-08-22T09:02:50.000Z2013-08-22T09:02:50.000ZDr Paula Rothermelhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/DrPaulaRothermel<div><p>Your Name and Title: Dr Paula Rothermel</p><p>Organization or School Name:</p><p>Co-Presenter Name(s):</p><p>Area of the World from Which You Will Present: Switzerland</p><p>Language in Which You Will Present: English</p><p>Target Audience(s): conference attenders</p><p>Short Session Description (one line): Home Education & Home Education Research in the UK</p><p>Full Session Description (as long as you would like):</p><p align="center"><b>Home-Education: The Cognitive Leap at 4-5 years: comparitive research from school and home educated children</b></p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center"><b>Abstract</b></p><p><b> </b></p><p>This presentation reports on the performance of reception-aged, home-educated children. Media reports tend to focus on older home-educated children withdrawing from school but very little is known about younger children many of whom have never been to school in the UK. This research sought insight into the learning experience of these young children. The study involved 35 home-educated children aged between four and five years of age, from diverse socio-economic backgrounds. The children were assessed using the Performance Indicators in Primary Schools (Start and End of Reception) and their results compared with schooled peers. It was found that the reported leap in learning generally associated with early schooling is present in the homeschooled sample and further, that the homeschooled group outperformed their schooled counterparts, indicating perhaps, that by initiating ever earlier school starting ages we are unwittingly inhibiting children’s cognitive focus and potential.</p><p> </p><p>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session: <a href="http://www.paularothermel.com">www.paularothermel.com</a></p></div>The "fully" untapped potential of Open educational resources to individualize instructionhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/the-fully-untapped-potential-of-open-educational-resources-to2013-08-21T22:17:54.000Z2013-08-21T22:17:54.000ZSri Lekhahttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/SriLekha<div><p><span><strong>Your Name and Title:</strong> Sri Lekha. The "fully" untapped potential of Open educational resources (OER) </span><br /> <br /> <strong>School or Organization Name: EdK12</strong><br /> <br /> <strong>Co-Presenter Name(s):</strong><br /> <br /> <strong>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</strong><br /> <br /> <span><strong>Language in Which You Will Present:</strong> English</span><br /> <br /> <strong>Target Audience(s):</strong><span> K-12 teachers, curriculum coordinators, principals and other administrators.</span><br /> <br /> <strong>Short Session Description (one line):</strong><span> Transporting Open Educational Resources (OERs) <span>to classroom curriculum</span></span></p><p></p><p><strong>Full Session Description (as long as you would like): </strong></p><p>While Open Educational Resources are not easily transportable to classroom curriculum, they are very powerful in individualizing instruction for students. The challenges to adopting them include identification of OER and understanding its relevance (quality control). This session will highlight open educational resources in English language arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Special education and Engineering for K-12 students that are highly suited for indivualizing instruction.</p><p></p><p>Presented by an educator and a parent with mulish passion in Pedagogy, the goal of this session is to break down a few buzz words and leave the the audience better equipped to handle the abundance of OER.</p><p></p><p><strong>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session: <a href="http://www.edk12.com">http://www.edk12.com</a></strong></p></div>Travel as an alternative form of Education – Life Learning on the Roadhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/travel-as-an-alternative-form-of-education-life-learning-on-the2013-08-20T22:45:18.000Z2013-08-20T22:45:18.000ZLainie Libertihttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/LainieLiberti<div><p></p><p><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Title: </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;" class="font-size-3">Travel as an alternative form of Education – Life Learning on the Road</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;" class="font-size-3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><strong>Your Name and Title:</strong> <br /></font></font></font><span style="font-size:medium;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">Lainie Liberti, Parent, Life-Learner & World Traveler</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;" class="font-size-3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><strong>Organization or School Name: </strong></font></font></font></span></p><p><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;" class="font-size-3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">RaisingMiro.com & ProjectUnschoolPeru.com </font></font></font></span></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;" class="font-size-3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Co-Presenter Name(s):</font></font></font></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;" class="font-size-3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Miro Siegel, 14 yr. Life-Learner & World Traveler</font></font></font></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;" class="font-size-3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><strong>Area of the World from Which You Will Present</strong>:</font></font></font></span></p><p><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;" class="font-size-3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Cusco, Peru</font></font></font></span></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;" class="font-size-3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Language in Which You Will Present:</font></font></font></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;" class="font-size-3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">English</font></font></font></span></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;" class="font-size-3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Target Audience(s):</font></font></font></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;" class="font-size-3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Homeschool and Unschool Parents & Students, Life -Learners</font></font></font></span></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;" class="font-size-3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Short Session Description:</font></font></font></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;" class="font-size-3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Long-term travel is a valid alternative form of education</font></font></font></span><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3">. </font></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;" class="font-size-3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><strong>Full Session Description</strong>:</font></font></font></span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><font face="times new roman, times">The session will be a presentation by mother and son team, Lainie and Miro whom together, have been traveling and learning naturally for four consecutive years on the road. They share with you through their trial and error what keeps them engaged, learning naturally and committed as a supportive team. In their case, natural learning (or unschooling) partners with the surrounding environment, as the world has transformed into a classroom with infinite </font>possibilities<font face="times new roman, times">.</font></font></font></font></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;" class="font-size-3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Lainie and Miro share real-world examples including strategies to keep children / teens engaged, suggestions on how to integrate long-term travel as part of the educational plan, and open up the session for Q & A. </font></font></font></span></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;" class="font-size-3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</font></font></font></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;" class="font-size-3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.RaisingMiro.com">http://www.RaisingMiro.com</a></font></font></font></span><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;" class="font-size-3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"> & <a href="http://ProjectUnschoolPeru.com">http://ProjectUnschoolPeru.com</a></font></font></font></span></p></div>Flipping the Homeschool Coophttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/flipping-the-homeschool-coop2013-08-20T17:34:05.000Z2013-08-20T17:34:05.000Zjohn cumminshttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/johncummins<div><p><strong>Your Name and Title:</strong></p><p></p><p>John Cummins and TaoTao Long, University of Tennessee Instructional Technology PhD candidate</p><p></p><p><strong>Organization or School Name</strong>: University of Tennessee</p><p></p><p><strong>Co-Presenter Name(s)</strong>: TaoTao Long, University of Tennessee Instructional Technology PhD candidate and Jennifer Ammons Homeschool Coop Flipper</p><p></p><p><strong>Area of the World from Which You Will Present</strong>: USA</p><p><strong>Language in Which You Will Present:</strong></p><p>English</p><p></p><p><strong>Target Audience(s): </strong></p><p>Homeschool Coop Teachers</p><p></p><p><strong>Short Session Description:</strong></p><p>Flipping the Homeschool Coop: Plus and MInuses!</p><p></p><p><strong>Full Session Description:</strong></p><p>We want to probe into the ideas of flipping homeschooling coops. The idea is to free up more hands-on active learning during homeschool coop "classes" to make the events more social and to foster deeper learning. The flipper will need to provide some sort of pre-class training which we hope to deal with in the presentation. We would like to rapidly cover some of the dos and don'ts.</p><p></p><p><strong>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</strong></p><p><strong>FIZZ</strong>: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuA8fPCHu9c">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuA8fPCHu9c</a></p><p><strong>4 basic steps to FLIP:</strong> <a href="http://blog.peerinstruction.net/2013/03/04/how-to-flip-your-class-in-4-basic-steps/">http://blog.peerinstruction.net/2013/03/04/how-to-flip-your-class-in-4-basic-steps/</a></p><p><strong>Jon Bergmann's Flipped Learning</strong>: <a href="http://jonbergmann.com/">http://jonbergmann.com/</a></p><p><strong>FlipSide, Bam Radio</strong> <a href="http://www.bamradionetwork.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=97&Itemid=270">http://www.bamradionetwork.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=97&Itemid=270</a></p><p><strong>Khan Academy- cons:</strong> <a href="http://www.bamradionetwork.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=97&Itemid=270">http://www.bamradionetwork.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=97&Itemid=270</a></p><p><strong>Khan Academy - resource:</strong> <a href="https://www.khanacademy.org/">https://www.khanacademy.org/</a></p><p></p><p></p><p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7159809070,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">higherOrderBlooms.png</a></p><p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7159809268,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">bloom2.png</a></p><p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7159809290,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">Wilson_AAA_annual_meeting_TLC_2012.pptx</a></p></div>SelfDesign: Unfolding Our Infinite Wisdom Withinhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/selfdesign-unfolding-our-infinite-wisdom-within2013-08-19T20:54:06.000Z2013-08-19T20:54:06.000ZMonica Cochranhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/MonicaCochran<div><div>Your Name and Title: Monica Cochran, Director of Global Learning Programs</div><div>Organization or School Name: SelfDesign Global Learning Community</div><div>Co-Presenter Name(s):</div><div>Area of the World from Which You Will Present: United States</div><div>Language in Which You Will Present: English</div><div>Target Audience(s): Home learners, educators, parents, mentors</div><div>Short Session Description (one line): Join a discussion of the book SelfDesign: Unfolding Our Infinite Wisdom Within, written by Dr. Brent Cameron and River Meyer. It is the story of one father's journey to nurture his daughter's natural love of learning, which developed into a philosophy and methodology that supports learners of all ages to become self-directed, life long learners -- authors of their own lives. </div><div>Full Session Description (as long as you would like): In this session we will discuss how the SelfDesign models and processes support parents and learners seeking a more personalized, enthusiasm based learning approach. Come learn how to co-create a personalized learning plan based upon a learner's strengths and interests that puts the learner in the center of the learning process. Expand your awareness of how the many ways of learning show up in our lives each day. Explore how observing and reflecting on learning allows learners to become the authors of their own lives. Deepen your understanding of how relationships with caring adults and mentors are crucial in developing the skills and sensibilities that nurture compassionate, self-directed learners.</div><div>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session: <a href="http://www.selfdesign.org">www.selfdesign.org</a>, <a href="http://www.selfdesign.com">www.selfdesign.com</a></div><p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7159809657,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">SelfDesignColorEditionCOVER.jpg</a></p></div>Observing for Learninghttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/observing-for-learning2013-08-18T18:14:39.000Z2013-08-18T18:14:39.000ZDr. Kathleen Forsythehttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/DrKathleenForsythe<div>Your Name and Title: Dr. Kathleen Forsythe PrincipalOrganization or School Name: SelfDesign Learning CommunityArea of the World from Which You Will Present: CanadaLanguage in Which You Will Present: EnglishTarget Audience(s): Parents Home EducatorsShort Session Description (one line): Observing for learning is a powerful concept that provides a framework for understanding how to nurture natural learning and conserve a child’s disposition for wonder. It is about the nature of the relationship between the child and the parent.Full Session Description (as long as you would like): In supporting our children we constantly observe them, make assessments and act on our inferences about what we think is transpiring in the inner world of the child. Are we aware of our observing for learning? How do we know what the child really wants to learn? or when the child is learning?To see a child as a unique person, we must observe who our child is, what our child loves doing, and not what we think he or she should be doing or what we want to see. It is only when we see our child as legitimate exactly as he or she is that a space for learning arises. This is love and it is the prerequisite for learning. “Love is the only emotion that expands intelligence” (Humberto Maturana).Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:<a href="http://k-9.selfdesign.org/about-natural-learning/observing-for-learning/">http://k-9.selfdesign.org/about-natural-learning/observing-for-learning/</a></div>Healing Relationships, Healing Mother Earth.https://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/healing-relationships-healing-mother-earth2013-08-17T11:26:18.000Z2013-08-17T11:26:18.000ZUrmila Samsonhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/UrmilaSamson<div><p></p><p><strong>Your Name and Title:</strong> Urmila Samson</p><p></p><p><strong>Organization or School Name:</strong> Swashikshan - Association of Indian Homeschoolers.</p><p></p><p><strong>Co-Presenter Name(s):</strong> None.</p><p></p><p><strong>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</strong> Pune, India.</p><p></p><p><strong>Language in Which You Will Present:</strong> English.</p><p></p><p><strong>Target Audience(s):</strong> People interested in integration of learning, personal change and world change.</p><p></p><p><strong>Short Session Description (one line):</strong> I will read my paper and throw it open for discussion.</p><p></p><p><strong>Full Session Description (as long as you wish): </strong></p><p>This paper is not a product of academic research, but a combination of learning from a deep engagement with life and personal experiences. Some words, for example, ‘ego’, ‘self esteem’ and ‘tribals’ are used loosely without any attempt to define them objectively. I have attempted to make my subjective meaning clear through the context within which these words appear. I like to call myself a Whole Being Learner, which means that mind learning is integrated with sensory and practical experiences (and possibly more parts of the being that I am not yet aware of!) It’s not like I am a learned being who is telling everyone what’s right and what’s not. My learning is all jumbled inside me, and when I write or speak or share, it is my attempt at getting small patches of my learning un entangled sufficiently enough to help my own learning, (and anyone else who is interested), progress towards the next small patch of clarity. </p><p>The paper makes an assumption that today’s structures and systems are the cause of fragmentation within and disconnection without. It encourages us to support and love each other in at least one primary relationship, and also in localized groups. To begin, we can practice being non judgmental and critical. The assumption is that these close connections will heal the self and mother earth, as our outer world is but a reflection of our inner environment.</p><p></p><p><strong>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</strong></p><p>KB Jinan on how we make sense of the world: <a href="http://www.re-cognition.org/">http://www.re-cognition.org/</a></p><p>Learning Societies unConference: <a href="http://lsuc.weebly.com/">http://lsuc.weebly.com/</a></p><p>Resurgence Magazine: <a href="http://www.resurgence.org/">http://www.resurgence.org/</a></p><p>Swaraj University: <a href="http://www.swarajuniversity.org/">http://www.swarajuniversity.org/</a></p><p>From the Heart of the World (documentary): <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urMcofvcMAU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urMcofvcMAU</a></p><p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7159808074,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">Healing Relationships, Healing Mother Earth..docx</a></p></div>Learning in Minecraft - the Massively @ jokaydia Guildhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/learning-in-minecraft-the-massively-jokaydia-guild2013-08-12T16:38:48.000Z2013-08-12T16:38:48.000ZJO Kayhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/JOKay<div><p><strong>Your Name and Title:</strong> Jo Kay - Director, jokaydia.com / Facilitator of Fun on the Massively @ jokaydia Minecraft Server</p><p><strong>Organization or School Name:</strong> jokaydia.com</p><p><strong>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</strong> Australia</p><p><strong>Language in Which You Will Present:</strong> English</p><p><strong>Target Audience(s):</strong> Parents/Educators interested in Games-Based Learning and Creativity</p><p></p><p><strong>Short Session Description:</strong> This session explores the ways Minecraft can be used to support kids creativity, assist them in developing digital literacy skills and encourage them to develop their own personal learning networks. </p><p></p><p><strong>Full Session Description: </strong>Massively @ jokaydia is a Minecraft-based community for kids aged 4 – 16years, and has a community of more than 600 players from around the world, including a large cohort of homeschooled students, </p><p>The Massively community has a focus on informal, playful learning and is designed to empower kids and parents to choose their own learning pathways and adventures together. It is not a school-based project, but rather a safe environment where kids can choose to engage in projects and activities which allow them to develop digital literacy and collaboration skills and most importantly be free to explore their creativity in a multiplayer environment which is fun, engaging and safe.</p><p>Our project also supports a ‘gamified’ awards system which allows kids to complete missions and challenges and ‘level up’ to gain access to additional features and environments in our mines, and most importantly to take on leadership roles in the community. These include facilitation positions as jnr moderators and technical roles as assistant server administrators who help with support and planning. </p><p>This session will demonstrate how Minecraft can be used to provide an exciting learning environment for kids which fosters their creativity, supports social learning and the development of digital literacy skills, and can be used across a wide range of key learning areas including math, science, art, creative writing, history, personal development, technology and citizenship. </p><p></p><p><strong>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session: </strong></p><ul><li>Massively @ jokaydia Guild Website: <a href="http://massively.jokaydia.com/">http://massively.jokaydia.com/</a></li><li>jokaydia Minecrafts Project Site: <a href="http://minecraft.jokaydia.com/">http://minecraft.jokaydia.com/</a></li></ul></div>Home Education in England and Waleshttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/home-education-in-england-and-wales2013-08-12T09:23:45.000Z2013-08-12T09:23:45.000ZLeslie Safran Barsonhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/LeslieSafranBarson<div><div id="yiv4164088827"><div id="yui_3_7_2_84_1376296768494_218"><div id="yui_3_7_2_84_1376296768494_217" class="yui_3_7_2_84_1376296768494_199" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt;"><div id="yiv4164088827yui_3_7_2_139_1376220103639_59"><span id="yiv4164088827yui_3_7_2_139_1376220103639_94" style="font-weight:bold;">Your Name and Title:</span> Leslie Safran Barson</div><div id="yiv4164088827yui_3_7_2_139_1376220103639_62"><span id="yiv4164088827yui_3_7_2_139_1376220103639_97" style="font-weight:bold;">Organization or School Name:</span> The Otherwise Club</div><div id="yiv4164088827yui_3_7_2_139_1376220103639_67"><span id="yiv4164088827yui_3_7_2_139_1376220103639_100" style="font-weight:bold;">Co-Presenter Name(s):</span> None</div><div id="yiv4164088827yui_3_7_2_139_1376220103639_65"><span id="yiv4164088827yui_3_7_2_139_1376220103639_103" style="font-weight:bold;">Area of the World from Which You Will Present</span>: England</div><div id="yiv4164088827yui_3_7_2_139_1376220103639_71"><span id="yiv4164088827yui_3_7_2_139_1376220103639_106" style="font-weight:bold;">Language in Which You Will Present</span>: English</div><div id="yiv4164088827yui_3_7_2_139_1376220103639_108"><span id="yiv4164088827yui_3_7_2_139_1376220103639_111" style="font-weight:bold;">Target Audience(s):</span> <span>Any one <span id="misspell-1"><span>interested</span></span> in freedom in education<br /></span></div><div id="yiv4164088827yui_3_7_2_139_1376220103639_126"><span id="yiv4164088827yui_3_7_2_139_1376220103639_130" style="font-weight:bold;">Short Session Description (one line):</span> <span>Home Education in England and Wales</span><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br /></span></div><div id="yiv4164088827yui_3_7_2_139_1376220103639_132"><span id="yiv4164088827yui_3_7_2_139_1376220103639_135" style="font-weight:bold;">Full Session Description (as long as you would like):</span><p id="yui_3_7_2_84_1376296768494_198" class="western" style="margin-bottom:0cm;">In this talk I will give a brief historical overview of Home Education in England and Wales, the legal situation, outline of a central government attack on the right to home educate in 2009 and what changes this and other political and economic pressures have made. There will be time for questions.</p><span style="font-weight:bold;"></span></div><div id="yiv4164088827yui_3_7_2_139_1376220103639_57"><span id="yiv4164088827yui_3_7_2_139_1376220103639_137" style="font-weight:bold;">Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</span></div><div class="yui_3_7_2_84_1376296768494_211" style="color:#000000;font-size:18.6667px;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;" id="yiv4164088827yui_3_7_2_139_1376220103639_138"><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theotherwiseclub.org.uk">www.theotherwiseclub.org.uk</a></span><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div>US English-Based Phonetics for ESL and Beyondhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/us-english-based-phonetics-for-esl-and-beyond2013-08-11T18:11:53.000Z2013-08-11T18:11:53.000ZTom Zurinskashttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/TomZurinskas<div><p></p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Your Name and Title:</span> Thomas E. Zurinskas, creator of truespel phonetics</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Organization or School Name:</span> Truespel Inc.</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Co-Presenter Name(s)</span>: none</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</span> English</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Language in Which You Will Present</span>: English</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Target Audience(s):</span> ESL teachers and students as well as US k-1 Common Core teachers</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Short Session Description (one line):</span> </p><p> Benefits of truespel phonetics for English pronunciation and phoneme analysis</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Full Session Description (as long as you would like):</span></p><p></p><p> I’m Tom Zurinskas, creator of truespel phonetics, the one and only English-based phonetic notation making it easy to "write" as well as read phonetics for all ages, even kids. The good news is that there is a “phonetics” requirement in the US Common Core Educational curriculum for K-1 students perfect for truespel phonetics.</p><p> The big problem in literacy is that the IPA and dictionary guides are not good for showing English pronunciation because they use special symbols. Thus, writing with phonetics is not taught in US grade schools, nor is it used in US media or government publications. Basically, academic phonetics is mostly useless outside academia. To overcome this, truespel phonetics is designed to use only the letters of the alphabet to enable “writing” as well as reading phonetically. This is new – and brings forward a huge number of academic possibilities, such as phonetic awareness assessment and ELT phoneme display. </p><p> The best part is that truespel is easy to learn and free. See the truespel phonetics youtube tutorials listed at <a href="http://justpaste.it/useit">http://justpaste.it/useit</a>. For ESL, when the 40 sounds are mastered, learners can speak US English without a problem. They can read US English phonetically with minimal accent by pasting paragraphs into the two-way converter at <a href="http://truespel.com">http://truespel.com</a>. The converter displays phonetics next to traditional text to show pronunciation, and words can be clicked to show definitions. (Note the spelling is based on US English, and the pronunciation model is from the spoken words of US "talking" dictionaries. The vast majority (57%-Wikipedia) of native English speakers are from North America.) </p><p> I’d like to work with you in developing and applying truespel phonetics in the future. It’s finally the answer for integrating reading texts with dictionaries, translation guides, ESL, phonemic aptitude assessment, and analytic methodologies. Results of ongoing trials in Korea show that high school students vastly prefer truespel phonetics to IPA or dictionary notations that use special symbols. It's learnable in 15 minutes they say, and in a short time they were actually “writing” notes in phonetics to show pronunciation.</p><p> I've recently co-authored a paper on the upgrading of the Korea language based on truespel phonetics. The paper is "The Romanizaton of Korean using TrueKor," presented at The International Conference for the Korean Association for Corpus Linguistics (KACL 2012) on December 10, 2012, by Hyung J. Martin, UNIversal Language Institute and Thomas E. Zurinskas, Truespel Inc.</p><p> The four truespel books are at authorhouse.com <a href="http://tinyurl.com/truespelbooks">http://tinyurl.com/truespelbooks</a> . They consist of a VOA dictionary with a truespel pronunciation guide (where none was present at all) and two books of phoneme frequency analyses. All English teachers should be familiar with the data in these books. A free course on truespel phonetics is at <a href="http://justpaste.it/course2">http://justpaste.it/course2</a>.</p><p> Phonetics should be simple, not hard. For a quick demo see <a href="http://tinyurl.com/40numfox">http://tinyurl.com/40numfox</a> ESL learners need only know how to say the sounds in this demo to speak correctly any word in US English.</p><p> My presentation will show how truespel can be used in spreadsheets to analyze phoneme frequency which includes an analysis of words frequency in text and thus phoneme frequency in text for the top 5k most popular English words.</p><p></p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session: </span></p><p><a href="http://truespel.com">http://truespel.com</a></p><p><a href="http://accessyoutube.org.uk/truespel">http://accessyoutube.org.uk/truespel</a></p><p></p><p></p><p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7159808298,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">Abstract.docx</a></p></div>Princeton Learning Cooperative: Helping teens live and learn without schoolhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/princeton-learning-cooperative-helping-teens-live-and-learn2013-08-09T01:08:21.000Z2013-08-09T01:08:21.000ZAlison Snieckushttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/AlisonSnieckus<div><p dir="ltr"><strong>Your Name and Title:</strong> <span>Alison Snieckus, PLC staff member</span></p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Organization:</strong> <span>Princeton Learning Cooperative</span></p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</strong> <span>New Jersey, USA</span></p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Language in Which You Will Present:</strong> <span>English</span></p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Target Audience(s):</strong> <span>educators, homeschooling parents</span></p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Short Session Description:</strong><span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-390c6f43-6084-1eb6-638c-5cd869cdeb30"><span>a discussion of how Princeton Learning Cooperative uses the North Star model to help teens live and learn without school</span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Full Session Description:</strong> <span>The Princeton Learning Cooperative is a center</span> <span>which helps teenagers live & learn without school by supporting teens to create a personalized education based on their interests, abilities and goals. We are beginning our 4th year of operation in September and are part of a new organization, Liberated Learners, which directly supports the creation of these centers. In this session we will discuss: the North Star model, teens and pre-teens deciding to leave school, integrating long-term homeschoolers, mentoring teens to self-direct their learning, building community, and the day-to-day of supporting teens to live and learn without school.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span><strong>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session</strong>:</span> <span>princetonlearningcooperative.org, northstarteens.org, compassteens.org</span></p><p><span><strong>Copyright:</strong> CC BY </span></p></div>Creating significant learning environments to inspire, foster and facilitate deeper learninghttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/creating-significant-learning-environments-to-inspire-foster-and2013-08-01T22:04:34.000Z2013-08-01T22:04:34.000ZDwayne Harapnuikhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/DwayneHarapnuik<div><p><span><b>Your Name and Title:</b></span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. Dwayne Harapnuik - Learning Theorist, Home Educator and Instructional Development Consultant</span><br /> <br /> <span><b>Organization or School Name:</b></span><br /> <br /> <span>British Columbia Institute of Technology</span><br /> <br /> <span><b>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</b></span><br /> <br /> <span>Vancouver BC (Pacific Time)</span><br /> <br /> <span><b>Language in Which You Will Present:</b></span><br /> <br /> <span>English</span><br /> <br /> <span><b>Target Audience(s):</b></span><br /> <br /> <span>Anyone who is interested in exploring the importance of creating significant learning environments.</span><br /> <br /> <span><b>Short Session Description:</b></span><br /> <br /> <span>Creating significant learning environments to inspire, foster and facilitate deeper learning.</span><br /> <br /> <span><b>Full Session Description</b></span><br /> <br /> <span>We design information systems, smart buildings, ecological friendly communities, learning spaces and so many aspect of our society but we unfortunately do not apply this holistic approach to designing learning environments. Apple has always designed excellent hardware but with their iPhone, iPad and the whole IOS ecosystem they gone a step further and have designed a mobile communication or networking environment that just works. If we apply a similar purposeful design to our children's learning environments we also can create a significant learning environment that just works. Whether we are purposeful in its design or we just allow the circumstances to dictate its development, home educators are providing learning environments for their children. Rather than allow the environment to come together on its own and respond reactively to the learning dynamics that arise I suggest that home educators become proactive and create significant learning environments. In this session we will explore how to start with a student centred approach and purposefully assemble all the key components of effective learning into a significant learning environment that will help our children to learn how to learn and grow into the people we all hope they will become. </span><br /> <br /> <span><b>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</b></span><br /> <br /> <span>Significant Learning Environments</span><br /> <span><u><a href="http://www.harapnuik.org/?p=2988">http://www.harapnuik.org/?p=2988</a></u></span><br /> <br /> <span>About Dwayne Harapnuik</span><br /> <span><u><a href="http://www.harapnuik.org/?page_id=2">http://www.harapnuik.org/?page_id=2</a></u></span></p></div>Enterprising Students in Institutional Contextshttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/enterprising-students-in-institutional-contexts2013-07-31T23:02:47.000Z2013-07-31T23:02:47.000ZEric Rosenberghttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/EricRosenberg<div><p>Your Name and Title: <strong>Eric Rosenberg</strong></p><p></p><p>Organization or School Name: <strong>The Eric Rosenberg Development Studio</strong></p><p></p><p>Area of the World from Which You Will Present: <strong>Toronto, Canada</strong></p><p></p><p>Language in Which You Will Present: <strong>English</strong></p><p></p><p>Target Audience(s): <strong>Parents, Teachers, Administrators living and working with Teenagers</strong></p><p></p><p>Short Session Description (one line):</p><p><strong>From Bored to Builder; supporting and apathetic teens engage with the experience of their lives. </strong></p><p></p><p>Full Session Description (as long as you would like): </p><p><strong>This session will offer strategies and tools to support student-led, project-based learning within institutional contexts. These strategies and tools may also be appropriate outside the institutional context with learners who are challenged to become more self-starting. The premise is to use the principles of Finance (choice as currency, ownership as investment) to engage stakeholders (learners, teachers, parents, administrators) in the practice of Positive Psychology; to focus efforts on pushing the ceiling on success rather than raising the floor on failure. By implementing tools and rituals that capture the learning process rather than measuring outcomes, all stakeholders can use these Humanist Investment Portfolios to celebrate learning efforts. Learners recognise themselves as enabled, able to take agency for their own decisions, investing themselves in manners appropriate to the specific contexts of their lives. The resulting learning evidence can also be used for administrative purposes (course credit, institutional requirements et al) while allowing adults to transition from directors and evaluators to mentors and auditors, transitioning the culture of institutional classroom to more humanist, student-influenced learning spaces.</strong></p><p></p><p>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session: </p><p><strong><a href="http://lifewellspent.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HumanPortfolio1Pager.pdf">http://lifewellspent.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HumanPortfolio1Pager.pdf</a></strong></p></div>Learning Styles or Learning Disabilities?https://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/learning-styles-or-learning-disabilities2013-07-26T22:37:34.000Z2013-07-26T22:37:34.000ZMariaemma Willishttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/MariaemmaWillis<div><p><strong>Your Name and Title:</strong></p><p>Mariaemma Pelullo-Willis, M.S., Educational Therapist</p><p>co-author <em>Discover Your Child's Learning Style</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</strong></p><p>Ventura, CA, USA</p><p></p><p><strong>Language in Which You Will Present:</strong></p><p>English</p><p></p><p><strong>Target Audience(s):</strong></p><p>Parents and Teachers</p><p></p><p><strong>Short Session Description (one line):</strong></p><p>Every "learning disability" is really a learning style - find out how to meet these legitimate learning needs!</p><p></p><p><strong>Full Session Description (as long as you would like):</strong></p><p>In this workshop, we will cover</p><p>1. definitions and explanations of learning problems and disabilities, such as Dyslexia, ADD, Auditory Processing Disorder, Language Disorders, etc.</p><p>2. common terms like average, slow, and gifted</p><p>3. the specific learning styles that underlie these labels</p><p></p><p></p><p>For example, people labeled dyslexic are non-print learners and are usually very strong picture or hands-on learners. ADD (normally known as Attention Deficit Disorder) describes Thinking/Creating or Inventing people who focus their <strong>A</strong>ttention on <strong>D</strong>reams & <strong>D</strong>iscoveries.</p><p>Instead of labeling for dysfunction, you will learn that all students are truly gifted and how to use learning styles to bring out the genius in every student.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.learningsuccessinstitute.com">www.learningsuccessinstitute.com</a></p><p><a href="http://www.solimaracademy.com">www.solimaracademy.com</a></p><p></p></div>Motivation for the Uphill Climb: Praise and Successhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/motivation-for-the-uphill-climb-praise-and-success2013-07-24T15:41:26.000Z2013-07-24T15:41:26.000ZCindy Sheetshttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/CindySheets<div><p><strong>Your Name and Title:</strong> Cindy Sheets, </p><p><strong>Organization or School Name:</strong> Advocates for High Ability Learners and teacher, elementary gifted education Shawnee Mission School District, Shawnee Mission, KS</p><p></p><p>Co-Presenter Name(s):</p><p></p><p><strong>Area of the World from Which You Will Present</strong>: Kansas City, Missouri</p><p><strong>Language in Which You Will Present:</strong> English</p><p><strong>Target Audience(s):</strong> Parents of all students, but especially important for high ability/ talented students</p><p><strong>Short Session Description (</strong>one line):This session will share Mindsets, the work by Dr. Carol S. Dweck that addresses effort, success, and motivation.</p><p><strong>Full Session Description</strong> (as long as you would like):</p><p>Why do some bright students give up or avoid challenges, while others persist in spite of setbacks? How does the way that we phrase our praise help or hinder motivation? What are Mindsets, and how can we help insure that our children have a growth mindset? We'll talk about ways to use effective praise, and why a student's mindset is so important to success not only in learning, but in life.</p><p></p><p><strong>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</strong></p><p><a href="http://cindysheets.weebly.com">http://cindysheets.weebly.com</a></p><p><a href="http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=645963">http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=645963</a></p><p></p></div>Helping Boys Learn: 6 Secrets for homeschool successhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/helping-boys-learn-6-secrets-for-homeschool-success2013-07-20T14:04:00.000Z2013-07-20T14:04:00.000ZEdmond Dixonhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/EdmondDixon<div><p><b>Your Name and Title:</b> Dr. Edmond J. Dixon</p><p><b>Organization or School Name:</b> KEEN Learning Group</p><p><b>Co-Presenter Name(s):</b></p><p><b>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</b> Toronto, Canada</p><p><b>Language in Which You Will Present:</b> English</p><p><b>Target Audience(s):</b> Homeschoolers who want to help the boys they teach focus and learn effectively</p><p><b>Short Session Description (one line):</b> Learn how the male brain learns best and get practical strategies for helping boys focus, stay on task and give their best to their schoolwork!</p><p><b>Full Session Description (as long as you would like):</b> The challenge of boys’ engagement and achievement in learning is a problem that affects both parents and teachers. It is even more acute when the parent <i>is</i> the teacher. Fortunately, recent brain research points the way to helping any adult supercharge learning easily and effective for the boys they teach. My 30+ years as a teacher, administrator, researcher, writer, speaker & parent of boys have given me important insights into the ways that boys learn best in any environment.</p><p>This presentation will be particularly focused to address your needs as homeschoolers, and is designed to be both informative and practical. It will help you see teaching boys through a new lens that will make learning at home more effective and rewarding for everyone involved.</p><p><b>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</b></p><p><a href="http://helpingboyslearn.com" target="_blank">http://helpingboyslearn.com</a></p><p></p></div>Slow Learninghttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/slow-learning2013-07-19T02:24:46.000Z2013-07-19T02:24:46.000ZAravinda Phttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/AravindaP<div><p><strong>Your Name and Title</strong>: P. Aravinda</p><p><strong>Organization or School Name</strong>: </p><p><strong>Co-Presenter Name(s)</strong>:</p><p><strong>Area of the World from Which You Will Present</strong>: Maryland</p><p><strong>Language in Which You Will Present</strong>: English</p><p><strong>Target Audience(s</strong>): Learners, including parents and teachers </p><p><strong>Short Session Description (one line)</strong>: In defense of slow learning, in the spirit slow food, slow money and slow love.</p><p><strong>Full Session Description (as long as you would like)</strong>: </p><p>Slow learning recognizes the learning that takes place because something else was not learned. The “something else” typically belongs to a standard roster of learning outcomes, already known and classified according to the knowledge system in the community prevailing around the learner. While not learning this prevailing knowledge, the learner explores other knowledge, with a freedom that depends precisely on the inability of the prevailing community to recognize and classify that knowledge. The learner pursues knowledge as if doing it for the first time in history, regardless of its value or correctness in the prevailing knowledge system.</p><p>Therefore while typical education programs may have a checklist of learning outcomes that will be used to evaluate the learners, with more checked items indicating more learning and in turn greater success of the program, slow learning looks between and beneath the checked items to the inner curriculum driving the learning of the child. In this sense, the fewer checked items, the more space for this inner curriculum to grow.</p><p>Slow learning empowers the learner over the learned and honours what is not learned and what is not readily recognized as learning by prevailing knowledge systems.</p><p><strong>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session</strong>:<a href="http://jivanshala.wordpress.com"><br /></a></p></div>Writing Homeschooling Goalshttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/writing-homeschooling-goals2013-07-16T17:52:53.000Z2013-07-16T17:52:53.000ZHeddi Crafthttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/HeddiCraft<div>Your Name and Title: Heddi Craft, EducatorOrganization or School Name: Discovery Learning Center, Santa Cruz, CACo-Presenter Name(s):Area of the World from Which You Will Present: Santa Cruz, CALanguage in Which You Will Present: EnglishTarget Audience(s): beginning homeschoolers, anyone looking for a way to organize their homeschooling experienceShort Session Description (one line): in this session, we'll explore a method for writing goals to guide your homeschooling.Full Session Description (as long as you would like): Writing goals for your child's homeschooling journey can be very useful. Goals direct your choice in curriculum materials. They help you make decisions when faced with more than one resource or class. They guide how you apportion your time on a daily, weekly, and yearly basis. While they serve as “driving directions” for your learning, they are like their transportation counterparts in that they may change due to the reality of construction and new development. In that sense, homeschooling goals are also flexible, you can change and adapt them as needed. Writing goals is kind of like writing haiku: you don’t use too many words, but the ones you do use pack a punch. In this session we'll discuss one method for writing goals and practice writing some sample goals.Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</div>Presentation Proposal: The Case for The Abolition of Tests in High Schoolshttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/presentation-proposal-the-case-for-the-abolition-of-tests-in-high2013-07-16T09:39:54.000Z2013-07-16T09:39:54.000ZGraham W. Hendreyhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/GrahamWHendrey<div><p>Your Name and Title:</p><p>Mr Graham W. Hendrey</p><p>Founder & Director of a Private Language School.</p><p></p><p>Organization or School Name:</p><p><span>Native Speakers Academy</span></p><p></p><p>Co-Presenter Name(s):</p><p>None</p><p></p><p>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</p><p>Slovakia</p><p></p><p>Language in Which You Will Present:</p><p>English</p><p></p><p>Target Audience(s):</p><p><span>Teachers & Student Teachers</span></p><p></p><p>Short Session Description (one line):</p><p>A closer look at some practical reasons why testing students has little true value in our modern culture.</p><p></p><p>Full Session Description (as long as you would like):</p><p><span>The physical, spiritual and psychological wars inherent in modern society would not be possible without a docile and stagnant general public. This is achieved by means of a scientifically managed system of schooling that trains people, from as early an age as possible, in conformity and obedience, and punishes individuality and constructive creativity. Devoid of any real life experience and personal responsibility the students lose their personal identity as the values of the state education institution are forced on tomorrows generation. The most fundamental and absolutely essential element of this meaningless form of psychological child abuse is the incessant classroom test.</span></p><p></p><p><span>So, let's breakdown the real effects of tests on students, teachers and school.</span></p><p></p><p>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</p><p><a href="http://www.nsa-slovakia.com">www.nsa-slovakia.com</a></p><p><a href="http://www.nsa-education.com">www.nsa-education.com</a></p></div>Presentation Proposal: The Six Purposes of Secondary Educationhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/forum/topics/presentation-proposal-the-six-purposes-of-secondary-education2013-07-16T09:29:33.000Z2013-07-16T09:29:33.000ZGraham W. Hendreyhttps://www.startingtohomeschool.org/members/GrahamWHendrey<div><p>Your Name and Title:</p><p>Mr Graham W. Hendrey</p><p>Founder & Director of a Private Language School.</p><p></p><p>Organization or School Name:</p><p>Native Speakers Academy</p><p></p><p>Co-Presenter Name(s):</p><p>None</p><p></p><p>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</p><p>Slovakia</p><p></p><p>Language in Which You Will Present:</p><p>English</p><p></p><p>Target Audience(s):</p><p>Teachers & Student Teachers</p><p></p><p>Short Session Description (one line):</p><p>A review of the The Six Purposes of Education as suggested by Alexander Inglis.</p><p></p><p>Full Session Description (as long as you would like):</p><p><span>The purpose of this presentation is to summarize the foundational reasoning of our modern western education system and its practical application in society as outlined by Alexander James Inglis (1879–1924), who was Assistant to The Professor of Education at Harvard University, in his classic work 'Principles of Secondary Education' which was published in 1918, and correspondingly to highlight how relevant today his vision of education's purpose still is.</span></p><p>Disclosure:</p><p>This is an extension of ideas brought to light by John Taylor Gatto </p><p></p><p>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</p><p><a href="http://www.nsa-slovakia.com">www.nsa-slovakia.com</a></p><p><a href="http://www.nsa-education.com">www.nsa-education.com</a></p></div>