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Welcome to Our World!
by
Amy Cortez, Editor - The Eclectic Telegraph
If
you camp, you know the smell. The one that grabs your nose when
you air out the tent and unpack those sleeping bags. If you stored
your gear correctly, it's not mildew. No this smell is adventure.
The campfire, the orange blossoms, the sea, the wonderful scents
you encountered the last time you hit the trail. At our house it
starts with an idea from a book, a video, junk mail, a movie, a
photo. [read
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Grassroots Campaign: Write Your Legislators…..
by Amy Cortez, Editor - The
Eclectic Telegraph
If
you are homeschooling, you have already made a political statement.
You are coloring outside the lines by most American standards.
How far you color outside the lines really has to do with where
you see yourself philosophically on this planet. Right or left,
religious, secular, gay, straight, single, married, white, black,
Latino, Asian, Native American -- all words that describe American
homeschoolers.
There
is a group here in the United States that has consistently promoted
themselves at the Federal Level as the group that represents all
homeschoolers. They can get away with that, because they do, because
we let them.
Homeschooling
is a way of life that cannot and should not be represented
by any one group, and it certainly is not something that
should be regulated at the Federal level.
On great example of this is what OldSage brought to you last month
and that is
a bit about a certain subgroup of homeschoolers that want
to amend our U.S. Constitution with ideas about the rights of
parents. Basically this would get down to describing and
regulating what parents are and what a family looks like.
(There is a wonderful history of this story written by Mary McCarthy
called "Parental
Rights Legislation" at the Washington
Natural Learning Association website.) This movement by this
one group illustrates how one group can and does usurp your right
as an individual and as a homeschooler. This group may tell you
they are protecting your rights and freedoms, but ultimately they
are not, especially if you do not agree with their agenda.
So
who are the "good guys" and "bad guys" with
regards to homeschooling?
[read on]
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TravelBlog:
Free Inspiration
Travel Blog is a collection of travel journals,
diaries, stories and photos from all around the world, ordinary
people doing extraordinary things.
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www.lonelyplanet.com
Our expert travel addicts have got their
eyes on the road, their ears to the ground and their pens
poised for action.
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Travelin'
With The Kid
blog.brightkidsathom.com
Read
about our adventures in our own back yard and on the road!
From a mom who has been homeschooling and traveling with
a highly gifted student for more than 5 years.
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www.kidscantravel.com
Outstanding family vacation ideas and the tools to get you there.
Get tips and advice for travel with kids. Find great child-friendly
destinations and attractions. Discover fun things to do with kids."
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www.lonelyplanet.com
Therefore I travel...
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Bright
Kids at Home
www.brightkidsathome.com
A practical website geared towards homeschooling and traveling with
gifted and talented students.
From a mom who has been homeschooling a highly gifted student for
more than 5 years. Here you will find ideas about how you might
homeschool your gifted student. You'll find ideas about how to homeschool
and travel. |
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YouTube
Broadcast Yourself
Founded
in February 2005, YouTube is a consumer media company for
people to watch and share original videos worldwide through
a Web experience. YouTube originally started as a personal
video sharing service, and has grown into an entertainment
destination with people watching more than 70 million videos
on the site daily. YouTube is building a community that is
highly motivated to watch and share videos. The service is
free for everyone.
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Gone
Sailing.
Really.
Happy Trails!
See you in March!
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Flickr.com
Flickr
-- almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing
application in the world - has two main goals: 1. We want
to help people make their photos available to the people who
matter to them.2. We want to enable new ways of organizing
photos.
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Try
something new! |
Step-By-Step Collaboration
Instructables is a website where passionate people share what they
do and how they it, and learn from and collaborate with others.
Instructables was started by the partners at Squid Labs because
we needed a quick and easy way to document and collaborate on our
many projects. It seemed really useful to us, so we shared it with
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Study
Abroad
Study Abroad in Spain, France, Italy, England, Australia and Argentina
with Global Student Experience.
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Give
a child a video game & maybe a job By
Lisa Baertlein, Thu Jan 11, 2007. Reuters
Mathematics,
science and video games? A U.S. university professor is urging schools
to consider using video games as tools to better prepare children
for the work force.
...
David Williamson Shaffer, an education science professor at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison, says schools should use games to
prepare children to compete in the work force, where juggling technology
is a daily requirement. [Read
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Curriki:
The Global Education & Learning Community
Curriki is an ever-growing collection of free lessons, assessments,
resources and textbooks. The resources have all been developed by
members of the curriki community. Our mission is to improve education
around the world by empowering teachers, students and parents with
user-created, open source curricula, and it's all free!
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John
Lennon Songwriting Contest
Session I is now open. The winners will be announced on September
1st.
- Open
- January 9, 2007
- Deadline
- June 15, 2007
12 Grand Prize
Winners (one in each category) and 36 Finalists (three in each
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How
to go to M.I.T. for free
By Gregory M. Lamb, January 04, 2007 , The Christian
Science Monitor
Online 'intellectual philanthropy' attracts students from every
nation on earth.
An excellent description of the OpenCourseWare
movement, begun at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
5 years ago. OpenCourseWare (OCW) provides free access to course
materials such as syllabi, video or audio lectures, notes, homework
assignments, illustrations. It's all free of charge. (We've used
it in our homeschool for the last three years.)
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You
can make a Valentine's Day Rose from Duct Tape?
Duct Tape Rose
This instructable will teach you how to make Duct Tape roses, They
are pretty good for valentines day and other events like fund raisers. |
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"The
John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is
a non-profit, mobile recording studio outfitted with traditional
musical instruments as well as current technological advances. Since
1998, the Bus has provided free hands-on programs to hundreds of
high schools, colleges, Boys and Girls Clubs, music festivals, concerts,
conventions and community organizations. Working together with some
of the biggest names in music, the Lennon Bus encourages students
to play music, write songs, engineer recording sessions and produce
music video projects using the latest audio, video, and live sound
equipment.If you are an educator and would like the John Lennon
Educational Tour Bus to visit your school, please contact us at
info@jlsc.com. |
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