Homeschooling
for Academic Reasons - Hittin' the Road
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"Hittin'
the Road" gives resources and ideas
on how to take your homeschool on the road. |
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"Our
Travels" documents some of the places
we've traveled and also how they enhanced our studies.
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"Armchair
Tourist" is a collection of great
reading and other resources for when you just can't
get there in person. |
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Our
Travel Log The link to our blog spot, also
our essays and other writings about homeschooling on
the road. |
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If
you camp, you know the smell. The one that grabs your nose when you air
out that 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. It goes something like this. "Let's go to the Amazon."
The look. "Well, how about a remote island that you can only get
to by boat?" Google is our friend. I have a travel budget. I fund
that pot early in the year, so if this sort of request comes early enough
in the year, we may end up in the Amazon or Bora Bora. If this suggestion
comes when the pot is almost empty, we may end up on a local lake. We
have travelin' feet. It doesn't take much to get us on the road.
We're good a planning and packing. Sometimes we forget things and necessity
is always the mother of invention. I have found some really good resources
on the road, I am sure you have too. Pass
those resources along. Explore the ones we've managed to record here:
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Items
to Explore |
Good Places
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North America &
Caribbean
International
Teacher
Educational Cruises offers group-cruises to teachers, administrators,
their families and friends! We also book homeschooler special
excursions with FANTASTIC off-seaon rates.
www.kidscantravel.com is
an emergent website for families intent on making the most of
the their leisure time together. Whether you are planning a family
vacation or weekend break with the kids, kids can travel offers
inspiring editorial content and the tools to get your there. Not
only do we believe that kids can travel, travel with kids is fun
and it is a great opportunity to introduce children to the world
beyond their backdoor. 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."
Inspired travel starts at Concierge.com
from Condé Nast Traveler. Travel
and Vacation Ideas at Concierge.com
Don't want
to be herded around on a guided tour? Don't want to do it all
on your own? Untours
- European Vacation Home Rentals and Packages.
Vacation Rentals
by Owner -68,500 Vacation Rentals - Rental Homes by Owner
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International (Need to Know)
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The US State Department
issues travelers advisories regarding certain regions of the world.
Remember to keep your passport current and make a copy of it and
give it to a friend before you leave home in case you need to send
for a copy. Losing a passport in a foreign country can be a real
hassle.
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Health |
When traveling always pay attention to health issues. Nothing can
ruin a trip faster than illness abroad. For our trip to Central
America we went for travel immunizations, we also took malaria pills
since were going to the high country, and we brought Cipro
along just in case -for that intestinal bacterial infection sometimes
associated with travel!
The Center
for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta is a great place to find
out what you may need to know about travel and health issues.
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Photography |
See
the photos we have posted from some of our travels [here].
Photosharing
The first photo sharing sites originated during the mid to late
1990s primarily from ... Some photo sharing sites provide complete
online organization tools ...
Flickr.com
- 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.
Slide
delivers your favorite digital content to your desktop or Web site
in the form of a simple, sleek Slide show. Slide delivers digital
content from any source directly to you according to your interests:
images, text and video created by you or your friends, the Web's
top news and entertainment sources, the blogosphere and the most
popular online merchants... anything can be watched in Slide.
Shutterfly
- Develop, Print, Share Digital Photos: Create Photo Gifts Online.
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Communication & Cyberspace |
Most public libraries have free web access although the hours of
operation are often limited.
Cybercafes are popping up all over the world. Along with food and
coffee, all of these places serve up computers with Internet connections
at an hourly rate. Find a Public Internet Access Point Near You
- Cyber Cafe
Search Engine
Q. What is WiFi? A. Wireless Fidelity - Otherwise
known as Wireless Networking
"WiFi is the wireless way to handle networking. It is also
known as 802.11 networking and wireless networking. The big advantage
of WiFi is its simplicity. You can connect computers anywhere in
your home or office without the need for wires. The computers connect
to the network using radio signals, and computers can be up to 100
feet or so apart. " from "How WiFi Works" by Marshall
Brain at howstuffworks.com.
WiFi
on the road
Secure
Wireless Services & International access. |
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Your Tips & Tales... |
...from
the Road. Do you have a blog spot? Post it here.
Do you have tips you want to share with other
homeschoolers on the road? Contribute them and we'll post them here!
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Our
Tales |
I
have found that even though I put the locations and dates on the
backs of the thousands of images I have captured, as I get older
my memory fails and the notes I keep when we travel are now becoming
more and more treasured. What you'll
find here are the notes I have kept while we homeschool on the
road. |
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