The public school experiment for 2022-23 ran its course by January 26, 2023, when we gave the fifth grader a mental health day at home.…
Poet Ponders the Digital
Category: Studying
From the student perspective.
Monday, August 15, 2022. Today, our daughters returned to their public school for the first time since March 13, 2020. Yes, I’ll remember those dates.…
After a two-week break from homeschooling, our youngest daughter doesn’t seem to recall the last six months (or more) of knowledge and skills we practiced.…
A colleague recently suggested my wife and I should have no computing screen time limitations for our daughters. Should parents set screen time limits for…
We are preparing for the 2021-22 school year, during which we will be homeschooling yet again. Pessimists are rarely disappointed. I’m a cynical pessimist with…
The Khan Academy website and the Khan Academic Kids app are two great supplements for reinforcing academic content. We like the Khan materials and have used…
Screen time wasn’t working well for our daughters, so we’ve migrated back to worksheets, composition books, and physical textbooks for the majority of their school…
Our daughters and I assembled a simple Windows computer for them to use for homeschooling tasks. We haven’t had a Windows system for many years…
Over on Slashdot, the following question has 165 comments in under ten hours: Ask Slashdot: Is E-Learning a Viable Option? – Slashdot Once again, we…
Visalia Direct: Virtual Valley August 1, 2011 Deadline September 2011 Issue Virtual Theology: Comparative Religion Goes Digital Among the books in my personal library are…