Plugged In Homeschool

What A Beautiful Blue Planet! Check out these pictures from space.

OK, folks, I’m sort of new to IM’ing. What is the proper way to end a conversation? It always seems sort of clumsy at the end. Any input?

Check out the Home Training Tools current newsletter for science explorations about Insects. Insects have always been a favorite subject of mine. Well, maybe not cockroaches.
Actually, our family once captured an albino roach to take to a homeschool meeting. Funny thing was, it was brown when we looked in the jar again. […]

Read “Man’s bionic arm moves by thought control” to find out about the first amputee to have arms he can control with his mind. Pretty neat technology. Your older students, especially those interested in pursuing a medical profession, might be interested in this.

Well, I found out today I had done a dumb thing. When I got my daughter’s English curriculum, I grabbed a set of tests to go with it. Anyway, I got the first test out today, and found out I had purchased a set of answer keys instead of the tests. So […]

Here’s an article from the Salt Lake Tribune about online schools providing the best of both public and home education. (By the way, your friendly PIH blogger was born in Salt Lake City - not that it matters to anyone!)
I know diehard homeschoolers who don’t want anything to do with the public schools, and […]

When looking for art activities in the home school, what is more fun than scrapbooking? Scrapbook Factory Deluxe 2.0 is software that can help you create scrapbook pages. One of the reasons we school our kids at home is so we can create memories. Have you ever thought of making a scrapbook […]

I’ve mentioned Teacher Created Materials before, but I wanted to let you all know that I added a link. Just look in the category “Misc. Education Links.” What you need to know about Teacher Created Materials is that if you sign up for their newsletter, you will have access to a free pdf […]

Here’s an alternative to the traditional keyboard that may be of interest to some. Frogpad has created a one-handed method of typing. This keyboard is designed to be used with mobile computer applications, such as Pocket PCs, Wearable PCs, and PDA’s. The layout of the letters was designed according to two principles. […]

Tools for the TEKS: Integrating Technology in the Classroom is an article about Blue Squirrel Webwhacker. This software can take an entire website and load it onto your computer, making internet unnecessary. If it bothers you knowing everything your kids could accidentally (?) click on when they are online, this software option might […]