Christian Living

I’ve been thinking about ways to use the internet with my kids to further their knowledge and interest in the world around them, and I ran across this article at The Tempered Radical about teachers using blogging as a tool in their classrooms.

There is a review of WRITE THESE LAWS ON YOUR CHILDREN: Inside the World of Conservative Christian Homeschooling By Robert Kunzman at Home Education Magazine. Mr. Kunzman also has a website called Homeschooling Research and Schlarship.

I found it encouraging to see that he acknowledges that there is no such thing as a typical homeschooler-

I know some parents aren’t very computer or internet savvy, and they are a bit mystified as to how to keep their kids safe and yet allow them to use the resources available on the internet. There a list of tips for parents outlined here.



Set Appropriate Boundaries and Provide Intentional Oversight for Social Media.

I just started using this service:

http://www.opendns.com/

They offer among other things a web content filtering service at no expense to the household user. I like it because of 1.) the cost (free), and 2.) because you can filter at the router level, which is becoming more and more important with the influx of wireless devices that can come into a home. You are able to adjust the content filtering at several levels:

Kysha is a recently divorced mom who is now tackling the task of being a single-parent homeschooler. She answers some common questions about how she manages it on her blog, Love’s School.

Question about the introductory prayer from Valley of Vision

This phrase:

... in the daytime stars can be seen from deepest wells, and the deeper the wells the brighter thy stars shine …

Does anyone have a thought about whether the statement is true?

Thanks

“A longtime champion of homeschooling rights around the globe, Home School Legal Defense Association Senior Counsel and Director of State and International Relations Christopher J. Klicka was called home by his Lord on October 12, 2009, at age 48, following a 15-year battle with multiple sclerosis. An attorney, spokesman, lobbyist, and homeschooling husband and father, Chris is survived by his wife, Tracy, their seven children (ages 11–21), and his parents, Ardath and George Klicka.”

Read the rest here.

This isn’t just a topic for homeschoolers, but because many homeschoolers oppose mandatory standardized testing for their children, I’m putting it here.

Bro. Charlie says, “…Through the process of teaching standardized test prep courses, I have gone from believing that they are nearly arbitrary assessments to realizing that they are indeed the a phenomenal resource for assessing learning, second only to a personal interview with a tutor.”

CNSNews and other sources ar reporting that homeschoolers scored above the national average on the ACT.