Saturday, August 27, 2011

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Virtual libraries

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/links_grades_kindergarten_12/virtual_libraries.htm

"Scrabble" for many many languages

http://new.asymptopia.org/staticpages/index.php/TuxWordSmith

Drawing and other art software

http://www.schoolforge.net/education-software/educational-edutainment/tuxpainting

http://www.schoolforge.net/education-software/multimedia-3d-animation-editing/blender

http://www.schoolforge.net/education-software/multimedia-video-editing/jahshaka


Music Software

For composition, making sheet music:
http://www.schoolforge.net/education-software/educational-edutainment/musescore

http://www.schoolforge.net/education-software/educational-edutainment/noteedit


For making music:
http://www.schoolforge.net/education-software/multimedia-sound-editing/gungirl-sequencer

http://www.schoolforge.net/education-software/multimedia-sound-editing/hydrogen


For recording:
http://www.schoolforge.net/education-software/multimedia-sound-editing/audacity

Software to teach computer programming

http://www.schoolforge.net/education-software/educational-edutainment/little-wizard

School Administration Software (for record keeping, planning, etc).

Many state homeschool laws require record-keeping. You can download and use the same software the schools use--for free:


There are administration (attendance, grades, etc), teaching, planning, and online learning software applications you can use. 

Worth looking at.

Monday, August 22, 2011

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Programming, Science Labs, Math modeling--with Yenka

Yenka is free for home use.

http://www.yenka.com/en/Free_Yenka_home_licences/

Loaded with great science/math stuff.

Computer Programming with Robomind

Learn about computer programming by programming a virtual robot.

http://www.robomind.net/en/index.html

Free educational software

http://www.schoolforge.net/education-software/educational

Preschool Computer Skills lessons

Lessons on using the computer, disguised as games.

Appropriate for age 8 months to 3 years.

http://www.owlieboo.com/

Film Study Notes

Study notes for hundreds of films, in pdf format (include questions to consider before and after viewing a film, plus worksheets):

http://www.filmeducation.org/resources/film_library/getfilms.php?id=A

SEED--Great Science Interactives

Virtual experiments: http://www.planetseed.com/science/lab

Toy Theater Educational Games

http://www.toytheater.com/math.php

I especially like the art games. They're fun.

Science video and audio courses

Mostly college level

http://freescienceonline.blogspot.com/2006/08/chemistry-biology-and-life-sciences.html

and

http://www.freesciencelectures.com/

Flashcards GALORE (and online, but printable)

http://www.flashcardexchange.com/docs/tags

Tons of flashcards, or make your own.

Autism Games

These are games designed to help children on the Autism spectrum learn useful skills. The animation on these is absolutely gorgeous.

http://www.whizkidgames.com/

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Foreign Language Study

Lots of games to help you study sixty different languages.

http://digitaldialects.com/

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

FreeWorld U--a complete preK-12 curriculum online

http://www.freeworldu.org/static/index.aspx

This includes Pre-K through 12th grade, plus pre-med and medical courses. It is "flashcard-based learning"--in other words, online textbooks with a few (very few) multimedia elements inserted into the lessons.  The textbooks are solid.

This is a great resource. You could use it for all of your learning. Gifted kids will get bored with the same-ness of every lesson, but the information presented is actually more advanced than some curricula I've seen. I would use this in conjunction with other activities.