Alternative Education Notes
From digmovements
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- Education spending - browse this later for public school funding
- Starting Your Own School - In depth guide to beginning own school (11+ pages)
- Multiple Intelligences- A guide to the eight different intelligences
[http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:6I4Qpz8e8kEJ:www.kysafeschools.org/clear/pdfs%26docs/AltEdLit.pdf+How+many+children+in+alternative+education+in+200*&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us&client=firefox-a that PDF that was really long]
[1] A detailed description about unschooling, including a “day in the life of”
[2] A very detailed site about a family and their current homeschooling practices
[3] “The institute’s mission is to help students who struggle with learning measurably improve their success in school and life by providing programs that integrate educational, scientific, and clinical expertise. All Kinds of Minds is a 501(c) 3-compliant, non-profit, charitable institute. Our unique philosophy and methods emphasize team collaboration by parents, students, educators, and clinicians to better understand and nurture children’s individual learning profiles of strengths and weaknesses.”
[4] A brief history of AltEd
[5] Q: What is the general goal of Powerful Learning Practice? PLP is a professional development model that immerses educators into environments and practices that allow them to learn and own the literacies of 21st Century learning and teaching. It is unique in that it is carried out over the course of the school year through a carefully planned curriculum designed to initiate and support a real shift in the personal and professional practice of the participants. The end result is that PLP educators understand deeply the literacies and pedagogies necessary to leverage the powerful emerging technologies for personal and classroom learning.
[6] Distance education via the Internet: the student experience
[7] PDF, more distance learning
As distance learning and the Internet have become popular, teaching courses over the Internet will become common. Preparing and teaching a distance learning class over the Internet is considerably different than teaching in the traditional classroom. This article presents a case study in developing and conducting a purchasing class over the Internet. It describes how class information, lectures, and class discussions were conveyed to the student on a Web site and how homework and individual correspondence were transmitted by e-mail. Additionally, the differences between traditional classrooms and Internet-based courses are discussed, and general information on distance learning is presented.
