Homeschooling in the electronic age. I just love it. I keep in touch with my teenage daughter through an instant messenger service. I just told her to turn down her music. Worked great! I also have a private blog I share with her for links to things on the internet. It has links to things like
dictionary.com and the
virtual thesaurus and the
local newspaper website. I have a robots meta tag in the header to keep robots out... makes it more private for the two of us.
With all the learning available from television and the internet, I don't know why anyone should be surprised that education is better done at home these days. Even my son, age 13 and dyslexic, is finally getting into computing these days. His main interest right now is the
Dawn of Aces flight simulation game, but he also likes to research for information on his favorite topics, usually bicycle parts, manufacturers, and prices.