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21st Century Homeschooling: The Road Ahead
Presented by Debra Bell
DebraBell.com
A Vision of Students Today
Some reason for caution…
Digital Natives Born into a digital world vs. Digital Immigrants ( anyone over 25 yrs old)
A3 Learning Anytime, anywhere, anyplace learning On Demand / The end of “regularly scheduled”
anything. End of school/college as we know it within a
decade. Rise of homeschooling – because of flexibility
Jobs of the future
Require: The Age of the Dart
Critical Thinking Problem-Solving Technological
Innovation Communication Skills Adaptability Will Be Self-Employed
and Work From Home
21st Century Skills Collaboration Independent
Learning Communication Problem Solving Decision Making Understanding Bias Leadership
Questioning Persuasion Goal Setting Sharing the Air Compromise Summarizing
Web 2.0
READ/WRITE Applications Must read:
Blogs Wikis Social Networking
Sites Image sharing Podcasts Culture of
Collaboration
Open Learning Movement
Best Courseware
Google Docs
Google Scholar
Promethean Planet
Mobile Me, Apps, Ipad
Flattening World
What does this mean for you? The cost to homeschool The time investment to homeschool The obstacles to homeschooling
The numbers who homeschool The reasons Who homeschools The benefits of homeschooling
What it means to be homeschooled
What it means to be educated.