With the arrival of more opportunities in online education, many parents are choosing home schooling for their children. The result is a new generation of push-button students and baby-sitter instructors. The online school provides all of the instruction for the child at home while the baby-sitter can make sure the child stays on task, answer any questions, and assist if their is a problem with the website. It is key to find reputable sources for online education with careful research. Also, each state has requirements concerning (more…)

Textbook costs can be extremely high for schools and students alike. Textbook companies are regularly coming out with new editions for their books, whether or not the information needs to be updated, in order to fight the used book market. This causes schools to shell out more money each year on updating their textbooks, which is very stressful on most school districts considering that there have been so many cuts in educational funding. But a new idea is emerging and intended to become much more widespread within the next 4 to 5 years: electronic (more…)

Technology is advancing and changing in the classroom. In addition to note taking there is now music, movement, and manipulated graphics in class. These new additions to the classroom help keep students moving around and interested in the lesson.
One of the more interesting technological advances in the classroom in the use of the smart board. This is similar to an overhead screen only students and write and draw on it. The board is interactive and allows for many interesting variations to traditional lessons. (more…)