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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Learning about the options
I’ve been thinking about the home education community in England and how different it can be from one area to another. On a Thursday during term time, my children and I go to Wargrave in Berkshire to attend the Camp Mohawk Home Education group. Many of the children there have been home educated for some [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Articles, England, Other by caliandris
Monday, April 14th, 2008
UK Home Educators protest changes in benefit rules
Home Educators across the Uk are being urged to write to their MPs to protest about forthcoming changes to the rules for benefits for lone parents in the UK. As from November 2008, lone parents are required to switch to the Jobseekers’ Allowance when their youngest child reaches the age of 12, with the prospect [...]
No Comments » - Posted in England, Legalities, Local News, The NEWS by caliandris
Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Four days of freedom in a forest
My children are home educated, and usually spend one day a week at Camp Mohawk, in the wilds of Berkshire, just
outside Wargrave. We’ve been coming to Camp Mohawk with varying degrees of regularity for about four years I think.
We drive off down the A40 to the ancient A4 which runs between Maidenhead and Reading, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Articles, England, Other by caliandris
Sunday, March 9th, 2008
Uses of Second Life: social and psychological
I think it would be true to say that none of my family and few of my friends understand why I love Second Life in the way that I do. I find that most of them think that I live in a fantasy world, and others think that it is a game that I play. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Articles, Virtual Worlds by caliandris
Sunday, March 9th, 2008
What is Second Life? The basics
I have been asked by a commenter on my post on virtual worlds and education to explain something about Second Life and its uses for education. Second Life is a virtual world that I have spent a lot of time in over the past four years. Although some people talk about "playing" the "game", most [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Articles, Virtual Worlds by caliandris
Friday, February 29th, 2008
BIL starts tomorrow
As reported earlier, I am a great fan of the TED conferences and the resources they provide on the website. The conference for 2008 has been going on over the past few days. The unfortunate problem for anyone wanting to attend the conference in California is that a ticket costs $6000 before you pay for [...]
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Sunday, January 27th, 2008
TED Talks
If you haven’t found the marvellous resources within the TED Talks site, please do take a look. I wasn’t aware of the TED (Technology, Enterntainment, Design) conferences until I stumbled across an event in Second Life. They are conferences which gather together people who are experts in their field, and allow them to give short [...]
No Comments » - Posted in England, Local News by caliandris
Sunday, January 27th, 2008
How to educate efficiently in England
Home Education is legal in England, and home educators have considerable freedom enshrined in Education law. How free it is in practice will often depend upon how informed they are about the law, and how prepared they are to argue their corner against their local authority.
The law and guidelines to local authorities cover the whole [...]
No Comments » - Posted in England, Legalities by caliandris
Sunday, January 27th, 2008
Action for home education (AHED)
Action for home education is an internet-based home education action group with a focus on the defence and advancement of home education rights and liberties and fair and equal treatment for all home educators. Membership is free to all those who support its aims.www.ahed.org.uk/
No Comments » - Posted in England by caliandris
Sunday, January 27th, 2008
News on children with Special Educational Needs
I plan to post here links for news articles related to children with special educational needs. Please let me know if you have recommendations to offer.
This article explains that many parents with children with special educational needs are taking them to private education, I wish more parents were informed about the possibility of home educating.
This [...]
