Friday, July 17, 2009

BBC Spanish

The BBC website has many language options -- someone on one loop I'm on was using it for a highschool language credit:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Virtual Homeschool group

http://www.virtualhomeschoolgroup.com/

Not sure what this is but I think it's worth checking to see how they've used the technology (including moodle).

Preschool Curriculum

A very expensive ($99 for ebook) preschool curriculum book that looks really tempting -- but, $99 for one ebook????

http://www.homeschool-your-boys.com/learnandgrowpreschoolcurriculum.html

Personality Pages

A great INFJ site:
http://www.infj.com/

And the author's husband's INTJ site which is almost as good:
http://www.intj.org/

A good description of the 16 types including whether it's Ne or Ni, etc. (cognitive processes) -- explains more.
http://www.interstrength.com/curriculum/16types.html

The Cosmic Computer

Might be a good book! Not sure where I saw it referenced.
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20727/20727-h/20727-h.htm

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Cosmic Computer, by Henry Beam Piper

Conn Maxwell told them: "There are incredible things still undiscovered; most of the important installations were built in duplicate as a precaution against space attack. I know where all of them are.

"But I could find nothing, not one single word, about any giant strategic planning computer called Merlin!"

Nevertheless the leading men of the planet didn't believe him. They couldn't, for the search for Merlin had become their abiding obsession. Merlin meant everything to them: power, pleasures, and profits unlimited.

Conn had known they'd never believe him, and so he had a trick or two up his space-trained sleeve that might outwit even their fabled Cosmic Computer ... if they dared accept his challenge.

Sixty Symbols

Some very cool 3 to 5 minute videos explaining 60 symbols used in physics and astronomy. You could learn a lot just watching the videos:
http://www.sixtysymbols.com/#

Spanish for Middleschool

Some options:
Breaking the Barrier (French and Spanish)
Workbooks with grammar as the basis, also includes CD
http://www.tobreak.com/home

From HEAV Conference -- may work for whole family?
La Clase Divertida
http://funclase.com

Of course, Rosetta Stone and several others