Thread:Introductions (178)

Robin, I'm also very interested in developing learning materials for high schools. Online materials have a great potential to contribute to a more individualized learning environment for students, which is the main reason that we homeschool. (BTW, thanks for your note on my page.) Homeschooling is one option to create a more personalized learning environment, but I think a better option is a learning center approach -- a place that helps teenagers manage their own learning. It can provide classes, but it's more important function would be to help students find and use classes, internships, informal learning opportunities... that fulfill their learning goals. It would engage the students to be in charge of their own learning.

I'm not very familiar with learning management systems. I checked out your link, and noticed that it wasn't set up correctly, so I fixed it. Wiki editing for external links is different from internal ones. External links list the url, a space, and then the text to display. Internal links list the portion of the url after the first slash (/), a pipe (|), and then the text to display. Here's the difference:


 * Example external link -- Learning is from the inside out.
 * Example internal link -- A project I'm working on: Working with Spreadsheets using OpenOffice Calc

Hope that helps.

I think WikiEducator offers a wonderful environment for developing the kinds of learning materials that will be able to serve teenaged learners.

Cheers, Alison