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

Popular Web 2.0 Applications

Open Source Movement

Open Learning Movement

Best Courseware

Future of the Book

Digital ( and Free) Homeschooling Google Sites

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.