1. The Online Bargain Basement Kathi Kearney Carolyn K.

2. Why online courses?

• Great option for advanced kids

• Ready-made curriculum

• • Content

• • Evaluations

• • Text

• Often available free!

3. How do I choose?

• Thoroughly review any course you are considering

• Dont be a slave to the curriculum

• • Curriculum is a tool, not an end in itself

4. Review

• Review ALL the course materials

• • Review each lesson and activity

• Make sure course meets the students needs

• • Academic requirements

• • Learning style

• • Easy to use

5. Do a trial run

• Some kids respond better than others to online learning

• Have the child run a few lessons

• Consider both your reactions and the childs reactions to

• • online learning in general

• • the particular curriculum

6. How to use Online Curriculum

• Make sure someone in the school can be available to support the child

• • Technical support

• • Content support

• Keep child motivated

• Keep records, if the curriculum doesnt include record keeping

7. Keep records

• Use a planner or logbook

• Track daily progress

8. Engage in discussion

• Set aside discussion time

• • Online education can be a little lonely

• Discussion can be with

• • Teacher

• • Mentor or older student

• • Classroom volunteer or aide

9. Just in case

• If you are completely dependent on an online course for complete instruction

• • Print out some or all instructional materials

• • Download the course website

• • • WebWhacker**

• • Websites occasionally change to fee-based or disappear

10. Select a course

• Course materials completely free

• Course must be substantial

• • Full semester or years material

• Course must provide high school course content, or substantial enrichment

11. Where to find courses?

• Pre-reviewed collection of high school (and early college) level courses, all free

• (Free) Online High School Courses & Curriculum Materials

• www.hoagiesgifted.org/online_hs.htm

12. Free Online High School Courses

• English

• Mathematics

• Science

• Social Studies

• Physical Education

• Computers

• Electives

• • Foreign Languages

• • Fine Arts

13. English

• Composition

• Grammar

• Literature

• Writing

• • Creative

• • Screenwriting

• Journalism

• Debate

14. Score Cyberguides

• Online literature units

• www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html

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17. Mathematics

• Algebra I

• Geometry

• Calculus

• • Pre-calculus

• • AB and BC Calculus

• Probability & Statistics

18. Monterey Institute AP courses

• AP Courses

• • Calculus AB and BC

• • Environmental Science

• • Physics B and C

• • U.S. Government

• • U.S. History

• www.archive.org/details/ap_courses

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21. ALEKS

• Artificial intelligence-based learning system

• K-12 plus higher education math

• Not quite free, but

• • $35 / 12 months / child for K-12 schools

• • 48 hour free trial

• www.aleks.com

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25. Science

• AP Biology

• General Chemistry I and II

• Physics I

• AP Physics B & C

• Environmental Science

• • Including AP Environmental Science

26. MIT Open Courseware

• MIT Freshman Physics course

• Including

• • video lectures,

• • notes,

• • tests,

• • worksheets,

• • and more!

• http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-01Physics-IFall1999/CourseHome

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28. Social Science

• AP U.S. History

• AP U.S. Government

• Free Enterprise

• Western Civilization

29. Digital History

• Resources for AP U.S. History

• • Text

• • Exhibits

• • Multimedia presentations

• • Primary documents

• www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/

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33. Physical Education

• Gym on the web??

• • Access to local facility required

34. BYU Independent Study Exercise Sciences

• Bowling

• Swimming

• http://ce.byu.edu/courses/pe/999052076004/public/start.htm

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37. Computers

• Computer Literacy

• • Microsoft Office Products

• • Internet Literacy

• Computer Programming

• • Web Page Authoring

• • Java, Linux, XML, and more

38. WebTeacher

• Web basics

• • Browsing

• • E-mail

• • Multimedia

• • Creating a web page

• • Peripherals

• • • Digital camera

• • • FTP

• • • Virus protection

• • Using the web in the classroom

• www.webteacher.org /

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42. Electives - Foreign Languages

• French, Spanish, German

• Italian, Mandarin Chinese

• Icelandic, Portuguese

• Ancient Greek

• Modern Greek

• • Elementary, intermediate & advanced

• And more!

43. BBC Languages

• Exploratory & beginner language courses in a variety of languages

• Record the video series overnight

• MP3 downloads for phrase practice

• www.bbc.co.uk/languages/

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46. U. of Texas -- Austin College French class

• Complete with

• • interactive exercises,

• • and sound files

• www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/

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49. Annenberg Media Teacher Resources

• Course Library

• • Hundreds of courses

• • Grade levels K college

• • Free video on demand (VoD)

• • • Plus many courses have DVD for sale

• www.learner.org/resources/browse.html

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53. Free Online Text Materials

• Full texts and additional resources in

• • Science

• • Math

• • Geography

• • Arts & Humanites

• • Psychology

• • Collections

• www.hoagiesgifted.org/online_texts.htm

54. (Free) Materials for Gifted Classrooms

• Posters, maps, and student guides

• • C-SPAN

• • Human Genome Landmarks

• • Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)

• • Women are Scientists

• • And more!

• www.hoagiesgifted.org/materials.htm

55. Internet Investigations

• Free curriculum units

• Libraries

• • EconEdLink economics

• • EDSITEment humanities

• • Illuminations mathematics

• • NASA Explores space

• • National Geographic Lesson Plans

• • Nova

• • And many more

• www.hoagiesgifted.org/investigations.htm

56. Internet Investigations

• Individual units

• • Anatomy of a Murder: A Trip Through Our Nation's Legal Justice System

• • Bens' Guide to Government

• • Choices and Consequences by Court TV

• • h.i.p. Pocket Change History through U.S. coins

• • IMAGERS (U.S. Geological Survey (USGS))

• • Philosophy for Kids

• • And many more!

57. Online Bargain Basement

• Internet is full of free courses, curriculum units, and resources for the classroom

• Check out the deals in the Online Bargain Basement!

• Questions?

58. The Online Bargain Basement Thanks for coming down!