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Tag Archives: twitter
Full Disclosure
It has come to my attention over the last week that because of my “radical” views on education and learning, many people make the assumption that I lead a particular lifestyle. Because we are life-learners, the assumption is that we … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Adam Levine, baseball, biggest loser, Chagall, charmed, education, homeschooling, learning, life learning, maroon 5, Met Opera, movies, pop culture heathen, salmon fishing in the yemen, superhero, the voice, twitter, unschooling, vampire diaries, Van Gogh
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In case you missed it
In case you don’t follow me or Michael Ellsberg on Twitter (shame on you!), here is a video of Sean Parker (Napster, Facebook) and Peter Thiel (Paypal, Thiel Fellowship) discussing higher education with Michael Ellsberg, author of “Education of Millionaires.” … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged education, education of millionaires, facebook, higher education, learning, life learning, michael ellsberg, Napster, paypal, Peter Thiel, sean parker, Thiel Fellowship, twitter, unschooling
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Laughter IS the best medicine
No, it can’t cure everything. But it can make you feel a lot better along the way. The week has been kind of heavy, to put it mildly, so on this cold and windy Friday the 13th, some laughter … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Ben, dooce, geekblush, humor, joy, laughter, learning, life learning, Maya, mom-101, suri's burn book, twitter
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Insta-cure for the Bad Mama Blues
The Bad Mama Blues can be triggered by many things. In my case those things are often articles or blog posts expounding on the many ways that parents need to be involved in their child’s activities, engaging them and … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Ben, blues, drawstring bag, favorite authors, learning, life learning, twitter, unschooling
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Enough with the testing, already!
There’s been an article bouncing around Twitter and the blogosphere the past few days about a school board member who took a standardized test given to tenth graders in his school system. He failed. Cue endless discussions as to … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged apprenticeship, cpa, doctor, education, Ken Robinson, lawyer, learning, life learning, sat, testing, twitter, unschooling
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Peter Gray on Why Kids Protest Going to School, & some other great stuff
I found out about Peter Gray’s article from some of my new friends on Twitter. Twitter has put me in touch with a much larger homeschooling/unschooling community than ever before. For a long time I kind of groaned when anyone … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged All Over the Map, Buehler Education, education, homeschooling, Iggy Jingles Crafts, learning, life learning, Peter Gray, podcast, The Homeschool Coop, tweeps, twitter, Unplugged Mom, unschooling
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Promote, promote, promote!
When I started writing this blog a little over a year ago, it was with the intent of organizing my thoughts around our approach to learning and to give myself a daily writing outlet and writing practice. (The number one … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged BlogHer, education, homeschooling, Interest-Led Learning Daily, learning, life learning, twitter, unschooling
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Friday – The Cliff Notes Version
Because we are in the middle of a massive chocolate chip cookie ‘bake-fest’ in order to make money (well, the kids will be making the money) tomorrow through selling said cookies at our store, I hereby present a sort of … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged amtrak, beacon theater, Ben, cliff notes, closet, conan o'brien, dooce, Free Range Kids, Friday, heather, ING, learning, Lenore Skenazy, life learning, marathon, Maya, twitter, unschooling, yoko ono
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