We're building it out as the semester goes on. Right now, it's mostly the in-class practice activities we're working through each day. This is the first time I've taught this version of the class so it's pretty experimental.
Here's the complete version of my intro class with notes, labs, and projects:
> We’ve been hearing about kids who are asking their parents for more tasks at home (whether it’s chores or family activities) every day so they can play Joon, so it feels like we are on the right track.
As a parent ... this might be the right track for you the game creator, but it is not the right track for the kids.
Totally hear your perspective. Having kids beg for chores is not what we are hoping to achieve in the long-term. Our broader goal is to help encourage kids to learn positive habits like making their bed, reading every day, etc. Hopefully we can use this tool to help the parent-child relationship work together towards this goal rather than have it just be a dopamine hit for kids and a task tracker for the parents.
Just out of curiosity, do you see this as being different from open source curriculum and materials for teachers/schools/anyone?
I don't have a good recommendation there either, but I was wondering if it is necessary to restrict yourself to "homeschooling" curriculum in particular?
Wow, all of the comments on HN so far and all of the comments on the article's website say more or less that the article is terrible. Is there any merit to the article's claim that homeschooling should be more regulated?
The cite doesn't mention it, but the NYT article reports the Washington State public health authorities shut down Dr. Chu, not the Feds.
"While acknowledging the ethical questions, Dr. Chu and others argued there should be more flexibility in an emergency during which so many lives could be lost. On Monday night, state regulators told them to stop testing altogether."
I bet if you throw together a quick sign-up form and post it here soon you could get dozens of volunteers who would be willing to find the maps for a couple of places that you assign them and email them to you.
> It's just so hard to discount the functionality of a real keyboard in any school where typing (and consequently writing) matters.
Not to mention only having to charge one device (laptop) instead of two devices (keyboard, iPad), and not having to deal with any bluetooth connectivity issues with the keyboard.
My experience as a teacher, first in a school with iPads and now in a school with laptops, as that iPads are generally viewed as toys and laptops are generally viewed as work tools. I would never recommend that any middle school or high school buy iPads.
Having said that, I would love to hear about any notably positive experiences other teachers here have had with either iPads or laptops in class (email in profile).
