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Homeschool Geek Week

This week is Homeschool Geek Week here at the blog.
We are hosting a series on the Secular Homeschool Forum called ‘How To Be A Homeschool Geek’. You can find links to all of this weeks post’s here.

 

Are You (1)
You might be a homeschool geek if…
you know that Python lives in the computer not a tank; you know that you should never put your Raspberry Pi in the oven; buy filament for your printer instead of ink. Click this page to read short bios of David and Amber.

 

Homeschool Geek Topic List
The weekly syllabus
Here you can find a list of the week’s topics listed by day.

 

Welcome To How To Be A Homeschool Geek
A design challenge and contest
All week long we are running a design challenge and contest. Click through to find out how to participate.

 

Are You (3)
Design through iterative learning
When your children are working on a project do they naturally use the iterative design process? By examining how they work more closely can you eliminate some of their frustration points or help them revitalize an idea that they think they have tired of?

 

craftmaker
Craft and the Modern Maker
How are weaving potholders and wiring an arduino related? What values does the Maker Culture bring to our culture at large?

 

Are You (5)
Learn to Code Without a Computer
Here are some over our favorite resources for learning logic before syntax.

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