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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Getting ready for the school year

So I've been procrastinating making my final plans for homeschool; I've been trying to figure out the best, most efficient way for us to homeschool in a way that makes it easy for the hubby to step in and check on things when I'm overwhelmed with my own school work. Using my college online classes as a guide, I wanted a central hub that we could all check, at any place we were, whether I was on my phone or hubby was at work, the kids could alternate between computers and ipads. I think what we've found is quite honestly the closest thing to finding something to match what I was looking for, without me creating it myself.
It's called EduOnTheGo, and it's free. You create your Academy, it has templates you can use or you can create your own. You create as many courses as you want. Each student/teacher has a profile, and you can add students to the courses as you wish. So my kids are both doing chemistry this year, they are both enrolled in that course. But they have different history; Jonathan is in Ancients and Kathryn is in Medieval. So only Jonathan is enrolled in Ancient History, and only Kathryn is enrolled in Medieval History.
I can create quizzes, tests, assignments. There's a place for discussions, and there's even a built in messenger system so they can ping me or each other if they have an issue with anything. I'm still on a learning curve, but all in all, I think this year is going to be pretty smooth. Knock on wood.
Here's the link to the site. https://6-s-academy.eduongo.com/v2/website/web/landing_page/