The Wired Homeschool

If you haven’t heard about Khan Academy yet then you must be living under a virtual rock (I was for a while too).

Khan Academy is a free, online video library that covers topics within the fields of mathematics, science, and economics (just to name a few). With over 1800 videos that you can online watch for free, I doubt you’ll run out of material any time soon.

Originally started to help his niece, Salman Khan now shares his videos with the whole world.

The Khan Academy is all about using video to explain the world…we hope to empower everyone, everywhere with a free, world-class education.

There’s really no way to explain the Khan Academy with words. You need to watch the videos in order to understand how useful this is to homeschoolers.

You can get more information about Khan Academy and watch videos athttp://khanacademy.org

As someone who speaks a foreign language, I can tell you that learning from a native speaker is easier and better than learning from a text book, listening to CDs or watching videos (I’ve tried all of the above).  Homeschool Spanish Academy offers courses to teach your student or yourself Spanish from native speakers.  Their experience with the language is greater than any you can receive from a teacher through a book, CD or video.

Best of all, students will learn one-on-one with their instructors.  This allows the curriculum  to be tailored to their specific learning style.

The course is available online and every module is conducted in real-time. No downloading videos or popping a DVD in the computer, you’re engaged with your instructor via chat, video or sharing documents. This is of great benefit to people who like to ask a lot of questions or need clarification on a subject. With some online courses you need to send an email and wait for a response. Because this is done in real-time with a real person you get your questions answered immediately and you get immediate feedback about your progress.

There is no software to download. More than likely you already have the tools necessary to participate in Homeschool Spanish Academy — which is great! There’s nothing worse than having software arrive at your house and finding out your computer is up to par. A broadband connection is about the only thing that you must have.

Homeschool Spanish Academy offers traditional, Christ-centered and unschooling curricula. You can even mix it up if you prefer.  I haven’t had an opportunity to try out the system yet but it does look promising.  If your student is interested in learning Spanish, check out Homeschool Spanish Academy and tell me what you think. Don’t forgvet to tell them I sent you!