1. 21 st Century Homeschooling: The Road Ahead Presented by Debra Bell DebraBell.com A Vision of Students Today

3. Some reason for caution…

4. Digital Natives  Born into a digital world vs.  Digital Immigrants ( anyone over 25 yrs old)  A3 Learning  Anytime, anywhere, anyplace learning  On Demand / The end of “regularly scheduled” anything.  End of school/college as we know it within a decade.  Rise of homeschooling – because of flexibility

5. Jobs of the future Require: The Age of the Dart  Critical Thinking  Problem-Solving  Technological Innovation  Communication Skills  Adaptability  Will Be Self-Employed and Work From Home

6. 21 st Century Skills  Collaboration  Independent Learning  Communication  Problem Solving  Decision Making  Understanding Bias  Leadership  Questioning  Persuasion  Goal Setting  Sharing the Air  Compromise  Summarizing

7. Web 2.0 READ/WRITE Applications Must read:  Blogs  Wikis  Social Networking Sites  Image sharing  Podcasts  Culture of Collaboration

8. Popular Web 2.0 Applications

9. Open Source Movement

10. Open Learning Movement

11. Best Courseware

12. Future of the Book

13. Digital ( and Free) Homeschooling  Google Sites

14. Google Docs

15. Google Scholar

16. Promethean Planet

17. Mobile Me, Apps, Ipad

18. Flattening World

19. What does this mean for you?  The cost to homeschool  The time investment to homeschool  The obstacles to homeschooling  The numbers who homeschool  The reasons  Who homeschools  The benefits of homeschooling

20. What it means to be homeschooled What it means to be educated.