Student vs Wild homeschool entry

From Claire -
Student Vs Wild

Some homeschoolers from down South Canterbury way (with the help of 4 North Canterbury Homeschool boys) have put in an entry into the Student Vs Wild competition.

The prize is a scholarship for 20 students from your school to attend a week at the Sir Edmund Hilary Out door pursuits centre in the North Island.

To win we just need lots of votes - the entry with the most votes wins one of the scholarships so please vote for us (if you like our video) by going to this site:

http://www.youtube.com/studentvswild?gclid=CJqSlpTIr6kCFQEKbAodhWw7Lw

(If this link dosen't work you can get there by googling "Student vs Wild" and then click the site listed at the top - which is the Youtube site)

To Vote: Click on the "Vote" tool bar. Select the
" HOMESCHOOLED STUDENT VS WILD" entry and click on the green thumbs up button.

Feel free to forward this onto who ever else you think may be happy to vote for our entry.

The entry required was a 4 minute video showing "How you would survive in your school yard for a week." Hmm so with limited time and students available - here's what we came up with.


Thanks for your vote
Kay Paterson

New Zealand Homeschooling on TV

Thanks to Kathrin for forwarding these two links to recent articles on NZ homeschooling:

http://tvnz.co.nz/sunday-news/free-range-kids-15-17-video-4073333

http://tvnz.co.nz/breakfast-news/alternative-education-gordon-dryden-6-38-video-4073483

Weekend Watching

This documentary is great! Comedian Alan Davies embarks on a maths odyssey with the help of mathematician Marcus du Sautoy. As Prof du Sautoy says, sums and equations are like the grammar of maths, so let's forget about that and take a look at the high drama, the Shakespeare of maths...



The link above is to part 1 of 6, so the whole thing is an hour-long doco, but well worth the watch. I recommend double clicking the link and watching it directly at YouTube, rather than as a little embedded picture - and for part 2 etc, have a look for "Horizon: Alan and Marcus Go Forth and Multiply - 2/6".

holiday video! Why Does the Sun Really Shine?

Nicola's family's current favourite song by They Might Be Giants - it’s a lot more fun than it sounds :-)

Why Does the Sun Really Shine? (The Sun is a Miasma of Incandescent Plasma)

Video clip - 14 Days of Homeschool

Maria found this light-hearted homeschoolers’ Christmas carol on Youtube—I’m sure it will sound very familiar to most of us!

Weekend reading - 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do

Gever Tulley, founder of the Tinkering School, talks about our drive to overprotect our children — and spells out 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do. Allowing kids the freedom to explore, he says, will make them stronger and smarter and actually safer.

Weekend Reading - Sir Ken Robinson

Sir Ken Robinson is a speaker and thinker on education and creativity. I've seen a few of his talks online and he is always worth listening to. Here he is talking about "Changing Paradigms of Education" - about how we are currently 'doing' education in the West, and why this needs to be rethought in a major way.



These RSA-Animate videos are great :)

Weekend Project - LED Yoyo

It being 'school holidays' and all, we don't have our regular newsletter. Instead we have a video from Kip Kay at Make Magazine - how to make a spin-activated LED yoyo. very cool. If you want a closer view, double click on the video clip and it will take you to the YouTube entry.

Video - Big or Small

I've found a way to embed video on the blog!

Video - Sandra Dodd on Unschooling

We'll do another video today, instead of the usual 'weekend reading' slot...

There are as many different ways to home educate as there are families doing the home educating - but the different approaches tend to fall into some broad categories.

One of these broad categories is Unschooling, and today's video (actually a series of 3 videos) is an interview with Sandra Dodd - one of the earlier practitioners and supporters of Unschooling - on what it can look like and how it can work.

Sandra Dodd Pt 1 : Path to Unschooling

Sandra Dodd Pt 2 : Unschooling and Real Learning

Sandra Dodd Pt 3 : The Universe inside your Head

I know the 3rd video looks like the interview should continue, but I can't find a Pt 4 anywhere - if you find it, leave the link in the comments section!

Video - Nature by Numbers

I thought we'd mark the 'school holidays' with a few videos.

The usual YouTube warnings apply - YouTube is not a censored environment and as such is not recommended for kids without parental supervision. I've tried to embed the video here, but the Blogger column isn't wide enough to accommodate the video. That being said, I've not seen anything objectionable on the page for this video clip.

We'll start with Nature by Numbers. It is best viewed on the full-screen and is simply breathtaking.

Nature by Numbers by Eterea Studios on YouTube