On Thursday, my laptop completely died. No power. No lights. Nothing. Seeing how I had been unsuccessful at backing up my computer right before this, I was not happy, so I scrambled to try to get my computer back up and running so I could at least get it backed up. I thought I would share the tech tip that I used to get my laptop back up and running. After bringing the laptop back to life, I was able to successfully get my computer backed up, so even if it doesn’t stay up and running, I’ll at least have…
Month: May 2013
Art Gallery: Horse
Posted in Homeschooling
This horse is my latest art project. For this picture, I worked with pencil and charcoal. I still have more detail to add to get it just right, but it’s a good start. I made a few more changes to the picture and came up with this second version.
Art Projects by Pat Knepley (See the Light) is an art curriculum geared towards students ages 10 and up. The complete Art Projects curriculum has 9 dvds and features projects recreating works from 9 different artists including: LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY WAYNE THIEBAUD HENRI ROUSSEAU GEORGES SEURAT GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MARC CHAGALL EDGAR DEGAS WINSLOW HOMER VINCENT VAN GOGH What’s Included and Price List: Each dvd contains 4 step-by-step lessons. Teachers/students should allot roughly 1 hour for each lesson. A variety of additional materials are needed to complete the lessons. Each project features a supply list, so it’s easy to know ahead…
Review: My Home School Grades
Posted in Reviews
My Home School Grades is, in my opinion, the easiest homeschool grade and transcript service that I have experienced. It is intuitive and truly simple to use. Because this product is so new, they have plans for many additional features. Just a sampling of the upcoming features: State specific time/hour/day recording coming soon. State specific grading scales Upload pictures and documents Creating a portfolio Additional curriculum providers Currently, there are a limited number of curriculum providers, and they are not all complete with lesson plans and tests. They are constantly updating the curriculum providers and adding in more information for…
