Homeschool Connestions is an online learning
school, a learning environment that has
classes from writing
to literature to government to
languages, foreign languages.
All kinds of course. Over 80 courses
that are online
for students who are middle school and high school. Most the courses are for high
school, but
we do have middle school courses as well. And they are presented on line in what's
called
synchronous way and asynchronous. Synchronous means that
we actually are with you online in a
live environment where there's a video
on screen
and other people in the class are also
there at the same time.
And so the instructor is teaching on a
video and the students
are all in the class together with a
little chat box where they can
talk back and forth with a microphone.
So I can ask a student
a question or they can raise their hand. There's a little icon and I can ask ask
a question
and I'll go ahead and pass the mic to
them and they'll answer the question
everybody in the course can hear. So it's much like a classroom in that way.
That's the synchronous part. The "happening right now" part.
The asynchronous part is where we actually have
documents and reading
and the PowerPoint from the class, all
up online so
outside the class you can access those materials and
read the readings and prepare for the next class and get feedback from the
instructor.
So, like many online courses today
it really meets a student in the comfort of their home
in a way that the students are engaging learning and
having that one-on-one with a
teacher with
feedback as well. But its online so it's
convenient.
Every course is recorded and so those recordings are posted online
in the course shell, you know in a
whole course presentation
so that we have this really neat thing
called Unlimited Access.
You've got everything there for you. All
materials,
all of the recordings, the power points,
everything that happened live is there
for you to interact with.
Homeschool Connections is an authentically Catholic program in that
all of the instructors,  all of the
presentation and materials,
it supports, and encourages, and builds
your child's faith. And everything that is presented
is within the framework of an authentically Catholic
environment. There's also incredible value
having somebody outside work with your student, give feedback to your student
that's not mom.
you know, that's not Dad. We all know that
kids like to take other, when they get to be teens, they
like to look at other adults for
leadership as well. And so this is a
great opportunity to have trusted
secure wonderfully strong people
who are positive, strong in a positive
way,
to build into our kids' lives and to help them help
educationally and spiritually and
personally.
It's that whole dynamic that brings so much more
than just a regular curriculum.
It's spicing up your curriculum, it's adding to curriculum, but it's more than that it's
giving giving things in a curriculum
that benefit your child beyond what you yourself
might be able to give. And that's why I like it. I might be an expert in some areas. I'm
not an expert in all areas.
and I love to have other experts work
with my kids. I really encourage you to
just go to the website because there is so much at the website. its
homeschoolconnections.com
and you'll see the listing of the classes there. You'll get to meet the
teachers there. There is a catalog you can download and take a peek at.
All kinds of things that you can see. I really encourage you to go and check it out.
