| A tough economy makes for some tough | | | | I particularly like the video clips that accompany |
| decisions. Many of us are adjusting our priorities | | | | the information presented. The video clips enrich |
| as we search to support our families. Are you a | | | | the learning experience in a way that textbooks |
| parent returning to the workforce to help support | | | | can not. These video clips help keep the student's |
| your family? Maybe you are a mom who works | | | | attention in some of the more complex subjects. |
| flexible hours so that your husband is home with | | | | I can only imagine what my high school history |
| the children when you are work. | | | | class would have been like if I had had the |
| Maybe you are a single mom struggling to work | | | | opportunity years ago to engage in an interactive |
| and home school your children. Working outside | | | | history lesson on the computer. |
| the home leaves less time for you to plan lessons | | | | As a former public and private school teacher, I |
| and teach your children. Alpha Omega Publications | | | | know the importance of immediate feedback for |
| has created Switched-On-Schoolhouse which | | | | students' work. I always found that the teachers |
| works well for working mothers. | | | | that graded students' papers and returned them |
| Switched-On Schoolhouse is a CD based program | | | | by the end of the day had more successful |
| for grades 3-12. It works well for busy working | | | | student learning than teachers who waited and |
| mothers because SOS plans and teaches the | | | | returned papers days after the lesson was |
| lessons, grades the student's work, and provides | | | | taught. This principle applies to my own children |
| immediate feedback. It is multisensory so visual, | | | | that I homeschooled. Immediate feedback on |
| auditory, and tactile learners will benefit from this | | | | work gives children the opportunity to understand |
| computer based approach. The interactive | | | | what they have successfully learned and also |
| approach keeps children engaged in their learning | | | | what they need to improve on with their learning. |
| so there is less of a boredom factor. | | | | It's difficult to give immediate feedback on |
| Your child can complete all the lessons for each | | | | children's work even if you are not a working |
| subject or you can control what lessons need to | | | | mom. Switched-On Schoolhouse eliminates the |
| be completed. The lessons are customizable so if | | | | need to grade papers and gives children the much |
| your child has already learned a skill then the | | | | needed immediate feedback. |
| lesson does not need to be completed. | | | | |