Online Bargain Basement: Free High School Courses

The Online Bargain Basement Kathi Kearney Carolyn K.

Why online courses?
Great option for advanced kids
Ready-made curriculum
Content
Evaluations
Text
Often available free!

How do I choose?
Thoroughly review any course you are considering
Don’t be a slave to the curriculum
Curriculum is a tool, not an end in itself

Review…
Review ALL the course materials
Review each lesson and activity
Make sure course meets the student’s needs
Academic requirements
Learning style
Easy to use

Do a trial run…
Some kids respond better than others to online learning
Have the child run a few lessons
Consider both your reactions and the child’s reactions to…
online learning in general
the particular curriculum

How to use Online Curriculum
Make sure someone in the school can be available to support the child
Technical support
Content support
Keep child motivated
Keep records, if the curriculum doesn’t include record keeping

Keep records
Use a planner or logbook
Track daily progress

Engage in discussion
Set aside discussion time
Online education can be a little lonely
Discussion can be with…
Teacher
Mentor or older student
Classroom volunteer or aide

Just in case…
If you are completely dependent on an online course for complete instruction…
Print out some or all instructional materials
Download the course website
WebWhacker**
Websites occasionally change to fee-based or disappear

Select a course…
Course materials completely free
Course must be substantial
Full semester or year’s material
Course must provide high school course content, or substantial enrichment

Where to find courses?
Pre-reviewed collection of high school (and early college) level courses, all free…
(Free) Online High School Courses & Curriculum Materials
www.hoagiesgifted.org/online_hs.htm

Free Online High School Courses
English
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
Physical Education
Computers
Electives
Foreign Languages
Fine Arts

English
Composition
Grammar
Literature
Writing
Creative
Screenwriting
Journalism
Debate

Score Cyberguides
Online literature units
www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html

Mathematics
Algebra I
Geometry
Calculus
Pre-calculus
AB and BC Calculus
Probability & Statistics

Monterey Institute AP courses
AP Courses
Calculus AB and BC
Environmental Science
Physics B and C
U.S. Government
U.S. History
www.archive.org/details/ap_courses

ALEKS
Artificial intelligence-based learning system
K-12 plus higher education math
Not quite free, but…
$35 / 12 months / child for K-12 schools
48 hour free trial
www.aleks.com

Science
AP Biology
General Chemistry I and II
Physics I
AP Physics B & C
Environmental Science
Including AP Environmental Science

MIT Open Courseware
MIT Freshman Physics course
Including…
video lectures,
notes,
tests,
worksheets,
and more!
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-01Physics-IFall1999/CourseHome

Social Science
AP U.S. History
AP U.S. Government
Free Enterprise
Western Civilization

Digital History
Resources for AP U.S. History
Text
Exhibits
Multimedia presentations
Primary documents
www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/

Physical Education
Gym on the web??
Access to local facility required

BYU Independent Study Exercise Sciences
Bowling
Swimming
http://ce.byu.edu/courses/pe/999052076004/public/start.htm

Computers
Computer Literacy
Microsoft Office Products
Internet Literacy
Computer Programming
Web Page Authoring
Java, Linux, XML, and more

WebTeacher
Web basics
Browsing
E-mail
Multimedia
Creating a web page
Peripherals
Digital camera
FTP
Virus protection
Using the web in the classroom
www.webteacher.org /

Electives - Foreign Languages
French, Spanish, German
Italian, Mandarin Chinese
Icelandic, Portuguese
Ancient Greek
Modern Greek
Elementary, intermediate & advanced
And more!

BBC Languages
Exploratory & beginner language courses in a variety of languages
Record the video series overnight
MP3 downloads for phrase practice
www.bbc.co.uk/languages/

U. of Texas -- Austin College French class
Complete with
interactive exercises,
and sound files
www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/

Annenberg Media Teacher Resources
Course Library
Hundreds of courses
Grade levels K – college
Free video on demand (VoD)
Plus many courses have DVD for sale
www.learner.org/resources/browse.html

Free Online Text Materials
Full texts and additional resources in…
Science
Math
Geography
Arts & Humanites
Psychology
Collections
www.hoagiesgifted.org/online_texts.htm

(Free) Materials for Gifted Classrooms
Posters, maps, and student guides
C-SPAN
Human Genome Landmarks
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
Women are Scientists
And more!
www.hoagiesgifted.org/materials.htm

Internet Investigations
Free curriculum units
Libraries
EconEdLink – economics
EDSITEment – humanities
Illuminations – mathematics
NASA Explores – space
National Geographic Lesson Plans
Nova
And many more…
www.hoagiesgifted.org/investigations.htm

Internet Investigations
Individual units
Anatomy of a Murder: A Trip Through Our Nation's Legal Justice System
Bens' Guide to Government
Choices and Consequences by Court TV
h.i.p. Pocket Change – History through U.S. coins
IMAGERS (U.S. Geological Survey (USGS))
Philosophy for Kids
And many more!

Online Bargain Basement
Internet is full of free courses, curriculum units, and resources for the classroom
Check out the deals in the Online Bargain Basement!
Questions?

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Online Bargain Basement: Free High School Courses

by hoagies on Oct 21, 2011

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