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    My middle school son is already having problems in school the 4th week of school.

    I am going to offer him the opportunity to go back to homeschooling (we did it when he was younger).

    I am putting together what I would think homeschooling would look like if he chooses to stop going to middle school and I think I have everything covered except I was wondering....

    Does anyone know of a general curriculum for middle school technology class? Could be something online, could be something (a book) I purchase that he would self follow. Probably high school level would be good.

    I mean I could develop a self paced, project based class where I assign him like ...make a power point presentation (for the smart board) on a topic that your dad could use to teach his class at school--he is your client and he will give you the topic and guidelines, film and edit a (x number of minutes) movie on an approved topic/subject, do a project of your choice, make an advertisement for the chamber of commerce in a media of your choice,teach your mother how to use photoshop, etc.

    But I would love something that taught copy write and some other information to fill in the gaps of a project based class where he just worked on it on his own.

    Any ideas?



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    Lots of software has tutorials...for Powerpoint for example, Google 'Powerpoint Tutorial Free' and get links like -
    http://www.gcflearnfree.org/powerpoint2010

    What skills exactly do you want him to gain?

    I also love the idea of www.xtranormal.com but haven't tried to use it.

    How about find a resource like 'Khan Academy' and suggest he create something similar for vocabulary, writing or grammer?

    Or create a website to present info about his favorite subject?

    Good luck,
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