Sunday, April 3, 2011

Our Class


My name is Karen Bamford  and I will be teaching again this year at Bamford Academy.  I have been          homeschooling for sixteen years and enjoy the relaxed environment that comes with this great opportunity.  I have learned over the years  that homeschooling is both demanding and rewarding at the same time.  Each day is a new day to begin again and either learn something new or you can spend the time reviewing and mastering what you learned yesterday.  It is entirely up to the student and how the student is functioning. 
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This year we have a small class of four students who have been homeschooled since birth.  The ages are 12, 10, 8, and 6.  They include students that have numerous styles of learning and differnert levels of education.  We will include  emerging technology into our class learning this  year. 

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This year  our class will be utilizing a news letter and a blog BamfordAcademy.blogspot.com for parents and students to follow us on.  If you would like more information about blogs please follow Youtube blogs in plain english




We use this technology to teach our students about how to blog and and they are able to see the material, hear the material and utilize this new information.  When we evaluate technology in our class I like to watch the students using the technolog and then get feed back from them.  I also speak with other teachers to get additional feedback so we are able to decide if this technology is student friendly.

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