Cana
I am truly loving this
application. One of the many challenges of homeschool, is that I'm not always available when the kids are ready to go over an assignment. With this valuable tool, there's a way to fix this. I love it for editing papers and working out problems.
So what is Jing. It does screen captures, then lets you edit them and send them as short video clips or pictures. I can edit a paper and make verbal comments the whole time and save it all at 4am. Callie can watch the whole thing around 1pm. She can hear my thought process as I go over each correction. If it's a simple, short assignment, a simple picture of the assignment that I can put highlights, text and editing marks on is sufficient. I can also use a whiteboard program to work out a math problem and use Jing to capture it so that Callie can see all the steps in the problem. It's ready when she is.
Here's a
link to a much better description of what you can do with this great app. Oh, and the version I use is free!
Callie
When reading
Moon Shot I learned about the selection of the astronauts. They had to have flying experience and an academic degree. Also, the had to be under 40 years old and couldn't be taller the 5'11. Reading this showed me how tough it was to become the first astronauts. In the book I was introduced to two pilots.
First, Deke Slaytor, a test Pilot working in the Mojave desert at a military base.
And ,Alan Shepard, a Carrier Pilot.
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Callie
In the China Study I learned how people get Cancer. In the book the author explained it like growing grass. Planting the seed, letting the seed grow into grass, and the progression of the grass going out of control and taking control of your yard. This example was very helpful to me and I was able to picture it very clearly. So now I understand the process of Cancer much better.
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Brent
southafrica.info
South Africa was populated for hundreds of thousands years without any written history until European travelers arrived. To them the ancient country was like a giant treasure chest.
