Research

Do your homeschooled children do a lot of research? I am not talking about googling to find information about their latest interests (or for my son, looking up youtube videos of Tim Hawkins haha!)

No, I am talking about researching a topic for scholarly purposes.

I am afraid that many of our students have fallen into the easy pattern of just using Google to look up information--hopefully from a credible source--and stopping there.

There are so many other sources of information-gathering to which it would be good to introduce our students.

Do you know about Google Scholar? Type that into your browser and you'll have access to a vast array of studies and articles.  You may not have access to all of them, but your local or university library might grant you access.

Oh yes, and how about BOOKS? ;) oh yes, those are still used and full of great information! We have several colleges/universities near us  and their libraries have searchable databases. You can search your topic, make a list of books you'd like to peruse, and head for the library for a few hours of research.

Your local library probably has access to more books than their own holdings  as well, and your librarian ought to be happy to help you acquire those you need.

Don't get me wrong, the internet and articles, etc that are online  are certainly helpful and a quick way to get information,  but other sources can provide valuable information  as well.  Don't get lazy and forget about them!