El 2º Festival Internacional de Homeschoolers se llevará a cabo los próximos 20, 21, 22, 23 y 24 de abril en "La Chopera", Ugena, Toledo. Ugena, Toledo, Spain
El 2º Festival Internacional de Homeschoolers se llevará a cabo los próximos 20, 21, 22, 23 y 24 de abril en "La Chopera", Ugena, Toledo. http://fihoo.org/ ______________
Deseamos que el sábado, 23 de abril, por la tarde, nuestros niños puedan disfrutar su propio "Talent show" dentro del programa de actividades del Fihoo 11. Para ello os poroponemos que en cada casa preparéis alguna actuación, para que cada niño muestre alguno de sus talentos, desde trucos de magia, baile, teatro, malabares, música, demostración científica, recitación, lectura, etc.
Cuando sepáis que van a mostrar vuestros hijos, mandadnos un mail a info@epysteme.org para que podamos organizar todo. El ensayo general lo realizaremos el mismo sábado por la mañana en el escenario de "La Chopera".
I have a note from Urmila Samson. So that no one else has to google anything, I've hotlinked it.\
The conference Hema mentioned was at Deer Park Institute, Bir, Himachal Pradesh. You may want to google that. It's up in the mountains, with snow caps as a back drop. Some brave folks went para gliding. There were numerous monastries (I didn't realize we have so many Tibetans studying years and years in the style of ancient Indian universities like Nalanda University started in way back BC). You may find Shikshantar worth googling too. They have an unschooling attitude to Development issues, and have started Swaraj University which is an unschooly college. Another fellow associated with them named Claude Alvares, is putting together a Multiversity, which is a sort of unschooly university. All these people are worth meeting on your next visit to India. Grown unschoolers from the US usually find them and then find us through them! This was an 'un conference' around the themes: Compassion, Courage, Contemplation and Creativity. The Prime Minister of Tibet in exile, Prof. Rinpoche himself addressed us on the 5th and last day. There was meeting of head and heart, community cooking, stuff for children to do and places to visit. Multi generational, multi cultural, multi socio economic...A guy from Egypt who lived on the street overlooking the recent action...You'd have enjoyed being there!
Love
Urmila
AN ADDITION, forwarded by Urmila, who wrote "Here's a link that describes it more clearly. I think Tana and Warren come from Canada.
Hello everyone,
Here is a blog post that Rennie and I wrote for Organization Unbound on our experience of the Learning Societies gathering:
Just Released! First Look at the Groundbreaking Documentary Class Dismissed: Education and the Rise of Homeschooling in America.
Announcing the first look at the upcoming documentary, Class Dismissed : Education and the Rise of Homeschooling in America, which will shatter preconceived notions around homeschooling and the families that choose to educate their children outside of the traditional school system. Visit www.3StoryFilms.com and be one of the first to view the preview trailer, read more about this compelling new film, and find out how you can be involved.
About the film:
Class Dismissed will be the first full-length documentary devoted to exploring homeschooling as an alternative to the industrial school model. This film will show how homeschooling is not only rapidly growing in popularity, but how it crosses all social and economic boundaries and covers a wide spectrum of the population. It will answer the questions that many people have about homeschooling and break down the myths that surround it.
From home study and kitchen table math, to perpetual recess and park days, Class Dismissed follows the stories of three ordinary American families in their quest to educate their children outside the school system.
As they each struggle to discover what path is best for their children, the social ramifications of their choices come to light, family dynamics are revealed and they come to realize that homeschooling is not just an educational choice, but also a lifestyle choice that affects the very heart of the American family.
Class Dismissed will challenge its viewers to take a fresh look at what it means to be educated, and offer up a radical new way of thinking about the process of education.
About 3StoryFilms:
3StoryFilms, was founded by long time film editor Jeremy Stuart as a vehicle to bring compelling, untold stories to the screen. Jeremy has been working in the film and television industry for over 20 years; editing and producing hundreds of music videos, commercials, award winning documentaries and corporate projects for many notable clients, such as National Geographic and Lucasfilm.
I wanted to catch up with Beatrice Ekoko, of RadioFreeSchool.
Beatrice, tell me about your grown unschoolers series, please, and about what's new on your site.
I'm always interested in hearing from grown unschoolers and so exactly a year ago, I started a focused, ongoing piece on the subject for the radio free school project.
I've had the opportunity to interview or receive guest posts from at least 18 grown unschoolers/ parents of grown unschoolers and have more lined up for the new year.
You can read the interviews on the blog by clicking on the Grown Unschoolers link under Popular Posts.
I have interviewed quite a few and always looking for more!
What are you learning from these grown unschoolers?
That they are mostly all pleased with their education; that they continue to love learning; that they are not afraid of being different or weird, that they are as 'well rounded' as anyone else is, that they are passionate about what they do and that they continue to be self-directed in their lives. I've learned that many of them are deeply engaged in their own communities—in creating community and basically living lives that they feel are full and interesting and pleasurable.
Tell me about your other projects. What's new on your site?
Radio Free School: Tantrum space for people who eschew factory learning in favour of unschooling, open source learning, community based, learning without school.
Our family produced this weekly radio show ('for by and about home based learners') for seven years. After a year's hiatus, we are back every so often, but using a 'strictly interview' format only now.
Radio Free School blog was started by the un-schoolers at radio free school. We continue to blog about all things pertaining to freedom in learning. http://radiofreeschool.blogspot.com/
Please continue to visit our blog and add your voice to the comments that help spark new posts that we can all learn from, on our journey to make life and learning one.
