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· Jake Beeney-Learn in Freedom · [|www.learninfreedom.org] · After browsing through the information on this website I found that I even learned more than I once knew about education. This site informs the reader of how to be informed of their rights to learn and how to take responsibility for their education. This site also gives information on different text book choices, home schooling, and the necessity of diversity in education. This site focuses heavily on the student and their parents taking the “reigns” of their education into their own hands in many different aspects of education. I think this website opened my eyes a bit more as to what education means and I feel that this site would also help others broaden their educational horizons. This particular article was also written by Karl M. Bunday who graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School and also has four children in the Minnesota public school systems. I would venture to say that he has adequate experience both enduring his own educational experiences as well as the educational experiences of his own children. With that being said I would say that his insight on this topic would prove to be useful and credible for most everyone.
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= · Casie Golliday – “Math Help and Tutorials by Subject and or Topic” = = · [] = = · This site is specifically for help in math. It includes many areas of math in which a lot of students struggle in. This subjects include: Algebra, Business math, calculus, discrete math, geometry, measurement, number theory, pre-algebra, probability, statistics and trigonometry. Inside each topic (folder/link) it has a list of titles of common topics in that subject that students struggle in. In some of the tutorials there are worksheets that the students and print out and work on. And after you click on a subject there are even ore folder/links you can click on to get more specific on the certain subject you need help with. =

Elise Davidshofer—Virtual Math Lab by West Texas A&M University [] Virtual Math Labs is mainly for students in an algebra course—whether it is beginning, intermediate, or college algebra. Each level of algebra has between 30 and 60 tutorials. The tutorials will take you step by step through how to do everything. At the end, there are some practice problems to evaluate the students grasp of the topics covered. Then at the very bottom, there are links to additional websites with help. This would be a good extra resource of algebra students who are needing extra help in the subject but might be too afraid to ask for help. Good option is to just inform all of your students about this resource in case they need it.


 * Benjamin Culik - Grammarlab Tutorials
 * [|Grammarlab Tutorials]
 * This particular tutorial would be great for a Spanish class. It provides a review of the English language, as well as a comprehensive overview of Spanish grammar. Also, it would really help students who struggle in various areas because they can go back using the index and review the particular areas they have problems with. This tutorial covers everything from basic parts of speech, to basic sentence constructions, to complex or tricky verb construction. This is a valuable tool and allows teachers to individualize instruction and better monitor student progress. This is a great learning tool because it reinforces the student's knowledge of English grammar and gives a side-by-side comparison in Spanish.


 * Cara Philpott-Math Power
 * [|http://www.mathpower.com]
 * This website has many links to math tutorials on many common elementary algebra topics. The math tutorials are written by students to help other students who are having difficulty with algebra concepts and problems. The topics include solving linear equations and inequalities, multiplying monomials and binomials, solving algebra word problems, solving a variety of word problems, finding a greatest common factor, factoring trinomials and the differences of two squares, simplifying algebraic fractions, and multiplying, dividing, adding, and subtracting algebraic fractions. The tutorials provide problems, explains the steps in detail to solve the problems, and remind the student to check the solutions for accuracy.

· Alanna Blackburn – MathMedia Educational Software, Inc. · • http://www.mathmedia.com/arsernew.html]]--Then click on the designated math section. · MathMedia Educational Software is a website that both students and teachers would find helpful with learning. The software can be delivered through Email and then downloaded, or sent as a CD in the mail and then put onto the computer. Each category of math has 10 to 15 different learning sessions which teachers should allow 30 to 40 minutes to get through each section. Even though it is required that this software is purchased, many teachers can use this as a teaching tool to get more students involved. If the school purchased a few of these software programs students would be able to work on important math problems as frequently as they wanted. It as also very nice because it does come with only one grade level, there is math all the way up to the college level.


 * Kelli Hogan-Math and Reading Help
 * [] -Click on "Elementary School" under the article directory.
 * This website has tutorials for the two main subjects in school, math and english. The website has an article directory on the left hand side that has the different grade levels of school. I visited the Elementary School link since I will be majoring in Elementary Education. The tutorials on the Elementary School link are very useful. There is one link that is strictly devoted to grammar. In this tutorial, words such as verb, noun, and adjective are defined and also has an example of each. This tutorial is really helpful, and I can definitely see students using it. Sometimes students learn best by reading definitions in writing and visually seeing examples. This tutorial does just this. The math tutorial is also helpful for Elementary students. There are problems that the students can complete, and then the computer will grade it and give the student a score. The math tutorial on the website is a great thing because it serves as an online quiz for the students.
 * Zach Wolf - Visual Math Learning
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 * Visual Math Learning.com is a great site for math teachers when some of their students may need some extra help learning a concept, especially while at home and the teacher is not available, under the lesson section it provides a number of different math concepts and further explains how to go about solving these types of problems and how the concept works. It’s great for extra help, but should not be relied upon solely to teach a child math, the best education still comes from the teacher explaining the concept to the student. However, after leaving school and attempting math homework at home, sometimes students forget all they learned that day, and this site can help refresh their memories.
 * Visual Math Learning.com is a great site for math teachers when some of their students may need some extra help learning a concept, especially while at home and the teacher is not available, under the lesson section it provides a number of different math concepts and further explains how to go about solving these types of problems and how the concept works. It’s great for extra help, but should not be relied upon solely to teach a child math, the best education still comes from the teacher explaining the concept to the student. However, after leaving school and attempting math homework at home, sometimes students forget all they learned that day, and this site can help refresh their memories.


 * Ashley Brinkman-Fractions
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 * On the kids online resources website there are two math related tutorials, fractions and time. The basics on fractions is covered in this tutorial. The first link shows how different fractions look. It then has the student put the fraction back into the whole. The second link talks about equivalent fractions. The third link gets into mixed numbers and improper fractions. The last two links deal with adding/subtracting and multiplying/dividing fractions. There is also a link called fraction practice. The website where this tutorial is found is a great resource for students, teachers and parents. It has games and activities for students based on subject and grade level. It also has a link that talks about internet safety.


 * Trevor Mitchell- Virtual Math Lab
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 * The website is set up West Texas A&M University for the purpose of learning algebra online. This online algebra tutorial is a comprehensive overview of algebra ranging from simple fractions all the way up to polynomials. In addition to having simple algebra tutorials the website offers a variety of different math levels all the way up to college algebra for the more advanced learner. Each tutorial has goals to be achieved in that section as well as definitions and examples to be followed. Either for a supplemental resource in the class or a personal brush up on math skills this website offers a multitude of tutorials to fit your needs.


 * Sarah Sedivy - Alex's Electronic Resource Library
 * [|http://stewks.ece.stevens-tech.edu/E245L-F07/SitesWithI'nfo/alextutorials.html]
 * Once you get to this website click on Articles of "Electricity". Then click on "What is Electricity". It explains what it is and what makes up electricity. They also say if generators create electricity. It also gives you a bunch of definitions from what everyday people say the definition is to what the real exact definition is.