Christian Homeschool Network

Messaging (E-mail) Parental Visibility added

We've added a new feature to Hschooler.net. Parents now have three options for managing how their students use the Messaging tool within the community. In general, Messaging allows a member to send and receive e-mail-like messages from their Friends within Hschooler.net. There is no linkage to public e-mail (such ...

Event Reviews, Video Game Reviews, and Website Reviews Added

I've added the last three types of reviews I currently have planned. Please let me know if you want more added. Currently we have Book Reviews, Movie/Video/DVD Reviews, Music Reviews, Curriculum Reviews, Product Reviews, Event Reviews, Video Game Reviews, and Website Reviews. Also let me know if ...

Curriculum Reviews and Product Reviews now available

Curriculum Reviews and Product Reviews have been added to Hschooler.net. They can be found with Music, Book, and Movie/DVD/Video Reviews by selecting “Reviews/Ratings” from the “Tools” menu.

Music Reviews have been added

I've added Music Reviews to Hschooler.net. They can be found with Book and Movie/DVD/Video Reviews by selecting "Reviews/Ratings" from the "Tools" menu. Let's hear what you think of the latest music you've been listening to!

Book and Movie Reviews Added

I've added Hschooler.net user reviews for books and movies. I'll be adding more soon. In the meantime, jump in and start writing reviews of your favorite books, movies, and videos!

Hschooler.net is open for business!

Hschooler.net is now open for new registrations. Feel free to sign up. Upgrading to a family account will provide full access to everything in the service. Family upgrades cost $5 per year, but have a 3 month free trial, during which you can cancel your upgrade if ...

New Homeschooling Stats

A USA Today article provides statistics from a recent U.S. Department of Education report on homeschooling. Some of the key findings: "As of spring 2007, an estimated 1.5 million, or 2.9% of all school-age children in the USA, were home-schooled, up from 1.7% in 1999." "36% of parents said their most important reason ...

Interesting New Barna Research

The Barna Group has just published some new research on technology adoption by different generations. Here's one of their summary observations likely of interest to this audience: Since technology is pervasive, many of the age-old questions about human development and human flourishing are taking on new dimension. How does technology ...

Bible plugin for Elgg published

I've developed a plugin for Elgg that incorporates a bunch of Bible capabilities into Elgg. Obviously, I've done it for Hschooler.net, but I've also made it available for other Elgg operators. It's available here: http://lstones.com/elgg/bible.zip Here's the description of the plugin from the readme file: The Bible plugin for Elgg ...

Working with Elgg

Elgg is an Open Source social network software package. I'm seeing if it might be helpful in taking the Christian Homeschool Network to the next level - Hschooler.net. So far, I've only been working on look and feel, but you can check it out at http://www.chomeschool.net/elgg/.