Tutor in a Box: The Guide to the Best Free Education Resources on the Internet
By Chris Mason
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About this ebook
Are you one of the 1.5 Million children being educated in an alternative school setting (Virtual School Home School or Independent Study)?
Are you one of the thousands of parents who spends their Saturdays at the local coffee shop with other parents trying to figure out their kid’s homework so you can help?
Are you tired of educators telling you there are resources on the internet but not where they are?
Would you like to put fun back into your child’s education?
If you answered yes to any of the questions then Tutor in the Box is for you. This resource rich book will show you where the best education resources are on the internet, The book is set up like a fictional school day with the following sections:
Math
Language
Recess (Education games)
Social Studies
Art and Music
Science
Virtual Field Trips
Continuing Education (Free how to videos and college lectures)
Computer Programs
Free Clipart and Sound Effects
So if educational resources are what you’re looking for there is a tutor in the box you call a computer just waiting to help a person in need.
Chris Mason
Chris Mason is a software engineer who would rather have been a writer, but he is addicted to coding and couldn't figure out how to support himself writing obscure novels. He worked as a programmer and programming manager for 18 years -- including 10 years at Microsoft, where he was involved with Word and Office for Macintosh. He has three software patents stashed in the back of his closet. After leaving Microsoft for good he founded GrowlyBird Software, which develops free Macintosh applications. He has written ten novels, four of which are available here. Three of his other novels are for sale on Amazon (as ebooks and paperbacks, at the link shown below), and another will be available there soon. Because he's a workaholic curmudgeon with hermit tendencies, he doesn't engage in social media. But you can contact him at chris@growlybird.com.
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Tutor in a Box - Chris Mason
Tutor in a Box:
The Guide to the Best Free Education Resources on the Internet
Christopher Mason
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Smashwords Edition
Copyright © August 2014 by Christopher Mason
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Although this is an original work by the author, this publication makes extensive use of public domain information, such as tables, web links, and other database related material which is not included in the declaration of copyright.
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Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
William Butler Yeats
Contents
Dedication
What This Book Is
How this book is set up
Authors/Publishers Legal Disclaimers
System requirements
Schools in Session
My Rating Scale
About Grade Levels and Instruction Types
Instructional Types
Period One: Math
Period Two: Language
Recess: Fun and Games
Period Three: Social Studies
Period Four: Visual and Performing Arts
Period Five: Science
Virtual Field Trips
Continuing Education: College Lectures and How to Videos
Free Computer Programs
Free Clipart and Sound Effects
In Conclusion
Contact Chris
Dedication
I would like to thank my mother whose idea for Mason Day
and the uttering of the phrase Oh my God Gilmore Girls is over Besides Dancing with the Stars What will I watch now
inspired me to explore the wide world of free TV and other media on the internet. My answer to her now is read on, the answers are in this book.
What This Book Is
The book you are now reading is a roadmap to some of the best free educational resources on the internet. In the following pages, the reader will find the best education resources students and parents may need to help them in the current educational environment. Personally, the author hates books with filler. Therefore, while there may not be many links, the websites listed are the cream of the crop. The author has tried 99 percent of the websites in this book. Moreover, all worked fine on my Dell Dimension XPS with Windows XP Professional as well as my Dell Studio with Windows 7. All screen shots were taken by the author using Print Screen 95, and all the graphics came from the Animation Factory. The quotes were taken from http://thinkexist.com. Some of the descriptions for the free clip art and music section were taken from http://mrssmoke.onsugar.com
How this book is set up
This book has been set up as if the reader was going through a fictional school day. The book is divided into sections that are similar to high school periods. The sections are as follows:
• Math and Science
• Language
• Recess
• Social Studies
• Art
• Continuing Education
• Computer Programs
• Free Clipart and Sound Effects
The websites in the book are cross-referenced and can be found in more than one subject,