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    Tutor in a Box: The Guide to the Best Free Education Resources on the Internet
    Tutor in a Box: The Guide to the Best Free Education Resources on the Internet
    Tutor in a Box: The Guide to the Best Free Education Resources on the Internet
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    Tutor in a Box: The Guide to the Best Free Education Resources on the Internet

    By Chris Mason

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    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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChris Mason
    Release dateApr 3, 2014
    ISBN9781310605079
    Tutor in a Box: The Guide to the Best Free Education Resources on the Internet
    Author

    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

      ~~~

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright © August 2014 by Christopher Mason

      Have a question email digitalattic95@gmail.com to get help.

      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.

      We interpret public domain to mean that this work is in the Public Domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright. Users are free to copy, use, and redistribute the work in part or in whole. It is possible that current copyright holders, heirs or the estate of the authors of individual portions of the work, such as illustrations or photographs, assert copyrights over these portions. Depending on the nature of subsequent use that is made, additional rights may need to be obtained independently of anything we can address. 

      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,

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