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Event Submission to the Homeschooling
Event Calendar
To add your event to the Homeschooling
Events Calendar, first read the easy to qualify rules
below. If still interested, email this site guide, Ann Zeise,
at . It is solely up to Ann whether or not an event
is posted. Late submissions may not make it. I'm not THAT fussy,
but sometimes the Internet isn't cooperative. Include your name,
relation to the event, and accurate email address
in case of questions. Obviously incomplete or inaccurate information
will not be posted.
Banner Advertising
Starting in 2001, A to Z Home's Cool will offer a limited
number of paid banner advertisements on the calendar and other
pages. An introductory price of $250 per page per year is offered
for the first 10 advertisers. ($350 for directory pages. Events
Calendar - $25/month) Acceptable advertisers would be those who
currently market to the homeschool population for such things
as conferences and other events, educational materials, distance
learning programs and tutorials services for K-12 students, even
other homeschool websites.
Banners should be standard 468 x 60 pixels. Also supply the
URL of the page that gives further information about your event
or product.
Total cost of the run must be paid in full by the start of
the advertising and is non-refundable. The banner, however, may
be replaced as often as weekly for a $25 fee.
A to Z Home's Cool and GoMilpitas pages had over 148,000 unique
visitors in August 2001. I expect that it will see its 1.5 millionth
visitor in September since this counter was set a little over
2 years ago. A to Home's Cool gets approximately 90% of the domain
visitors.
General Parameters for a Free Listing
- The event is being held as a homeschooling community event,
not as a commercial event nor general interest event;
- It is of interest to a good number of people in the homeschooling
community, not just those in the organization holding the event;
- The event features at least one homeschool author, parent
or student;
- The event is most likely sponsored by a homeschooling association,
support group, distance learning program or cover school, or
similar organization that caters primarily to homeschoolers;
- Admission to the event is self-selecting and must be open
at least to any interested potential homeschooler or homeschooling
family reading this calendar and willing to pay the stated fees,
if any;
- If the event is primarily for children, you may limit it
to homeschoolers only;
- The event may be as small as a local information gathering
or as large as an international convention.
Minimum information needed
- Event Description (Geographic 2-Letter Abbreviation; Full
title of event; Sponsor name if not part of event title (70 Character
limit.)
- Event Information - Put extensive information here. Include
sponsoring group, if not part of title already, and contact information.
Please state if children are welcome or not. [If you provide
a URL to your conference page, full information will not
be necessary. If you require that I create and post a page for
you, there will be a flat charge of $125. Please publicize this
page's URL in your conference publicity and material. Provide
me with a copy of this material.]
- Date or dates of event.
- Time starting (and ending, if relevant.) Local time is assumed.
If NOT local time, say, for example, a net event, please state
as ET - eastern time zone.
- Contact information: name, address, phone number, email.
- Note: this information will also be placed on the state homeschooling
page where the event will be held. If you strongly feel that
the posting should also be on another page, please state your
case. Consider banner advertising on those other pages.
Optional additional web-type material
- A link (URL) to the exact web page that gives more information
about the event or its sponsors. Please also describe what is
at the link.
- HTML formated information for a separate page. One graphic
OK. (A page formatted similar to this page would be fine.) Include
in body of the email, or as a separte html-formated file. Publicize
the page I post here, and send me proof that you have publicized
the URL. Homeschool groups may have the page they create for
$50; if I create it; $125. Commericial organizations may have
a co-branded page for $300 (You create. I create: $500)
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Homeschooling
books here
- Home Learning Year by Year : How to Design
a Homeschool Curriculum from Preschool Through High School
- by Rebecca Rupp
- Rebecca Rupp presents a structured plan to ensure that your
children will learn what they need to know when they need to
know it, from preschool through high school.
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- Complete
Idiot's Guide to Homeschooling
- by Marsha Ransom
- If you find yourself teaching subjects you know little about,
undecided about what curriculum to choose, or concerned that
your children may miss out on band, drama, or sports, this guide
provides practical advice from an author who has homeschooled
four children.
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- The Complete Home Learning Source Book : The
Essential Resource Guide for Homeschoolers, Parents, and Educators
Covering Every Subject from Arithmetic to Zoology
- by Rebecca Rupp
- This ambitious reference guide lives up to its name. Practically
three inches thick--and we're not talking large print here--it's
packed with titles, ordering information, and Web site addresses.
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