My COVID hobby was getting a Master’s Degree in American History, because, well, I’m a huge nerd. And as of late December, it is done! You might be wondering what any of that has to do with our new Latin American History course (utilizing the incredible text, Born in Blood and Fire). The answer to…
We are taking a new direction in how we teach writing to gifted students here at G3! As technology continues to advance, so do the ways students learn and engage with educational opportunities. That’s why we are creating an innovative online writing program designed to evolve with the times. Our new program has been carefully…
This spring, Online G3 is proud to be able to run our very first Case Method workshop: Madison and Hamilton Make Their Cases – A Workshop on Constitutional Quandaries. You might be wondering, however, what exactly IS the Case Method? Why is Online G3 using the Case Method? If you follow the goings on at…
It is probably obvious that I am a huge fan of Terry Deary’s Horrible Histories books. After all, as of the writing of this blog, I teach four different classes and workshops making use of various books from the author’s series. You might be wondering why. After all, Terry Deary is famously not a historian….
While student engagement is naturally at the heart of Online G3, that cannot happen without student safety at the forefront.
By every metric that we are able to track, our trial runs of Biology, Beavers, and Bees, Oh My!, have been a huge success. Students love the material, the webinars are engaging, and the narrative approach works. There was one little issue though: I jam-packed the course with too much stuff. The class as I…
Dear Gifted Homeschoolers, You might be in the position I was just a few years ago, when I started to think about college: probably dreaming of Ivy Leagues, sprawling campuses made of brick, castle-sized libraries, and decorating your first dorm room. For the longest time, my plan was exactly that. I swore up and down…
For years, we have been searching for ways to help our Online G3 students transition to college smoothly. We want our students to have strong transcripts, skills for success in college-level classes, and confidence in their own abilities. So, we are delighted to announce a new partnership with Arizona State University that will help us…
Carl Sagan is famous for saying of science education in America: “Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.” Once upon a time, I was one of those kids that trickled through the…
I’ve been struggling to find time to review a set of old history books and biographies for this blog for a while but this became top-of-mind again as I work on a new self-paced course, coming soon, so here we are: a review of a deeply relevant, and substantial work of history by the guy…
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