10 Online Summer Learning Opportunities

It's that time of year again for my annual list online summer learning opportunities or programs.  Being a parent of four kids, I often find myself asking what I'm going to do w/ them when school gets out.  There are lots of options out there for parents but I wanted something that would be fun as well as educational.  Over the last few years Ed Tech companies have started to offer online summer "schools/programs" that are affordable and help prevent learning.  These programs help fill a gap that sometimes is lacking over the summer months and best of all can be done at the comfort from home.

*This list is in alphabetical order

10 Online Summer Learning Opportunities

1. Brain Chase - Is a online five week program for grades 2nd-8th.  This adventure has students working in the subjects of Math, Reading, Writing, and more, while watching animated episodes and solving educational problems.
2. CK-12 Brain Flex - A free and self paced online summer program that has students working on the subjects of Math and Science.
3. Connections Learning - A nice collection of technology related online courses for Math and reading grades K-8th.
4. DimensionU Summer Chill - A fun online competition that has students of all ages working in the subjects Math & Literacy in DimensionU's innovative 3D virtual worlds, w/ the chance to win prizes.
5. Electric Company - The Electric Company from PBS is offering a 6 wk multimedia summer learning program that will focus on Vocabulary and core Math concepts.
6. GoNoodle (Camp GoNoodle) - A fun and free online program that has students learning through play and other various educational activities.
7. K5 Learning - A online Reading and Math program for grades K-5th w/ real time results and detailed reports.
8. SpellingCity - A summer program for grades 1st-12th for Spelling, Writing, and Vocabulary.  The program is self paced and has over for educational activities.
9. TenMarks - A free online adaptive program that has students strengthen their Math skills while receiving detailed results.
10. Time4Learning - A fun online program for grades PreK-8th in the subjects of Math, Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts.

Bonus (Not Offered Online)

1. Robolink - A excellent way for students to learn how to program and build robots.
2. Tynker - A fun way to learn how to program or code to build, games, apps, stories, and more.

EDge21

EDge21 is a blog written by Thomas Bolto that I just found out about through Twitter.  This is an excellent blog for Ed Tech resources as well as other 21st Century topics in education.  Also, there are some nice reviews of iOS apps and even a mention of Car Talk (so you know it has to be good, right ;-)

I highly recommend checking out EDge21 by clicking here!!!