Things You'll Need:
- Computer with Internet access
- College catalogs
- Lesson plan software
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Step 1
Educate yourself before educating your children. Computer-based homeschooling takes dedication, and you must be more than computer literate. Check with family, friends or neighbors for their views on homeschooling to find what they did to succeed, and learn from others' mistakes. Homeschooled alumni are usually eager to help parents navigate computer-based homeschooling environments, since they now are employed using the skills they learned at home.
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Step 2
Make your child's academic progress a priority by maintaining a weekly record of your lesson plans and their activities. When they graduate, there is academic proof of what they learned.
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Step 3
Time well spent can only happen when everything happens on a schedule and with a calendar. Computer homeschooling takes advantage of digital calendars, with schedules that can be preset for months ahead and followed with the flexibility to adjust for sickness or emergencies.
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Step 4
Computer security in homeschooling should be aggressive, thorough and reliable. Threats to computers evolve almost daily, and computers still need humans to keep out viruses, spyware and firewall intrusion.
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Step 5
Requirements for college entrance vary for homeschoolers, so plan early. Get a list of colleges that have clear entrance policies for homeschoolers. Homeschooled alumni can help ease the transition from homeschool life to college life, ensuring another successful graduation.
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Step 6
Rooms for learning. Set aside a learning room and your children's grades will thank you.
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Step 7
Every graduating senior has a yearbook and a graduation, and with a computer you can do both. Design a yearbook with all the bells and whistles and send the graduation announcements through email or snail mail.
