Michael Moore’s Slacker Uprising has been released for free viewing. If you are in the US or Canada you can get a free copy here.

Here are the rules for usage:

“I’m giving you my blanket permission to not only download it, but also to email it, burn it, and share it with anyone and everyone (in the U.S. and Canada only). I want you to use ‘Slacker Uprising’ in any way you see fit to help with the election or to do the work that you do in your community. You can show my film in your local theater, your high school classroom, your college auditorium, your church, union hall or community center. You can have your friends and neighbors over to the house for a viewing. You can broadcast it on TV, on cable access, on regular channels or on the web. It’s completely free — I don’t want to see a dime from this. And if you want, you can charge admission or ask for a donation if it’s to raise money for a candidate, a voter drive, or for any non-profit or educational purpose. In other words — it’s yours!” (emphasis mine)

- Michael Moore

As you can see, Mr. Moore is looking to see more folks getting out to the polls this year. Let’s see if we can’t help him make that wish come true!

This work was created by Ruby of Freehold 2, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada License.

Excerpts copyright quoted authors. Please visit their sites to read more, and respect the terms of their copyrights. Thanks!

This came across the Montreal homeschool events list, and I thought others might be interested:

Hi everyone,

I have been busily bugging the Pierrefonds library to have homeschooling activities and they are really trying to come through for us.

They have a Homeschoolers activity coming up in November.

It is on the 21st of November, a Friday,  at 10:00.

Meet Rob Gonsalves, children’s book illustrator.

This is a homeschoolers’ activity and is actually stated as such in their library literature YAY!  Baby steps!

Anyway, it would be great if we could turn out in droves!

Compulsory registration at 514-620-4181.

Hope to see you there!

I’m not familiar with the artist, but he sounds really interesting! He’s apparently the child of Romanian gypsies, who works in a form called magical realism. He won the Governor General’s Award in 2005. Some of his works can be seen on this web page.

You can get to the Pierrefonds library by car or by public transit.  There is a map here if you need it, or use the STM’s “Tous azimuts” feature to plot your trip by bus.

I hope lots of folks will turn out to show the city libraries that there are many people who homeschool, and we’re interested in having services and activities for our families!

This work was created by Ruby of Freehold 2, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada License.

Excerpts copyright quoted authors. Please visit their sites to read more, and respect the terms of their copyrights. Thanks!

I have been hard at work creating some e-books for homeschoolers to use, and would very much love to have feedback from a few parents.

For the time being, they are mostly children’s classics from authors like Beatrix Potter, Thornton Burgess, Edith Nesbit & Charles Kingsley. I am trying to work on books that are difficult to find in a printer-ready format. I am also including some books that were the inspiration for movies released over the last year or so. Later there will be novel and unit studies, including a book of Canadian artists for parents who are following an art appreciation program and would like to be able to include some Canadian content. Informational books for parents are in the works too!

All the books are formatted for reading on-screen or in hard copy. Large print editions are already available for some of the books, so if anyone has a child with a visual impairment or who needs/prefers larger print for any other reason, please let me know so I can get these to you. The books come with little extras, such as a biography of the author, copywork, or information about the degree of readability (i.e. what grade level your child needs to read at, in order to read the book independently.)

The e-books I am producing will eventually be offered for sale, however I am looking for a handful of parents who would like to read the books and use them with their children at home. Once you’ve had a chance to use the book(s) I need your feedback on things like fonts, lay-outs and other formatting issues, and also on the content of the books. Any suggestions you make will be taken into consideration as I prepare the first edition for sale to the general public. Suggestions for other types of materials would be appreciated, as well!

Beta testers will be provided one or more books each, free of charge, for their review. Once any changes have been made and the final product is ready, testers will receive a free copy of each book they helped evaluate.

If you would like to help out & receive free e-books, please email me at freehold2@yahoo.ca and be sure to write “Beta Test” in the subject line. Please include the age(s) of your child(ren) in the message body (please mention any special needs or reading levels that are significantly higher/lower than average, so I can select the best product for you to test drive.) You may also request your first book be from a specific category: storybooks, novels, nature study/science.

Thank you in advance for your help,
Ruby
Freehold2 Editions

This work was created by Ruby of Freehold 2, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada License.

Excerpts copyright quoted authors. Please visit their sites to read more, and respect the terms of their copyrights. Thanks!

Here are this week’s freebies from www.HomeschoolFreebieOfTheDay.com

Monday, Sept 15: Easy Homeschooling Curriculum
Wonderful guide to choosing the right curriculum materials for your kids, by Lorraine Curry & 16 homeschooling experts (This is aimed at Christian homeschoolers)

Tuesday, Sept 16: Stories To Tell To Childen (& How to Tell Them)
Classic book of read-aloud stories with instructions on how to be a better storyteller. Excellent!

Wednesday, Sept 17: The Absurd ABC by Walter Crane
Delightful ABC rhymes with wonderful Crane illustrations

Thursday, Sept 18: Required Poems for Memorization
A collection of classic poems which were originally required reading & meant for memorization in school grades 3 and 4 in the early 1900s.
Wonderful verses, great for reading aloud, recitation & remembering.

Friday, Sept 19: ???? Can you guess the mysterious Friday resource ????
Be sure to stop by the site to check out our weekend goodie!

Make a note of the ones you want, and be sure to stop
by that day and get your copy!

You can download all of these on their respective days
at our site: www.HomeschoolFreebieOfTheDay.com

This work was created by Ruby of Freehold 2, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada License.

Excerpts copyright quoted authors. Please visit their sites to read more, and respect the terms of their copyrights. Thanks!

From the Montreal Homelearners web site:

L’école à la maison, une option éducative légale au Québec.

L’Association québécoise pour l’éducation à domicile (AQED) tiendra des séances d’information pour tous les parents qui désirent en connaître plus sur ce choix éducatif. Vous pourrez poser vos questions comme : Est-ce légal? Comment débuter? Quelles sont les ressources disponibles? La socialisation dans tout cela?

La séance aura lieu le 4 octobre 2008 à 19 heures à Montréal au local de :

Montréal, arts interculturels,

3680, rue Jeanne-Mance

Salle 428

Montréal

Pour plus de renseignements ou pour réserver votre place : 514-770-3084 ou par courriel.

I’ve emailed Sonya to find out whether there will be information in English during the meeting. Will update here when she gets back to me.

This work was created by Ruby of Freehold 2, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada License.

Excerpts copyright quoted authors. Please visit their sites to read more, and respect the terms of their copyrights. Thanks!