Amy Bowllan from School Library Journal ask me to contribute to a conversation about using technology as a learning tool in the homeschool, and did I ever fill her inbox. 
You can read part one here. Long time readers will recognize a lot of it, unschoolers will be nodding their heads. Hopefully a couple of my kids might even chime in. Although The Boy is now done college and is busy moving for his work co-op as an ASP programmer for the Dept of Secondary Education (talk about proof of concept…), so he might be too busy.
Added bonus: see Sarah using the computer at age 2, and in diapers (cloth, naturally 
way back in the dark ages when you had to pin and fold them). And yes I did ask her permission before posting that. Sarah has recently done some work for a local small business, designing posters and brochures, all on computer.
Boy, the first time in a long time where I write pages about some homeschooling topic, and it’s for someone else’s site.
Can’t wait to read the next part of the article! Great job!
And Addison grew up right? And has a girl friend and a job and a college life and a career? In spite of his fixation on the video game du jour? Whew. Cuz Runescape is getting some hard play at my house and I am resisting the urge to pull the plug.
Sometimes it pays to wait before checking out links. Just read all 3 parts (or will there be more?). Great stuff. As a long time reader of your blog, nothing surprising but good to read anyway.
I think that there is something important about it being something you and Ron know lots about and are comfortable with. Especially the part about taking computers apart. Many of us just don’t have the stuff around to do that. But I think sometimes the fear and desire to control coming from parents is related to their own lack of familiarity with whatever it is. I think that applies to the games, the social networking, the blogs, etc. I wholeheartedly agree that parents have to keep learning, too.
Kim,
ahem. WIFE.
Also, I played Runescape hours a day for weeks. They will tire of it soon, especially if they have something bigger and better to move onto.