myanmom Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Any experience with or reviews about this? https://www.unschoolportfolio.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 I can't say I like the lack of information about it on the website. I think if I wanted to people to use my service, I'd be sure to show what a day and week looked like, and what is produced by the end of the year. It's free, but I think I'll stick with our own free system. It swayed me by offered many screen shots to see how it was all going to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myanmom Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019 HomeAgain, Thanks for your reply! I have been trying to compare a bit between SkedTrack and Unschool Portfolio, so I appreciate that you have experience with SkedTrack! I agree, I don't particularly like how vague the UP website is. We aren't completely unschoolers, but we do take frequent "delight-directed" rabbit trails and opportunities. Do you feel like it is easy to enter those random, one-off events into SkedTrack? That is the one thing that draws me in with the UP idea - that it's actually created for people who want to log things that don't fit neatly into the lesson plan. I'm thinking I might try out SkedTrack and see how it goes for those things. Would love to hear more about what you like/don't like about SkedTrack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 54 minutes ago, myanmom said: HomeAgain, Thanks for your reply! I have been trying to compare a bit between SkedTrack and Unschool Portfolio, so I appreciate that you have experience with SkedTrack! I agree, I don't particularly like how vague the UP website is. We aren't completely unschoolers, but we do take frequent "delight-directed" rabbit trails and opportunities. Do you feel like it is easy to enter those random, one-off events into SkedTrack? That is the one thing that draws me in with the UP idea - that it's actually created for people who want to log things that don't fit neatly into the lesson plan. I'm thinking I might try out SkedTrack and see how it goes for those things. Would love to hear more about what you like/don't like about SkedTrack. I create general subject headings: English, math, etc. From there I can put in whatever he does that fits in those categories and mark how long each took him, checking it off. I think it works pretty well. It doesn't require us to follow a curriculum. The special things that don't exactly fit are labeled as field trips or put in the hobby log. And for things that cross subjects, I put it in both but write down what he did. For example, one of the lessons I have planned out includes a reading from SOTW (history), but it has a cumulative addition/multiplication activity (math). I'll write down the specifics for each in their respective categories. The things that annoy me are minor. I always forget exactly how to set up a new school year and where the field trip heading is. 😄 And I wish it would allow me to put in multiple assignments on a single day, single subject. Like, I want the ability to grade a short quiz AND write that he read something else for the same subject without it looking like that's graded, too. Especially since if I choose to grade, quizzes and daily work wouldn't have the same weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myanmom Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019 Thank you! Very helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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