Online Homeschool Software

An online approach to homeschool software would be to use something like Google docs. Google has an online spreadsheet program where you can do almost everything Excel or iWork numbers can do. Plus it has the advantage of being completely online based. This can be beneficial, since you can basically access all your homeschool software from anywhere. You need to create a google account if you don’t already have one, but once you do that, you have access to Google’s entire online software suite. Using spreadsheet, you can enter grades, and keep track of work and assignments, and then pull up the spreadsheet on any computer, anywhere. You could assign reading or course work to be pulled up by your child while at a friend’s house, or if you have to go out of town, you can check their work, without having to email files around.

Homeschool Software for Mac Users

Another homeschool software program similar to Excel, but for Mac users is Numbers, made by Apple. Some of the best homeschool software packages are on the Mac. Numbers is very similar to Excel in its capabilities, and could be considered to be easier to work with. It is more graphical in nature, and easier for someone who is interested in the final presentation to make sense of, since that is where its focus is. Numbers could be used in your homeschool for tracking grades, or teaching your child about formulas and graphs. Its graphing functions are very nicely laid out and easy to use. Your child could use it as a computer enhanced learning tool when working on charts or graphs for their math curriculum. Its file format is not as widely supported, but you can export to many different formats that the people you are sharing with can accept.