Regardless of where you live, there is probably a Great Books Discussion Group nearby. Here in Baton Rouge, Louisiana there has been a Group for over 40 years, and I have been in it, off and on, for many of those years. When our son was in elementary school he was in a Junior Great Books Discussion Group for a while, and my wife was the leader. You will even find Great Books Discussion Groups in prisons. A friend of mine led a group at a state prison for a time, and said that the discussions were among the best he ever took part in.
Julie Shy on 06 Jun 12Gooru is a free platform for students and teachers to access standards-based online resources in organized "playlists" for learning. Created by a Google employee, it's run by a nonprofit group called Ednovo. Students can access "ClassBooks"-collections of textbooks, videos, and assessments-on any topic, and they can interact with their peers and teachers while studying. Teachers can search for standards-aligned web resources organized into "ClassPlans," which they can customize and share with the larger community. In short, educators can use the site to search and teach, while students can use it to search and study; the website's tagline is "learning is social."
