This will be the last Homeschool Wednesday post for quite some time. Not just because we will be going away on a trip to Africa but when we come back I will switch Continuations around a bit. I will use it (almost) exclusively to expand the ideas from my “Are We The Horse?” talk. Now I can make that change without asking anyone for permission because I am my own publisher. That is an example of “permission-less innovation” and is one of the key messages we are trying to convey to our children as part of homeschooling.

How are we doing that? By encouraging the kids to blog, create their own media, publish a portfolio of their projects, attend New York Tech Meetup, and so on. It helps too that they are seeing Susan start Ziggeo (she and Oliver presented the launch of Ziggeo’s API at yesterday’s NYTM and we were all there). In addition, the homeschool process in and of itself helps tremendously. There is a lot more free time which gives kids the opportunity to explore ideas and projects without asking for our or a teacher’s permission.

All of this matters because we are moving from a world of hierarchies where you have to ask your boss for permission to a world of networks where you are an independent actor.  If you haven’t done so already, I highly recommend that you read Alexis Ohanian’s excellent book “Without Their Permission” and leave a copy around the house for the kids to discover.