What is Lobster Network? A free, creative site set up by a homeschool family, looking to establish communities where people can share their resources with others. The name is actually an acronym:
You can use Lobster Network to simply create an inventory of media, books, and other resources, like an online database, or you can use it to let others know what you have and what is available to lend, trade, or sell.
It is a fascinating idea. Our co-op recently took apart its extremely small lending library because most people didn’t use it. The resources were either old, falling apart, or not applicable to many of us. With Lobster Network, we can create a private community just for our co-op and allow members to list the items we are willing to share with fellow co-op members. How often have I heard someone say, “Oh, I use ----Math and I’m not going to be using level 3 next year. You can borrow it.”
For those who can’t or don’t wish to loan out their curricula, they can list what they have so that others can learn who uses what and then ask for opinions.
The inventory/data entry forms are easy to use. I’m going to set my son on the task as soon as school is done for the year. It will be a good summer project for him. And I will have a list of everything bookish that we own.
Take a minute to browse the site, watch the demo video below and see what Lobster Network has to offer.
Disclaimer: While Lobster Network is free to anyone, this is a review product through the Old Schoolhouse Crew. I did not receive any compensation for this review, and the opinions expressed are mine alone.
