I was assigned to compare two calendars for personal finance lessons 8-11. I chose to compare Homeschool Planet and Google calendar.
First, let’s state what each is and what it’s intended use is:
Homeschool Planet is a planning website created for families that homeschool to keep track of their events. It also serves as an electronic checklist so you can check off assignments when you complete them, and automatically calculates grades.
Google calendar is built for many purposes. It does not calculate grades or have check boxes. Google calendar does have the advantage of syncing across all your google applications, including Gmail, Google Meet, Google Teams, Google Classroom etc. The only one of those I use is Gmail, but the calendar feature is not very useful for me.
I’m picking homeschool planet, and this is why: It has all the features of google calendar that I could use, but it also includes features specifically built to be useful for the scenario of a homeschooling family, one of which I am a part. I find that the checklist feature is really convenient and useful, but google calendar doesn’t have that feature. Furthermore, it helps my mom calculate my grades so that she doesn’t have to do it manually. The background image is also more customizable than that of google calendar. Homeschool planet is, quite simply, more tailored to my needs than Google calendar is. I am not saying that google calendar is bad; it’s just not the right fit for me.