Homeschooling with Technology

170: Online Resources about Ukraine and Russia In this episode, you will find online resources about Ukraine and Russia you can use in your homeschool. There are resources that relate to the current conflict but also resources to learn about the history, geography, and culture of the two countries involved. Instagram accounts mentioned in this […] The post Online Resources about Ukraine and...

169: PDF tips and tricks Learn about a number of free tools that allow you to manipulate PDFs in this episode on PDF tips and tricks. The tools mentioned in this episode are: Scannable – app that scans documents and saves to PDF. Sejda to fill out and sign PDFs Mac PDF Preview – select […] The post PDF tips and tricks appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network .

168: Online Black History Resources As February is Black History Month, here are some online Black History resources to add to your homeschool. If you haven’t already listened to last year’s episode on the topic, you can find it here. None of the resources I mentioned in this episode are repeated from last year. Here […] The post Online Black History Resources appeared first on U...

167: Free Online Word Games and Apps The free online word games and apps mentioned in this episode are: Wordle Klura and Wordus are phone apps similar to Wordle Words with Friends – similar to Scrabble Typeshift – move the columns of letters to create words, new one each day 7 Little Words – find […] The post Free Online Word Games and Apps appeared first on Ultimate Homesc...

(Replay)Episode 50: How to Create Online Choose Your Own Adventure Games 🎧 Prefer to Listen? Want the quick walkthrough? Listen to this episode while you plan your next project-based learning activity. Here are 3 different resources students can use to create online choose-your-own-adventure games. New Here? If you love practical homeschool tech ideas, start here: […] The post Replay: How t...

166: Organizing your homeschool with tech in 2022 In this episode, we look at various tech tools you can use for organizing your homeschool. Here are the resources mentioned: * Planning – Google sheets, Evernote * Record keeping – grades, all high school things (hs challenge) * Calendar – Google calendar * Assigning tasks – […] The post Organizing your Homeschool with...

165: Improving tech skills in your homeschool in 2022 We discussed why it is important to keep improving tech skills for both you and your children – listen to the episode for that info. Websites mentioned in this episode: Pixlr – photo editing Strava – fitness monitoring app Lynda – lots of classes, often free […] The post Improving tech skills in your homeschool in...

164: Email strategy in your homeschool for 2022 This episode discusses email strategy in your homeschool – we talk about how it relates to both your children and yo, the parent. 1. Your kids and email When to get it How to use it: Episode 60 – Teaching Kids Soft Skills for Digital Communication 2. […] The post Email Strategy in your Homeschool for 2022 appeared first on Ultimate...

163: Technology Reset in Your Homeschool for 2022 In this episode, you will get suggestions on how to do a technology reset in your homeschool in 2022. We touch on 3 areas: 1. Devices 2. Technology Usage. The two challenges I suggest you do with your children are Bored and Brilliant Infomagical The FundaFunda class […] The post Technology Reset in Your Homeschool for 2022 appeared first on U...

This is a rerun of episode 39 which offers a number of different ideas on how teens can make money online. You can find the show notes on the original episode here. ————————————————————————————————– Take a look at show sponsor, FundaFunda Academy to see what they offer for online classes and web-based unit studies. Join our […] The post Replay: Ways Teens Can Make Money Online appeared first...

This is a rerun of episode 14 which explains what Digital Breakouts are and where to find them. You can find the show notes on the original episode here. ————————————————————————————————– Take a look at show sponsor, FundaFunda Academy to see what they offer for online classes and web-based unit studies. Join our Facebook Group especially […] The post Replay: Digital Breakouts appeared first...

162: Digital Christmas Cards Listen to the episode to hear why I think you should encourage your children to create Digital Christmas Cards. Here are the tools I suggest they use. All have free plans and all allow you to upload your own photographs: Smilebox Canva Adobe Spark Google Slides Scratch FundaFunda’s unit studies that […] The post Digital Christmas Cards appeared first on Ult...

161: STEM Christmas Gifts STEM Christmas gifts have the advantage of being both educational and fun. Your children are likely to get more use out of them than many other toys. Natalie Vaughn joins me on this episode as we share some of our favorite STEM toys. You can find links to many of the […] The post STEM Christmas Gifts appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network .

160: An easy way to get your children coding Do you need an easy way to get your children coding? Do you know they need to learn and have no idea where to start? Well, this episode is for you. In it, I share about the Hour of Code and how it can get children […] The post An Easy Way to Get Your Children Coding appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network .

159:10 websites you will be thankful I told you about The 10 useful websites for homeschooling that I talk about in this episode are: Canva Flippity Vocabulary.com iCivics PHET Grammarly Slidesmania – find their tips and tricks page here The Kids Should See This BookBub Standard eBooks ———————————————&#...

158: Online Primary History Sources In this episode, you can learn why you would want to use online primary history sources as well as where you can find them. One use would be if your child is competing in National History Day which I talk about in episode 5. The 4 sources I mention are: […] The post Online Primary History Sources appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network .

157: Technology and Handicrafts: An unlikely pair with Amber O’Neal Johnston Amber O’Neal Johnston from HeritageMom shares how technology and handicrafts go hand-in-hand in their homeschool. If you think your family is more about crafts and prefer not to spend time using technology, then this episode is for you! Follow her on Instagram at @heritagemomblog! […] The post Technology...

In this episode, you will learn about various free eBook creation websites and how you can incorporate using them into your homeschool. This month is NaNaWriMo and if your children participate in that they can use one of these ideas to create an eBook that is easy to share with others. The 5 eBook creators […] The post eBook Creators to use in your Homeschool appeared first on Ultimate Homes...

155: Screens and Guilt with Julie Bogart Julie Bogart from Bravewriter talks to us in this episode about a subject many parents struggle with: Screens and Guilt. Follow Julie on Instagram at JulieBraveWriter! That’s where I saw her talking about this issue. Julie answers the following questions in this episode: What makes video gaming controversial? […] The post Screens and Guilt appea...

154: Online Resources for Brain Teasers with Christy Rickman Guest Christy Rickman shares with us her favorite online resources for brain teasers. Christy first explains why it is beneficial for your children to be doing brainteasers. These are the resources Christy mentions in the episode 1. A website with lots of brain teasers – Puzzlebaron […] The post Online Resources for Brain Tea...

153: How tech skills helped one homeschooler pay for college with Samantha Shank Samantha Shank from Learn in Color is our guest and explains how tech skills helped her pay for college. Listen to the episode as she tells her story of how she started out as a 14-year-old – who didn’t have techie parents […] The post How tech skills helped one homeschooler pay for college appeared...

152: How to add tech to any curriculum In this episode, I discuss how to add tech to any curriculum – whether it is heavily dependent on books, completely online, or somewhere in between. 1. Review games/quizzes 2. Further exploration – webcams, virtual tours, youtube 3. Simulations – Phet, videos of experiments 4. Readalouds – […] The post How To Add Tech To Any Curr...

151: Meterhero: A practical STEM project In this episode, Nate Conroy explains how he came up with the idea for Meterhero and your children can get involved. Meterhero gets students to monitor their own home’s gas, water, and electricity usage and then use the data to see trends, figure out ways to save money and […] The post Meterhero: A practical STEM project appeared first on Ultima...

150: Creating online review games for your children The free resources to create online review games for your children that are mentioned in this episode are Flippity – Matching game, Hangman (Snowman) Classtools – lots of different arcade games to choose from Quizlet -Match up, Gravity All these resources have digital flashcards you can create […] The post Creating Online Review...

149: Using Trello to organize your curriculum with Richie Soares In this episode, Richie Soares from Homeschool and Humor shares tips on using Trello to organize your curriculum. Richie explains what Trello is and how to set it up in various different ways to easily keep track of all the curriculum you are using – […] The post Using Trello to organize your curriculum appeared first on...