Homeschooling with Technology

This is a replay of episode 159 – you can find the original show notes here.

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Guest Kami Wanous from The Freedom Scholar gives some great ideas on how to use tech to inspire a love of learning.

Here are the 6 ideas she covers:

Where you can find Kami

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The Verizon Learning Portal is a free collection of online lessons for K – 12. In this episode I share some of the cools things I found in it and what it was like working through a lesson.

Verizon Innovative Learning HQ is a free library of standards-aligned lessons, activities, and lesson plans for grades K–12 — no cost and no Verizon account required. For homeschoolers it’s a handy, ready-made resource across core subjects, plus newer topics like coding, AR/VR, and AI.

Is it free? Yes — completely free to use.

I also share about the 7 full courses they offer.

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In this episode, music industry veteran Brent Daniels shares resources teens can use for digital music production.

Online Tools Mentioned in this Episode

Garageband (iOS)

Where to find Brent Daniels

Find the Digital Music Production course on the Mr. D Math website

Trailer for the Digital Music Production Course

You can find Brent at BrentDanielsMusic.com

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Today’s episode explains how to learn tech skills with passion led projects. Use topics your children are interested in and integrate tech to create a meaningful project.

Ideas on how to use tech to gather information for the project

Ideas on ways to present a passion led project

FundaFunda classes mentioned in this episode

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Just in time for NaNaWriMo, guest Jennie Miller shares some digital tools to help you write a novel. These can be used by middle and high schoolers.

The resources Jennie mentions are

Jennie’s online English classes for high school

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Children need to be taught by their parents how to behave well online and so I have found some resources to teach netiquette to help you do that.

Also be sure to listen to episode 212 – Teaching Children to be Kind Online

Resources mentioned in this episode

Digital Citizenship Curriculum

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Dennis DiNoia from Mr.D Math is our guest and he shares some of his favorite games that promote thinking and build math skills.

Online games mentioned in this episode

You can find Dennis at

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In this episode, listeners are encourage to work through how much tech is too much tech for their family. A number of factors are mentioned to consider.

The podcast projects created by Manoush Zomorodi are

FundaFunda Classes mentioned in this episode:

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Haley runs a math club and as part of the club she encourages the participants to take part in math contests.

Haley begins by explaining why you should consider registering your homeschooler for these contests. She goes on to talk about:

1. Noetic

2. Bebras

3. Math Counts

4. Purple Comet

5. AMC

Be sure to listen to the episode to learn more as it will help you decide which of these math contests could be a good fit for your children.

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