Homeschooling with Technology

I have coached a homeschool Science Olympiad team for many years and have seen the huge benefits it has provided to the students involved.

For more information about the contest visit Soinc.org.

If you can’t find a team in your area – start one!

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Guest Lindsay Leiviska explains how to modify online curriculum for special needs students. You can find Lindsay online at A Heart For All Students. Her podcast is also called “A Heart for All Students”.

This is a replay of episode 126 – you can find the original show notes here.

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This is a replay of episode 125 – you can find the original show notes here.

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Guest Charis Guilford, a high school senior, explains how learning tech skills young can benefit your child by sharing her own story.

These are the questions she answered. Listen to the episode to get inspired to teach your children how to use a computer effectively.

1. When did you start learning about technology ie how to use applications on your computer. What was the first thing you learned?

2. What did you learn in middle school?

3. How did that help you in high school?

4. When did you get a smartphone? Social Media?

5. What have you learned in high school?

6 How has your tech knowledge helped you make money?

7. Advice for homeschool parents who are nervous to allow their children to use tech or don’t know where to start?

FundaFunda classes mentioned in this episode

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Do you know there is probably AI in the tools you already use? Here are the ones mentioned in this episode:

1. Gmail – Smart reply / compose

2. Canva

3. Google slides – ‘help me visualize’ rolling out this feature and Google docs – help me write – in labs at present

4. Grammarly Go

FundaFunda classes mentioned in this episode

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Free vs Paid Online Resources? This episode covers reasons you might choose one over the other and I give a few ideas on where to find free resources. For all the details listen to the episode.

Things to consider

1. Budget

Free Resources Mentioned

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As you plan your school year, consider adding these 3 digital resources to your homeschool. They are all free and can help both you and your children.

The 3 digital resources for homeschooling are:

Listen to the episode to learn how to use these 3 resources

FundaFunda classes mentioned in this episode:

Writing Mechanics

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This is a replay of episode 143 – you can find the show notes here.

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Chris Remboldt of [future homeschool] explains what prompt engineering is and why you and your children need to learn it.

These are the questions Chris answers in this episode:

1. What is prompt engineering

The resources regarding prompt engineering mentioned in this episode are:

Chris’s courses

You can find Chris at

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Randi Smith from Peanut Butter Fish Lessons is my guest again and in this episode we demonstrate how you can collaborate with AI to create AI-driven unit studies.

Randi is using Khanmigo and Meryl is using ChatGPT. Be sure to listen to our 3-part series on ChatGPT we recorded a few months ago for more ideas on how to use AI in your homeschool

Also see Randi’s post on Creating a Unit Study with AI for another example of AI-Driven Unit Studies.

Here are some screen shots of the responses we each got as we prompted the AI

Randi’s from Khanmigo

Meryl’s from ChatGPT

Please note: sometimes ChatGPT’s responses were longer than one screen so I just showed you a partial answer.

You can find Randi at

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