Veldorah Rice from Write From the Heart is our guest in this episode and she shares some best practices for internet research.

This is the outline of the episode – be sure to listen to hear these points explained.

1. Benefits of Internet Research

2. Problems with Internet Research

3. Checking Internet Sites

4. Other Online Sources

Tie in:

Be sure to take a look at the English classes (including AP classes) Veldorah offers for middle and high schoolers. You can also find Veldorah on Facebook and Instagram.

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This episode delves into using social media templates for fun assignments for your children. Listen in for ideas on how to use fake social media templates in your homeschool.

Here are the different places to find the templates mentioned in this episode:

Show sponsor FundaFunda Academy uses “social media” assignments in some of their classes including Middle School Writing Fun and high school US History.

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How social media can help you in your homeschooling

Here are the ideas mentioned:

1. Modeling social media use for your children

2. Choose your channel(s) – you don’t need to be everywhere

3. Choose social media accounts and types that have a positive effect on your life

4. Connect with other homeschoolers – mentioned:

5. Learning with your children:

5. Connect with likeminded people – Instagram accounts mentioned:

6 Keep up with news and things that interest you

7. Have fun:

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This episode covers ways to help people around the globe in times of disaster. The websites mentioned are:

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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 episode

@fundafundaeducation (show sponsor)

Other general resources

iCivics has just released a new foreign policygame both online and as an app (all versions are free) – Convene the Council

View the relative size of Russia and Ukraine on this website.

Ukraine resources

Video made by a Ukrainian

Animated History of Ukraine

Ducksters page on Ukraine

Ukraine unit study from Eclectic Homeschool

Russia resources

Ted Ed videos on Where Did Russia Come From and Why Putin Wants Ukraine

Geography Now video on Russia

Animated History of Russia

Ducksters page on Russia

Unit Studies from Peanutbutter Fish Lessons and Learn In Color.

Other ideas

Suggested projects on these countries

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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:

These resources allow you to merge, split, rotate, and much more. Listen to the episode to learn more

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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 are the resources mentioned in this episode

A good Instagram account to follow

To stream online

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Show Sponsor Fundafunda Academy loves using resources similar to these in their online US History class for high school

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The free online word games and apps mentioned in this episode are:

A fun paid iPhone app – Whirly Word – use given letters to make as many words as possible

FundaFunda class mentioned in this episode: Writing Fun for 5th -8th grade

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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.

If you love practical homeschool tech ideas, start here:

These projects are great for:

Best for: beginners and middle school students

Text Adventures actually has 3 different options to create choose-your-own-adventure games. There is the option to download software, but I have always used the online version.

Initially, you are asked to select between Quest and Squiffy. Select Quest (Squiffy is a little more complicated and only text).

Then you can start creating a Quest game. Now select ‘Gamebook’ in the drop-down option rather than text adventure. The latter allows you to create rooms with objects that can be manipulated. If your children enjoy the easier option, they could progress to this one. And this video explains how to get started.

But I suggest they start with a Gamebook type. In this version, they create choices for whoever is playing and the player simply clicks on their choice to continue down a specific path. This version allows them to add in graphics, audio, and video.

In my online US History class students research a Native American tribe pre-1492 and then turn their research into a game which the other students can play. Here are some you and your children and try.

Cherokee Tribe Game

Best for: homeschoolers already using Google tools

Hyperlink Google Slides to other Google Slides to create a choose-your-own-adventure. See the show notes for the episode I did on Google slides for a video explaining how to do it.

Best for: advanced students or coding-curious teens

For a real challenge, students can use Twine which allows them to create more complex text adventures and even incorporate some coding if they choose to.

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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

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