Homeschooling with Technology

Guest Amber O’Neal Johnston discusses some of the ideas about representation in kid tech that she covers in one chapter of her new book – A Place to Belong. the book releases on May 17th. You can pre-order it here.

Amber was the guest in Episode 157 – Technology and Handicrafts: An unlikely pair.

Amber answers the following questions in this episode:

1. Why does representation matter?

2. What percentage of Americans are not white? Is this reflected in the media?

3. Is all representation equal?

4. What can we as parents do about it?

Amber’s website is HeritageMom. Follow her on Instagram at @heritagemomblog

—————————————————————————————————————-

Join our Facebook Group especially for the listeners of this podcast! You can ask questions and get advice as you try integrating technology in your homeschool.

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the show and give a rating and maybe even a review! Subscribing will help you make sure you never miss an episode

The post Representation in Kid Tech appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.

Holly Ramsey from Thoughtful Homeschooling shares a number of free tools for researching colleges and universities in this episode. All the tools she suggests during the interview are listed below, but you can request her full free guide here.

Know Yourself: Tools to explore interests and aptitudes

● Scoir: You Science assessment

Know the Schools: Tools to build a list

● Loper: new personalized list builder app

Know Your Budget and the Cost: Tools to evaluate financial fit

● Thoughtful Homeschooling:: “Best Free Tools to Find a Good School That Will Give You Money”

Know Your Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Concerns: Tools to refine a list

● College Equity Index: assesses campus climate & culture for BIPOC students

Know the Social Fit: Tools to evaluate the feel of a campus

● Look up a school’s mission and values

To get your teen to start researching and preparing for college, sign them up for sponsor FundaFunda’s annual summer High School Challenge for homeschoolers in rising 9th – 12th grade. This contest gamifies the learning and offers gift card rewards – as well as an overall cash prize.

If you as a homeschool parent want to interact with other homeschool parents on these topics, join the Homeschooling College-bound Teens Facebook group run by FundaFunda – Holly is one of the many members there with wisdom to share!

You can find Holly at her website, Thoughtful Homeschooling, and on Facebook and Instagram.

—————————————————————————————————————-

Join our Facebook Group especially for the listeners of this podcast! You can ask questions and get advice as you try integrating technology in your homeschool.

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the show and give a rating and maybe even a review! Subscribing will help you make sure you never miss an episode

The post Free Tools for Researching Colleges and Universities appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.

As we live in a techy world, tech electives are not only fun for most high schoolers, but also necessary. These electives can cover a wide range of interests and abilities.

Computer Applications/Digital Literacy – this elective will make sure students are ready for all the tech they will encountter at college and in the work place. Take a look at FundaFunda’s online class.

Computer technician – find a book or class to help your teen prepare for a COMPTIA certification.

Coding – Learn to program through a free platform like Codeacademy or online homeschool classes like those offered by FundaFunda Academy. Listen to the podcast episode with techie teen Jayda and techie teen Anaya.

Cybersecurity – Listen to the podcast episode with techie teen Jake

Salesforce administrator – free training for this widely used database program

Webdesign – learn a program like WordPress, or HTML / CSS – or both

Photoshop – FundaFunda Academy has a self-paced Photoshop class. Listen to the podcast episode with techie teen Callie

Graphic Design – Listen to the podcast episode with techie teen Addie

Audio Engineering

Videography – Listen to the podcast episode with techie teen Brandon talking about drone videography)

Game design – Listen to the podcast episode with techie teen Eli

Virtual Assistant Skills – Listen to the podcast episode with techie teen Natalie

Find classes on Coursera, Udemy, and look on your library website.

—————————————————————————————————————-

Join our Facebook Group especially for the listeners of this podcast! You can ask questions and get advice as you try integrating technology in your homeschool.

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the show and give a rating and maybe even a review! Subscribing will help you make sure you never miss an episode

The post Tech Electives for High School Homeschoolers appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.

This episode offers more suggestions for online poetry resources – last April for National Poetry Month I recorded an episode with other resources. So be sure to check out episode 127 if you haven’t listened to that one already as I have not repeated any of those resources this year.

General Resources Mentioned

Resources for Writing Poetry

—————————————————————————————————————-

Join our Facebook Group especially for the listeners of this podcast! You can ask questions and get advice as you try integrating technology in your homeschool.

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the show and give a rating and maybe even a review! Subscribing will help you make sure you never miss an episode

The post More Online Poetry Resources appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.

There are many benefits to using gamification in your homeschool. Listen to this episode to learn:

1. What gamification is (hint: it isn’t adding games to your homeschool)

2. How to gamify your homeschool. Websites mentioned here are:

3. How to track points and rewards. Websites mentioned here are:

4. The benefits of gamification

5. Show sponsor FundaFunda Academy uses gamification in

—————————————————————————————————————-

Join our Facebook Group especially for the listeners of this podcast! You can ask questions and get advice as you try integrating technology in your homeschool.

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the show and give a rating and maybe even a review! Subscribing will help you make sure you never miss an episode

The post Gamification in your Homeschool appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.

Canva is a very versatile graphics creation tool and in this episode, we explore 12 ways to use Canva in your homeschool.

To learn more about how Canva was started you can listen to Guy Raz’s podcast episode on How I built this.

1. Digital poster

2. Presentations

3. Digital cards / invitations

4. Websites

5. Videos

6. Comic strips

7. Photobooks

8. Infographics

9. Portfolios

10. Resumes

11. Design t-shirts

12. Games – trivia, bingo, word games etc

Bonus tip: add Google maps directly from Canva into a design.

Learn how to use Canva

—————————————————————————————————————-

Join our Facebook Group especially for the listeners of this podcast! You can ask questions and get advice as you try integrating technology in your homeschool.

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the show and give a rating and maybe even a review! Subscribing will help you make sure you never miss an episode

The post 12 Ways to use Canva in your Homeschool appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.

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.

—————————————————————————————————————-

Join our Facebook Group especially for the listeners of this podcast! You can ask questions and get advice as you try integrating technology in your homeschool.

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the show and give a rating and maybe even a review! Subscribing will help you make sure you never miss an episode.

The post Best Practices for Internet Research appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.

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.

—————————————————————————————————————-

Join our Facebook Group especially for the listeners of this podcast! You can ask questions and get advice as you try integrating technology in your homeschool.

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the show and give a rating and maybe even a review! Subscribing will help you make sure you never miss an episode.

The post Social Media Templates for Fun Assignments appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.

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:

—————————————————————————————————————-

Join our Facebook Group especially for the listeners of this podcast! You can ask questions and get advice as you try integrating technology in your homeschool.

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the show and give a rating and maybe even a review! Subscribing will help you make sure you never miss an episode.

The post Social Media and Homeschooling appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.

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

—————————————————————————————————————-

Join our Facebook Group especially for the listeners of this podcast! You can ask questions and get advice as you try integrating technology in your homeschool.

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the show and give a rating and maybe even a review! Subscribing will help you make sure you never miss an episode.

The post Compassion in an interconnected world appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.