Homeschooling with Technology

Guest Charlene Hess from Hess Un-Academy shares with us which free online typing programs worked for her children. Be sure to also listen to the other interview I did with Charlene some time ago when we talked about Learning History Through Video Games.

In this episode, Charlene starts off by explaining why she believes kids need to learn to type.

Then Charlene discusses the following free typing programs that she finds have been the most effective for her children.

You can read Charlene’s blog post on the topic here.

You can find Charlene online at

Mewe Group Homeschool Dabblers

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In this episode, I talk about how to save time with tech. I discuss 2 aspects:

1. Taking time to select the correct software to use

Specific resources I mention in this episode are

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Listen to the episode to hear this topic discussed. I touch on how much time you can waste when you choose not to use tech. I also explain how to determine what the correct tool for your specific needs is so that you don’t waste time using something that isn’t going to work for your purposes.

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Show Sponsor Fundafunda Academy uses podcasts in some of their online classes. Take a look at all they offer

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In this episode, guest Lea Bosse discusses the pros and cons of virtual tutoring. Lea has been doing ACT tutoring for years, and during the pandemic switched to primarily tutoring virtually. You can find her tutoring sessions on FundaFunda Academy.

These are the questions Lea answers in this episode:

1. How did you do most of your tutoring before the pandemic?

Lea has written a blog post on 10 Tips to Improve Your ACT Test Score that you might find useful.

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Show Sponsor Fundafunda Academy uses podcasts in some of their online classes. Take a look at all they offer

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Here are the fitness apps and websites mentioned in this episode to get you and your children moving and exercising.

For brain breaks and active indoor fun

Other online fitness options for homeschool families

FundaFunda’s online Health class makes it very clear to teens why they should exercise and does in fact suggest the Zombies, Run! App

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Show Sponsor Fundafunda Academy uses podcasts in some of their online classes. Take a look at all they offer

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Sarah Snyder is our guest in this episode on Podcasts for Homeschool Families. She was the guest on the second most popular episode of this podcast last year, Podcasts for kids of all ages, so be sure to listen to that one if you haven’t already.

Sarah now has her own podcast, The Online School Mom. I am her guest on the episode “Online electives to boost your child’s education“.

You can find the rest of what Sarah offers at Online School Mom.

Four main areas where podcasts can be of huge value:

Podcasts About Money

Find more podcasts about money here.

Podcasts About Personal Growth

Also look at these podcasts on Personal Growth and Self-Help

Podcasts During the Holidays

Add podcasts to your family traditions! Get some ideas on what to listen to here.

Podcasts to supplement curriculum

For ideas on podcasts related to history, take a look at this post.

If you are looking for a specific podcast topic, Listen Notes is a podcast search engine.

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Show Sponsor Fundafunda Academy uses podcasts in some of their online classes. Take a look at all they offer

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. We would love to hear how you are using tech in early elementary homeschooling!

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There are so many great digital resources for Black History month, so I decided just to primarily share ones with you that I actually use in my own classes.

These are the sites I mention where one can find many primary resources related to Black History.

Movies

Documentary

Game

Flight to Freedom

Digital breakouts

Harlem Renaissance

Virtual Field Trips

Primary Sources

Also take a look at this African-American Black History Pinterest board by Ayanna Murray

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Show Sponsor Fundafunda Academy uses many of these resources in their online US History class for high school

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Guest, Monica Matthews, shares tips for completing online scholarship applications that will help students be successful. Monica has helped her own children and many many others win scholarships to college.

Find Monica at her website, How 2 Win Scholarships, her Facebook page and her Facebook group, Scholarship Help and College Talk for Parents.

Listen to the full episode to hear her explain the following tips.

Some of this info can be found in these blog posts and the rest is in Monica’s scholarship ebooks.

https://how2winscholarships.com/college-scholarship-tip-vital-online-submission-advice/

https://how2winscholarships.com/tips-online-college-scholarship-apps/

Be sure to also listen to our previous episode on Finding, Tracking, and Winning Scholarships.

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Digital Timelines are a great way to help students see the flow of history in a visual way.

Here are some ways to incorporate them into any history curriculum

1. Include Interactive Timelines of the periods you are studying

2. Get students to create digital timelines. These 4 timeline creator tools are easy to use and free

Canva – Find the Canva timeline templates here

3. Play Online Timeline Games – this game is for American or World History

4. Create Online Timeline games – Classtools has a game that is easy to create. Here is a post that explains what to do.

Show Sponsor Fundafunda Academy uses digital timelines in the World War 2 Year by Year web-based unit study as well as in their online US History class for high school

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In this episode, I share with you some free online comic strip creators, and I give you ideas on how to incorporate them into your homeschool lessons.

1. Makebeliefs Comix

Makebeliefscomix.com is easy to use. Just drag and drop elements into the frames. It has limited graphics but is a great place to start

2. Google Slides

Make a table in Google slides, search for graphics and use the shapes for speech bubbles. Here is a video that will walk you through the process.

3. Canva

Canva is the most versatile of these 3 tools. You can use the elements they provide free or import others.

Watch this video overview

Two other paid comic strip creators are Storyboardthat and Pixton.

Show sponsor, FundaFunda Academy, uses the comic strip creation as a student assignment in the middle school Writing Fun class and in some high school classes eg Government.

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Suzette has also been the guest on episode 25 where she shared how to use Quizlet to learn foreign language vocabulary.

Dana was one of the guests on episode 88 when we discussed online resources to make science engaging.

There are three main areas of concern that we discuss:

1. Plagiarism (For ways to teach your children not to plagiarize listen to episode 57)

2. Cutting corners on homework

3. Cheating on tests

We also talk about some of the reasons we believe students cheat and how parents can help prevent this from happening.

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. We would love to hear how you are using tech in early elementary homeschooling!

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