Online Resources for Improving French Skills

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May 31, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Online Resources for Improving French Skills

232: Online Resources for Improving French Skills

Today’s guest, Sébastien Crépieux, has been teaching French for many years and he shares with us his favorite online resources for improving French skills. Sébastien teaches French online with show sponsor FundaFunda Academy.

Online French resources mentioned in this episode
Wordreference.com: To look for a French word within an expression
Google Translate: To translate a simple sentence
Bescherelle: To look for French conjugation
Dictionnaire français: To look for a definition of a French word
Podcast Francais Facile: To practice listening in French
Journal en français facile: To listen to the news in French
french-games.net: Fun french games online by topic
French Wordle: To practice the wordle in French
Duolingo
Lawless French: grammar practice

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Robotics competitions

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May 24, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Robotics Competitions

231: Robotics competitions with Dawn and Nate Garrett

Guests Dawn Garrett and her son Nate join us to talk about Robotics Competitions. You can learn about Nate’s team here and see their 2023 competition robot

If you missed episode 225 on An Introduction to Robotics – start by listening to that.

You can find general information about robotics in this blog post – Robotics in your Homeschool

These are the questions our guests answered.

1. Nate: How long have you been involved in robotics?
2. Dawn: Why did you think about robotics as an area for Nate to get involved in?
3. Dawn: How did you find a FLL team?
4. Nate: Over the years on FLL – what roles did you play on the team? What did you enjoy most about FLL
5. Dawn: How did you find a First Robotics team?
6. Nate: How is this different from FLL? What do you have to do? What is your role on the team?
7. How does the contest work?
8. Nate: What have you enjoyed most doing robotics?
9. Nate: What has been the biggest challenge?
10. Nate: What have you learned?
11 Dawn: What have you observed as a parent watching Nate get involved? What do you think the biggest benefits have been?
12. Nate: Has robotics influenced your ideas for a career?

You can find Dawn at

LadyDusk.com
Instagram: LadyDusk
Dawn is also the Community Manager for PamBarnhill.com

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How to Set Students up for Success in High School Science Classes

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May 17, 2023 by Leave a Comment

How to set students up for success in high school science classes

230: How to set students up for success in high school science classes with Dr. Kristin Moon

Dr. Kristin Moon from Kristin Moon Science explains how to set students up for success in high school science classes.

Dr. Moon teaches Chemistry for show sponsor FundaFunda Academy and a number of science classes at True North Homeschool Academy.

These are the questions she answers:

1. What should middle school parents do to make sure their children are ready

2. a) What is the biggest problem you see in high school classes?
b) How to overcome this problem?

3. a) What other problems?
b) How to overcome them?

4. What non-science skills do students need to be successful?

You can find the summer class on Math Skills for Chemistry mentioned in this episode here

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Everfi Free Online Courses

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May 10, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Everfi Free Online courses

229: Everfi Free Online Courses

In this episode, I explain how homeschoolers can use Everfi’s free online courses.

There are courses for all ages and they cover finance, career exploration, health, entrepreneurship, and more.

There are interactive online modules you assign to your children and also lesson plans that you can use to assign offline projects related to the material covered.

Listen to the episode to see if you can use Everfi in your homeschool.

Show sponsor FundaFunda Academy classes mentioned in this episode:

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Math is a good tool for learning to think critically

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May 3, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Math is a good tool for learning to think critically

228: Math is a good tool for learning to think critically

Today’s guest is Elizabeth Weaver and she loves math and is enthusiastic about its ability to aid us to think critically! Elizabeth lectures at Roane State Community College, a homeschool co-op, and also teaches the Agebra 2 class at show sponsor FundaFunda Academy.

In this episode, Elizabeth answers these 4 questions:

1 Why is critical thinking important?

2. Why is math a good tool to practice it?

3. Why are word problems important?

4. What should parents look for in a math curriculum?

Overall takeaway – realize the potential math has to help your children think critically and make sure the curriculum you use achieves this. Listen to the full episode to learn more.

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Why all teens should learn Canva

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April 26, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Why All Teens Should Learn Canva

227: Why all teens should learn Canva

Becky Brinkman from Rose and Bird explains why all teens should learn Canva.

Becky was the guest on episode 210 – Taking Holiday Photos with Storytelling in Mind

Becky answers the following questions:

1. Why do students need to build confidence in creating graphics – especially if they don’t believe
they are “artistic”?

2. How can we bridge the gap between natural visual communicators and everybody else?

3. Why is Canva a particularly good tool to learn?

4. What are some things students need to learn to use Canva effectively?

Becky concluded by giving an overview of the Graphic Design with Canva class she will be teaching for show sponsor FundaFunda Academy from Fall 2023.

Where to find Becky Brinkman online:

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Exploring AI with Your Homeschooled Teen

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April 19, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Exploring AI with your homeschooled teen

226:Exploring AI with Your Homeschooled Teen

In this episode, you will learn why exploring AI with your teen is something you should be doing.

If you know very little about AI, a good place to start would be our previous episodes on ChatGPT

3 previous episodes on ChatGPT
Episode 215- What is ChatGPT?
Episode 216- ChatGPT and the Future of Education
Episode 217- 10 Ways to Use ChatGPT in Your Homeschool

5 topics to address with your teens about AI

1. Learn something new together. 3 websites mentioned

2. Discuss the ethical questions involved

3. Discuss appropriate use for assignments – Video mentioned (start at minute 17) Generative AI with Steve Dembo and Vicki Davis

4. Learn to use it effectively eg how to craft good prompts

5. Discuss how AI might affect their choice of career

Show sponsor FundaFunda Academy classes mentioned that will include instruction on how to use AI:

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An Introduction to Robotics

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Intro to Robotics

225:An Introduction to Robotics with Vinod Agrawal

Vinod Agrawal from Robotics Workshops for Kids is our guest and he talks about how to provide your children with an introduction to robotics

Vinod covers these topics in this episode:

1. How he became interested in robotics
2. Why he decided to teach robotics to students
3. What is involved in learning robotics
4. Who will be interested in robotics
4. The free workshop he offers
5. How to build a drum-playing robot
6. Extra projects students can do with the robot after it is built
7. Careers in robotics

You can find Vinod at

Robotics Workshops for Kids
Instagram
YouTube
Facebook

Podcast episode mentioned

Episode 199: Using 3D Printing in your Homeschool with Katie Matteson

Coding classes from show sponsor FundaFunda mentioned

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Integrating technology in literature studies

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April 5, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Integrating Technology in Literature Studies

224: Integrating Technology in Literature Studies

This episode discusses integrating technology in literature studies to help provide students with a richer experience as they read novels.

The websites and ideas mentioned are:

  1. Book Adventure: book quizzes, reading logs, graphic organizers etc
  2. Vocabulary.com: vocabulary lists for specific books.
  3. Crashcourse Literature
  4. Virtual museum tours
  5. Google Streetview
  6. Apps and websites relating to content eg Skyview app when studying Greek Mythology
  7. Litcharts: Mentioned on the episode Apps for High School Sttudents
  8. Digital Projects: websites mentioned Powtoon and Canva
  9. ChatGPT
  10. FundaFunda Academy’s English 1, English Honors and Jane Austen classes

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Online Classes and Neurodiversity: Building Independence and Social Skills at Home

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March 29, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Podcast with Lindsay Leviska on Online Classes and Neurodiversity: Building Independence and Social Skills at Home

223: Online Classes and Neurodiversity: Building Independence and Social Skills at Home

Guest Lindsay Leiviska talks to us about Online Classes and Neurodiversity. You can find Lindsay online at A Heart For All Students. Her podcast is also called “A Heart for All Students”. Lindsay’s tips will be helpful to those homeschooling a child with autism, ADHD, or any issue that can make learning a little more challenging for a student.

Be sure to listen to the previous episodes 125 and 126 where Lindsay explains how to modify online curriculum for special needs students

These are the topics Lindsay covers in this episode

1. The Why Behind Online or Digital Classes

  • Screen-based learning can give them the independence they need to learn more effectively
  • Support your child by “removing the audience” and giving them agency
  • Outsourcing classes can alleviate stress on the parent-child relationship

2. At What Age?

  • Completely dependent on the child
  • Consider anxiety level
  • Consider executive functioning level

3. Asynchronous vs Synchronous

  • Again, completely dependent on the child’s executive function and anxiety level

4. How much support from parents?

5. Social Time

  • Use online platforms like Outschool for social time

Bonus Tip: Allow Gaming as a way to createrelationships

You can find Lindsay at

A Heart for all Students

Facebook: @aheartforallstudents
Pinterest: @aheartforallstudents
Instagram: @aheartforallstudents

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