The Homeschooling with Technology podcast, is sponsored by FundaFunda and hosted by me. (I teach a number of FundaFunda Academy’s classes).
How did the podcast come about?
A few years ago, my oldest daughter, Rachel, started talking about podcasts and how great they are. (A podcast is basically a radio show – on demand)
It took many months before I first tried one out as I am a visual, not an auditory learner, and I didn’t think I would enjoy them.
But I did! I discovered I LOVED podcasts and they have become my primary source of education because it is so easy to listen to them while I am driving, ironing, cooking and at the gym.
If I read a blog post or a book, there is not a lot I can do at the same time – but listening to podcasts is different. It makes a boring task fun – and I can be twice as productive.
Having fallen in love with listening to podcasts, I started considering hosting one related to homeschooling. Two things held me back: I was unsure of what topic to focus on and I was unsure exactly how to go about it.
This past summer, the online Homeschool Moms Conference, the mastermind of Heather Bowen, provided the answers to both those concerns.
I gave 3 talks at the conference – and by far the most popular one – which was also one a number of the attendees said was a conference favorite – was on Homeschooling and Technology. And that was my “aha” moment as to the topic of my podcast.
In addition, as a conference speaker, I had access to all the talks in both the homeschooling and blogging tracks and one of the talks I listened to was on “Tips for Podcasters” by Felice Gerwitz, the owner of the Ultimate Homeschool Radio Network. I loved her talk and contacted her about potentially joining her network – and well, it all happened!!
What’s the podcast about?
Yesterday, the very first episode of Homeschooling with Technology went live. The first show is an intro to the podcast and to me and my background in technology.
The next few episodes will deal with Google Drive and its apps, techie ways your children can do projects, how to teach your kids to code and much more.
New episodes will come out every Wednesday and each will be under 15 minutes in length. There will be show notes so that you don’t have to worry you won’t remember everything I mention.
Where can you find the podcast?
If you already listen to podcasts – you know what to do to find mine. Just search “Homeschooling with Technology”. Please subscribe and give me a rating and review once you listen. This is crucial to the success of any podcast!!
If you have never listened to a podcast before … they are AWESOME. Start with mine – and then add more! (Look at the other shows from the Ultimate Homeschool Radio Network) and then find podcasts on other topics you are interested in.
You can listen to my podcast on a computer right from my show page – but it is more convenient to use a podcast app on a phone (and yes, your phone will have one on it already!) Here is an excellent article explaining how it all works. This article also talks about a few different podcasting apps in case you don’t want to use the one on your phone.
If you prefer watching a video – here is one for iPhones
and one for Android phones
If you have any topics you would like me to cover – leave a comment here.
Please share this with your homeschool friends!! And don’t forget to subscribe, rate and review 🙂
Meryl van der Merwe
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I’ve already started following your show! Is great. 😉