Listener Favorites: Our Top 5 Most-Downloaded Episodes Revisited

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Homeschooling with Technology

Meryl van der Merwe

300 episodes

15 hours ago

The Homeschooling with Technology Podcast is a weekly show, hosted by Meryl van der Merwe, where she shares ideas on how to use technology to be more productive as a homeschool parent and on how to use technology to make lessons more engaging. In addition, she covers techie skills your children need to learn and how to easily incorporate them into your homeschooling. Meryl homeschooled her 4 children after working as a computer programmer for many years. She uses technology whenever she can when teaching both live co-op classes and online classes for homeschoolers. In this podcast, she shares all the best tech resources she finds with you.

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Listener Favorites: Our Top 5 Most-Downloaded Episodes Revisited

Homeschooling with Technology

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Listener Favorites: Our Top 5 Most-Downloaded Episodes Revisited

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In this special birthday edition of Homeschooling with Technology, Meryl Van der Merwe looks back at the five most downloaded episodes of all time! This episode is part of the 12 Days of Homeschool Gold celebration for the Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network’s birthday — complete with giveaways, bonus mini-episodes, a treasure hunt, and a basket full of freebies and discounts. Visit UltimateRadioShow.com/birthday before October 18th to join in!
#5 – How to Use Movies in Your Homeschool (Ep. 187)Originally co-hosted with Meryl’s oldest daughter, this episode explores how films can enhance homeschool learning. New additions:

Shackleton – History, leadership, and perseverance

March of the Penguins – Ecology and Antarctica

October Sky – Inspiration and STEM

Hidden Figures – Math, science, and history

The Hundred-Foot Journey – Geography and cultural studies

#4 – Apps for High School Students (Ep. 189)Guest: Natalie Vaughn, former homeschooler and FundaFunda student.She shared the apps that helped her succeed in high school and win scholarships. Meryl’s AI-era updates:

ChatGPT & Gemini – Guided learning and concept explanations

NotebookLM – AI-assisted study aid and self-quizzing tool

#3 – Creating an AI Policy for Your Homeschool (Ep. 334)A recent favorite Learn how to:

Create clear rules for AI use in your homeschool

Teach students ethical and productive AI use

Balance learning with technology

#2 – Online Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Games (Ep. 185)Explore educational interactive fiction and decision-based learning tools. New ideas:

Mission US Series – Immersive American history games

ChatGPT Interactive Adventures – Create your own story-based learning games!Example: A “Dolphin Adventure” story that unfolds through 10 interactive choices.

#1 – Free Online Vocabulary Games (Ep. 70)The all-time favorite! Fun and free vocabulary-building tools for all ages. Updated links and recommendations:

Words.com – Successor to Spelling.com

Knoword.com – Multiple levels from Junior to Expert

Vocabulary.com – Customizable vocab lists

Merriam-Webster Vocabulary Quiz – 10-question cha...