Homeschooling with Technology

Homeschooling with Technology

Meryl van der Merwe

Episodes 300
Avg. Duration 16m
Activity Highly Active
Since Aug 2020
Latest Episode May 2026

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About This Podcast

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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Recent Episodes

S1E373 Game-based Learning with Boddle

May 27, 2026 11m

373: Game-based Learning with Boddle In this episode, Meryl interviews sixth-grader Penny Laine Buschle about her experience using Boddle Learning, a free game-based learning platform for students in…

S3E372 4 Digital Tasks Before Summer Break

May 20, 2026 11m

372: 4 Digital Tasks Before Summer Break: Homeschool Digital Organization Tips Before summer break begins, take time to organize the digital side of your homeschool life. In this episode, Meryl…

S1E371 Turning Summer Walks Into Learning Experiences

May 13, 2026 9m

371: Turning Summer Walks Into Learning Experiences In this episode, Meryl shares how educational summer walks can become meaningful learning experiences for homeschoolers using simple apps and…

S1E370 Teaching Tech Skills Through Family Travel

May 06, 2026 13m

370: Teaching Tech Skills Through Family Travel Have you ever thought about turning family travel into a tech skills classroom? In this episode, Meryl shares practical ways to assign your teens real…

Replay: Finding and Using Online Classes for Homeschooling Effectively

Apr 29, 2026 22m

This is a rerun of episode 277 – you can find the original show notes here.   The post Replay: Finding and Using Online Classes for Homeschooling Effectively appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool…

S1E369 Ways Grandparents and Kids Can Connect Online

Apr 22, 2026 12m

369: Ways Grandparents and Kids Can Connect Online Staying connected across the miles doesn’t have to mean just phone calls. In this episode, Meryl shares five practical ways grandchildren and…

S1E368 AI Tips You Can Use This Week

Apr 15, 2026 16m

368: AI Tips You Can Use This Week In this episode, Meryl shares a practical mix of AI tips you can implement right away. What’s covered: 1. Ask Maps (Google Maps) Google Maps has a new AI feature…

S1E367 Exploring Space: Interactive Tools for Your Homeschool

Apr 08, 2026 15m

367: Exploring Space: Interactive Tools for Your Homeschool The Artemis 2 mission has four astronauts circling the moon right now, and it’s a perfect time to bring space exploration into your…

S1E366 Teaching Geopolitics and World Affairs to Teens

Apr 01, 2026 15m

366:  Teaching Geopolitics and World Affairs to Teens Teaching teens about geopolitics and world affairs can feel intimidating—but it doesn’t have to be. In this episode of Homeschooling with…

S1E365 Padlet Arcade for Learning Fun

Mar 25, 2026 13m

365: Padlet Arcade for Learning Fun New Here? If you love practical homeschool tech ideas, start here: More Homeschooling with Technology episodes Project-based learning ideas for…

S1E364 What’s New in NotebookLM

Mar 18, 2026 17m

364: What’s New in NotebookLM NotebookLM has graduated from Google Labs beta into a fully featured, standalone tool — and it has grown dramatically. In this episode, Meryl walks through all nine…

S5E363 Gems: Your Custom Homeschool Co-Teacher

Mar 11, 2026 18m

363: Gems – Your Custom Homeschool Co-Teacher   Google’s Gemini platform now includes a powerful feature called Gems. In this episode, we explore how Gems allow you to create customized AI assistants…

S4E362 Avoiding tech burnout

Mar 04, 2026 16m

362: Avoiding tech burnout  with Melissa Muir In this episode, Meryl is joined by Melissa Muir from Think Curio to discuss an important topic for homeschool families: avoiding tech burnout. While…

S1E361 Homeschooling with Gemini

Feb 25, 2026 16m

361: Homeschooling with Gemini In this episode, we look at how homeschoolers can use Gemini and why it’s worth adding to your tech toolkit — even if you already use ChatGPT. Organization &…

Free Tech Tools Through Your Library

Feb 18, 2026 23m

360: Free Tech Tools Through Your Library In this episode of Homeschooling with Technology, Meryl interviews Melissa Brander from Pocket Homeschool about the many free technology resources available…

S1E359 How to make beautiful presentations

Feb 11, 2026 15m

359:  How to Make Beautiful Presentations Presentations are a skill students will use again and again—in middle school, high school, college, and eventually the workplace. In this episode, learn…

S1E358 5 Free Homeschool Resources That Still Hold Up in 2026

Feb 04, 2026 16m

358: 5 Free Homeschool Resources That Still Hold Up in 2026 with Melissa Muir Melissa is a longtime homeschool mom of four, a licensed teacher, and the founder of Curio. She shares five free…

S4E357 Winter Olympics Resources for Your Homeschool

Jan 28, 2026 11m

357: Winter Olympics Resources for Your Homeschool The Winter Olympics are almost here, and if your family will be watching, why not turn that excitement into meaningful learning? In this episode, I…

S1E356 Pixar in a box

Jan 21, 2026 14m

356: Pixar in a box   In this episode, we explore Pixar in a Box, a free, self-paced course created by Pixar in partnership with Khan Academy. Pixar in a Box gives students a behind-the-scenes look…

S1E355 Vibe Coding

Jan 14, 2026 15m

355: Vibe Coding – What It Is and How Homeschoolers Can Use It Vibe coding is a brand-new term, coined in early 2025 by former OpenAI researcher Andrej Karpathy, and it describes a radically…

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Homeschooling with Technology has published 300 episodes since August 2020, covering topics in Education, Kids & Family.

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