Episode Details

172: Social Media and Homeschooling

How social media can help you in your homeschooling

Here are the ideas mentioned:

1. Modeling social media use for your children

2. Choose your channel(s) – you don’t need to be everywhere

3. Choose social media accounts and types that have a positive effect on your life

4. Connect with other homeschoolers – mentioned:

• Wellttrained Mind Forum
• Facebook Groups: Homeschooling with Technology Community, Homeschooling Middle School, Homeschooling College-bound Teens
• Twitter – find teachers to follow
• Instagram – Peanutbutterfishlessons, Juliebravewriter, Heritagemomblog

5. Learning with your children:

• Instagram – Taketimeforart
• Tik Tok – Planet Money

5. Connect with likeminded people – Instagram accounts mentioned:

• sharonsaysso
• loswhit

6 Keep up with news and things that interest you

7. Have fun:

• Instagram cat accounts I follow: 1bike1world, Pokeypotpie
• Instagram travel accounts I follow – Nomadicmatt, Elona, TheMomTrotter

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