314. Two Honest Thoughts About Tech in Homeschool

Brave Writer

Julie Bogart and Melissa Wiley

Arts, Kids & Family, Education, Books, Education For Kids

4.8 • 927 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Is tech quietly running your homeschool?

In this episode, we explore what happens when we trade the shared adventure of learning at home for one-child-one-screen schooling. We look at why so many of us feel pressured to meet standards, how online platforms promise to “save” us, and what our kids might be losing when learning is reduced to logins, slides, and quizzes. We also imagine a different path: learning as a lifestyle, full of real conversations, messy projects, and magic moments that don’t fit into a metric.

Listen in, then join us in reclaiming the joy of being learners together at home.

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0:49.8	Hello, friends. Welcome back to the Brave Writer podcast. Today, it's just me, Julie. Melissa is off,
0:57.2	and I'm looking forward to talking to you about our topic, tech in education. But first,
1:03.8	I just want to say thank you. For some reason, there's been an uptick in the number of reviews
1:10.1	and love that you're showing the podcast and messages
1:13.9	sent to me on Instagram. I love it when this becomes a two-way conversation because otherwise
1:20.0	I'm just staring at this screen and the rainy day out my window, and it's nice to make contact
1:25.7	with those of you who are listening. It also means the world to both of us
1:29.7	when you share the podcast with other people because it's on that basis that we can keep
1:35.3	this podcast going. Let me just add one more thing. If you're a person who owns a business and would
1:42.3	like to advertise with us, please reach out to us at help at
1:46.5	bravewriter.com. I would love to talk to you. One of the things that is so cool for us in this
1:53.0	homeschool space is that we can help connect each other with resources that help our homeschools
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