This week I was challenged with exploring a new tool and using it to document my learning this week. I chose to explore Piktochart, an online app that claims to be the latest AI powered infographic maker as it seemed to fit perfectly into the challenge we were given and for the focus of my […]
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Not All Apps are Created Equal
We were challenged this week to try out a new digital tool or app we have never used before. As I scrolled through the list,, one app popped out right away, Piktochart, an online app that claims to be the latest AI powered infographic maker. With my learning project focusing on teacher AI programs […]
Continue readingBiology FilmMakers- Week 4 Blog Post
Hi friends! This week, I used an app called FilmMaker Pro to document my learning journey. It is a video editor tool that I downloaded on…
Continue readingParticipation and the New Age of Technology
On the rise is a new age of technology which is rethinking and reimagining how we participate with and utilize technology as a whole. Today, we are seeing this integrate itself into our classrooms as well as education in general. In relation to Michael Wesch’s An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube and future classrooms, I can see this new age of technology having a significant impact on access to information, collaborative learning with others, and interactive learning opportunities. As our society…
Continue reading“Knot” So Easy
Knitting this past week has turned into a true test of my patience. When I first picked up the needles and yarn from the store, I sat on the couch, extremely eager to get knitting away. I had little to no problems regarding the skills I was attempting to learn: the slip knot, casting on, and the knit stitch. Within a day of learning, I had a small patch that I had knitted just as practice. I set the knitting…
Continue readingContinuing the Thread: My Ongoing Goals and Aspirations
Week two of my learning project brought much excitement and anticipation to start learning more about crocheting. As I mentioned in my previous blog I was working on a headband I was hoping to have completed, however my package from Amazon had not arrived in time. I’m hoping to post the finished product in my…
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This week I have utilized Instagram as the focus of my exploration into American Sign Language. I find this to be a really interesting resource, however one does have to be cautious when using this just like any resource. It is important to be weary ab…
Continue readingDigital Climate and Participatory Culture
I feel that a shift in how we view schooling and education has already begun. I would say that the pandemic acted as a catalyst for this. We were forced to utilize the technology we had available to us for a sense of connection. While this is typically…
Continue readingTechnology is always Evolving
After reading the article and watching the lecture I have realized that our classrooms will constantly be changing. Technology is always changing and there are always new things on the rise that we have no idea about yet. In the lecture by Wesch, he was talking about the web and stated “It’s not just about…
Continue readingBlog Post #3 Our We Using Technology To Much?
I am of the age where I have always seen cell phones, they may have been flip phones and blackberries but they were still cell phones. I grew up learning how to type in class and how to use word, … Continue reading
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