Hello, peeps! I’m excited to share my drawing journey with you this week. I’ve been drawing for 8 weeks now, and let me tell you, starting with geometric shapes is a game-changer! I came across this amazing tutorial video by an art teacher …
Continue readingReading AND Seeing The Code
Digital literacy has been a critical skill students need to develop and its importance only grows as distrust and contention grows within politics and social issues. One of the best ways to educate students in this aspect is to contextualize their learning. With respect to Mathematics, my major, one way Read more…
Continue readingA Hook, Some Yarn, and a Plan
Hey, everyone! It’s about time I updated you on the two projects I decided to work on. At first, I was daunted by taking on too many projects at once, but after working on them after a while it became much more realistic. First up, the crocheted horned cowl has Read more…
Continue readingWho Can We Trust?
Without realizing that this week’s lesson was on Digital Literacy, I watched an episode of Black Mirror titled, “Joan is Awful,” on the plane. The premise of this episode is that when the character, Joan, signed up for Streamberry’s services, … Continue reading
Continue readingAdd Light, Then Take It Away
My dining room has two weird windows, and while they provide beautiful natural light, they aren’t all that aesthetically pleasing. While the dining room is coming together well, there are a few missing pieces, including curtains! Truthfully, I grew … Continue reading
Continue readingCoding a Dance Party
For class this week, I chose to try one of the activities on the “Hour of Code” website. When I interned in the fall of 2021, my cooperating teacher had our students try out one of the activities on this site and they absolutely loved it! I was really impressed with how well they did…
Continue readingBring It On Fake News!
It is apparent that we as future educators must include teaching students about our new digital world and the dangers that come with it throughout the year. Yes, media technology delivers wonderful educational resources and learning tools that enhance …
Continue readingCompleted Third Project :)
Well, well, well, here we are! I finished my son’s toque! Now let me just say that I didn’t think I could do it. At some points I was like maybe, this is too hard for me. But, here we are, I DID IT! Now by any means it isn’t perfect, because lets be honest …
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Continue readingPros and Cons of Tik Tok
Hey guys! In this post I am going to be discussing my experiences with editing using Tik Tok which I used to edit this (last) week’s video. Pros: I love that Tik Tok makes it super easy to delete clips immediately after filming. I also love that the app allows you to immediately see how your clips will flow together/transition while filming. Filming takes place on the app so I don’t need to use a lot of storage on my…
Continue readingCoding Exercise
This week for my coding exercise I tried out the Hour of Code exercise where i had to program an AI to sort out trash from the ocean, while keeping the fish in the ocean. It started by asking whether the item was a fish or not, and i had to sort them accordingly This […]
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