On Monday I played Code Monkey on Hour of Code… It utilized block coding and the objective was to create a game where the monkey could jump over obstacles to reach the end and collect a star. I learned how to add sound effects and other sprites as well as placing events on a loop. I also changed the ‘jump’ function to activate by pressing the space bar rather than clicking the game screen. Here is a video of my…
Continue readingLearning How to Speak to Friends
This week for my ASL learning, I again spent time on the SignSchool website. Anyone else find it worth noting that SignSchool puts friends before family? Anyway. The more time I spend on SignSchool, the more I enjoy it. It’s … Continue reading
Continue readingWe’re All Illiterate
Looking at all the data collected about our students’ (and our own) digital literacy is tragic. We’re all illiterate. It really feels like there’s no hope. Let’s all join the Amish or go live in a cabin in the woods. … Continue reading
Continue readingOrdering a Drink: Learning Project Week 8
For this weeks project, I wanted to talk about ordering a drink. Not how to walk into a bar and order something, but what goes into actually ordering a drink. Orders like “a dry Hendricks martini, dirty, on the rocks” tells you a lot about the drink you’ll have to make. Starting with the cocktails […]
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This week I tried coding for the first time, I used Scratch because a friend told me it was easier. To be honest I was super confused, I have never coded anything and I didn’t really know the theory behind it.
Luckily the platform had video tutor…
4:00 – Wallow in Self-Pity
So If you haven’t realized from my title I did an Hour of Coding with the Grinch. I love Christmas and I absolutely love the Grinch (and the Grinch scene I referenced in my title), so I was pretty excited to find this. I still have very little clue abo…
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Helloo, I tried the hour of code but it only took me about 20 minutes to finish a course. I had fun I guess? I tried a couple of other ones on both websites Hour of Code and Scratch but I dont know which one I like more because Hour of Code had a more […]
Continue readingPinterest 101
Hi everyone! To start my post this week I want to share a bulletin board display that I noticed at one of the schools I was subbing at this week. Now that I am learning ASL, I am definitely more aware when I see it displayed in schools! I thought this was a great way…
Continue readingLearning Project Post 8 – 2 Months in!
Hey Readers! Can you believe we’re 2 months into our learning project? Or that we’re 2 weeks from the end of semester? Me neither!! Personally, I’m so ready for a break at this point – between the approaching end of … Continue reading
Continue readingJust in Time for Cold Weather
This week has been a good week for me in my learning project! I started to make my son’s new toque and it is going so great! I will was a little intimidated at first, as I saw it as a daunting task. However, I really haven’t run into any issues in making this. Which …
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