An “Aha!” Moment

For my learning project this week I decided to learn the signs for colours! I found these signs to be quite fun to learn. They were kind of tricky though because they were all very different from each other, rather than variations of a similar sign. I did notice a connection between some of the…

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Cyber Safety

To be honest, cyber safety was not really a topic that was taught to us within school. it was more on the parents to teach the children on how to be safe on the internet, rather than the teachers. My parents however, did a great job using both information and scare tactics in order to […]

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The internet

The internet certainly brought thousands of changes to society in general. But those changes were also reflected in the classroom. I cannot imagine teachers at that time suddenly being filled with new references to what was happening with the internet….

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Media and Technology: Too Much of a Good Thing?

Participation in technology and media has evolved a substantial amount during the just over two decades that I have been alive. During my pre-teen/teen years I saw and participated in the beginning of social media and posting aspects of your life online. When apps like Instagram were first introduced, posting felt very casual. You could…

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Oh, our Changed World.

     What stood out to me from An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube was Michael Wesh saying, “It’s a celebration of new forms of community – types of community that we’ve never really seen before, global connections …

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There’s An App For That

This week, I tried out an app called “Lingvano” to continue my journey of learning Sign Language. Now that I have learned letters and numbers, I wanted to start learning some introductory words and phrases. This app was simple to use and very customizable. Right when you enter the app, you have a choice between…

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