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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Was I doing it wrong?
While analyzing my previous video I could tell that I’m not even doing a proper hand posture. I think it’s something really important to fix as a beginner because those bad habits could be difficult to fix later at a more advanced level.
I …
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 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….
Continue readingMedia 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…
Continue readingThe Blackout: "You Are Gone"
I found this week’s poetry style enjoyable and frustrating to practice. There is this website called Random Passages that I found while searching for poetry to read. It is sort of an online folder of random book passa…
Continue readingOh, 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 …
Continue readingThere’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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For this week I tried a new online resource. It’s a webpage where you can find lots of music sheets for beginners
The bad thing is that you have to pay to get the music sheets. But you can print a sample (it only gives you 1 page free) an…
Continue readingiMovie, uMovie, We All Movie!
In today’s blog post, I get better acquainted with an app that will make my life a lot easier when it comes to the editing process. I am very well-known for lacking in the planning department, so it gives me a lot of peace of mind to have figured out this portion of the … Continue reading “iMovie, uMovie, We All Movie!”
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