“Digital Citizenship is more than just a teaching tool, it is a way to prepare students for a society full of technology.” -Dr Mike Ribble There was no use of internet when I went to school, but computers were used for the research purposes lately, during my secondary education. We used to study physical books […]
Continue readingOops, I Knit it Again…
This week I finally got back to my knitting adventures. I’m still continuing on with my dishcloth. My current motto is that “slow and steady wins the race”. Though this small dishcloth is taking me forever and a day to complete, I am focusing more on the process of learning the skill itself, discovering new resources, and just trying to enjoy myself rather than focusing on the end project. I ran into another problem with my knitting project that I…
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Cyber safety was a topic that really was not discussed or talked about at home or at school. From a young age, I remember having a computer in our home. This was an old computer with dial-up – something most young people know nothing about in today’s age. This eventually evolved into my brother and I receiving a small laptop for Christmas and eventually a our own tablet devices. I would say that I grew up in an era where…
Continue readingApproaching Cyber Safety: Digital Citizenship in Schooling
Approaching cyber safety and digital citizenship in schooling was an important part of my educational journey. Instead of using scare tactics, my teachers took a proactive and educational approach. Through engaging lessons and discussions, they f…
Continue readingReading the Fine Print: Cyber Safety & More
I remember learning about cyber safety in elementary school by watching educational videos and reading different articles. I vaguely remember watching an interesting video in my grade eight class about the importance of reading the terms and conditions of apps and how easy it is to agree without reading because they’re so long and wordy.…
Continue readingLearning New Woodworking Tips With TikTok
For this week’s learning project, I was unfortunately limited in time due to various other commitments. So I was unable to physically create something, however, I took this time instead to try out a new learning strategy. TikTok! This is a platform where content creators upload videos similar to YouTube, however, TikTok’s focus is primarily […]
Continue readingPart 6: BREAKING NEWS 🚨
╭────────────────────────────────»»❀❀❀««────────────────────────────────╮ “Life is a blank canvas, and you need to throw all the paint on it you can.” Danny Kaye ╰────────────────────────────────»»❀❀❀««────────────────────────────────╯ Well everyone, Today marks a day in history for my learning project. On March 5th at 12:05 AM, I received my first PixilArt follower – and no, it was no someone who was coerced. My post today has two shoutouts, the first goes out to user @xavierarnaiz for being my first follower… I will remember you when I make it big. My second shoutout goes to Chantelle T. Chantelle gave me the challenge of making an animal on PixilArt! To mark my halfway point, I decided to mix my past projects together. To start, I made the landscape, which was a skill I got to work on in Part 5. Instead of blending the layers together, as I did last week, I decided to use a rainbow formation to create a sunshine effect. From starting lighter, to going darker, it added some contrast into the sky – as oppose to a unified blue background. From there, I took my skills from Part 3 to add some flowers to my landscape. My focus here was the animal I was about to create, so I decided to keep the flowers nice and simple. Now, Chantelle had the preference of either a cat or a dog… or an apatosaurus. To see what tutorials I could find online, I decided to stick with the dog tutorials due to the large selection of content – although an apatosaurus would have been perfect haha. I took reference from the tutorial to create my head, and added a body as I saw fit. Overall, I am super pumped about how this turned out! Although it is rather simple, this was my first time making a PixilArt picture on my own, without directly following a tutorial. I find that I am becoming increasingly more comfortable with creating content independently – something that I could only dream of in week one. On that note, I have a question for all of you. Whereabouts are you along your own learning journey path? Do you feel as though you are still bound to tutorials? Or are you at a point where you feel as though you can start venturing out on your own? Let me know what you think in the comments below. Thank you all so much for reading. I hope you have a wonderful week 😊!
Continue readingWeek 6- Navigating the Time Crunch: Learning the Essentials of ASL
In my journey to learn American Sign Language (ASL), mastering the signs for “Who,” “What,” “Where,” “When,” “Why,” and “How” proved to be crucial yet challenging. Finding dedicated time to learn these fundamental signs amidst the hustle and bustle of …
Continue readingCyber Safety
If I’m being honest, I don’t remember learning a whole lot about cyber safety when I was in school. I just remember being told the typical things of don’t message to strangers, what you post will always be on the internet and don’t go on random websites. My teachers didn’t really teach us much about…
Continue readingMeet the Digital Citizens!
I don’t recall hearing the term digital citizenship until I was in university. Cyber safety was never really addressed in my own schooling. When I was in high school all of my friends had Facebook as an online platform, and some had Twitter. The only time I recall discussing online[Read more]
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