Knitting this past week has turned into a true test of my patience. When I first picked up the needles and yarn from the store, I sat on the couch, extremely eager to get knitting away. I had little to no problems regarding the skills I was attempting to learn: the slip knot, casting on, and the knit stitch. Within a day of learning, I had a small patch that I had knitted just as practice. I set the knitting…
Continue readingContinuing the Thread: My Ongoing Goals and Aspirations
Week two of my learning project brought much excitement and anticipation to start learning more about crocheting. As I mentioned in my previous blog I was working on a headband I was hoping to have completed, however my package from Amazon had not arrived in time. I’m hoping to post the finished product in my…
Continue readingASL Grammar
This week I have utilized Instagram as the focus of my exploration into American Sign Language. I find this to be a really interesting resource, however one does have to be cautious when using this just like any resource. It is important to be weary ab…
Continue readingPick your battles, or why I’m not worried about how much I use my phone
I know that I spend too much time on my phone or otherwise connected to technology, and I’m honestly not that worried about it right …
Continue readingDigital Climate and Participatory Culture
I feel that a shift in how we view schooling and education has already begun. I would say that the pandemic acted as a catalyst for this. We were forced to utilize the technology we had available to us for a sense of connection. While this is typically…
Continue readingLooking At The Positive: Post #3
Unfortunately this week I am not happy with my learning outcome! I can say that I definitely did not get the yoga time in… and did not fit much time of it in my schedule either. I can say that I was busy, which I was, however, I know some weeks I…
Continue readingSeeing Through Shapes
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Continue readingTechnology in the Classroom?
As we move forward in the rapidly changing world of technology, as educators, we must ask ourselves; should we utilize the new tool of technology with our students? Or is technology dumbing down our students? Going through elementary in the late 90’s and early 2000’s, in some form I heard these famous words from … Continue reading Technology in the Classroom?
Continue readingEducation in the Digital Age
When you picture a classroom what do you see? Maybe some desks, a whiteboard, several books, notebooks, pencils and paper. I would say this is a common idea of what a classroom looks like as this is what most of us experienced growing up. But perhaps in your vision, you also saw a smart board […]
Continue readingTechnology and Education
“Technology is anything that wasn’t around when you were born”. This quote from Alan Kay, shared in our lecture last tuesday, stood out to me as it made me rethink what technology really was. Having been born in 1999 I have always seen the use of computers, phones, and the internet from almost as far
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