I decided to use a resource that was posted earlier by Brynn who is also learning ASL for her learning project. This week I watched a Youtube video teaching 25 signs you need to know as a beginner in the language. In the other videos, apps, and resources I have used leading up to this point I was not aware of 5 key aspects that are important in signing. Palm orientation Hand shape Movement Location Non-manual signals I am still finding it tough when it comes to the hand shapes and movements. Also watching some videos they do not explain the palm orientation or how to properly create the movements…
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Our Changed world of tech
The digital world has changed significantly even in the last decade. The technology that was available when I was in elementary school is quite different from what we see in school’s today! I would say a lot of these leave a positive impact and can benefit our classrooms in a variety of different ways. These tools provide us a new way that we can connect and learn from one another. As Wesch described in his video, in the early youtube days, people from around the world connected through silly youtube videos about dancing to a song, and funny home videos. It in a way built a digital community, which I…
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Attempting the TikTok
For this week I decided to learn how to create videos using TikTok. I am not new to tiktok, I watch reels on the app all the time… Likely spend more time there than I should! But I haven’t really made and edited videos using the app. (The most I could do was add a video from my camera roll and toss a song behind it! First off I had the decision between creating a video with text, photo’s or a 15 second, 60 second, and 10 minute video. I was between the photo option and the 60 second… mostly because I wasn’t sure how long I would need to make…
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What’s next in the Learning Journey?
This week I did a lot of my learning using an instagram account that I follow. Her name is Mckinnon Galloway. I actually found her account over a year ago, and her personal story plus her ASL teachings were the reason I decided to follow her. She was diagnosed in high school with an illness called NF2 (I learned that essentially these are tumors that grow on nerves throughout the body). The doctors found two brain tumors and she was told she would be deaf before she graduated high school. With this illness, she mentions that most of the time the tumors are not cancerous (but they can turn cancerous).…
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Learning ASL Week 2
This week I decided to use a website which is also an app called Pocket Sign to continue my learning in ASL. My main focus was learning the alphabet and how to finger spell my own name! This was surprisingly a lot easier than I had anticipated and I caught on to it relatively quickly. So I learned to sign my dog Willow’s name and my husband’s name as well. Which was also a great way to practice the different letters in the alphabet. I did find learning the alphabet was relatively easy and I did catch on pretty quickly. There are still some letters that I need to go…
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Significant Role of Technology on the Daily
I think that technology is a great resource for us to have at the tips of our fingers. I also see while there may be many pros about technology there are also many cons as well. Coming into this school year and being told by our admin that there will be a no phone policy in the classroom I was skeptical for many reasons. One of those reasons being is that, smart phones are not going anywhere, and completely eliminating the use won’t teach students how to work in a real world setting with a cell phone distraction. Additionally I am also very grateful for this change because as many…