This week came and went a lot faster than I had intended, which meant I didn’t have as much time to work on my embroidery as I had wanted. This week my goal was to use DMC, a website that has various free craft patterns, to try following a completely written embroidery pattern. I spent a long time on the website checking out the various patterns and eventually I settled on a beautiful space/desert-themed piece. The patterns I was looking…
I was born in 2003, and by the time I started Kindergarten I had begun playing with technology. In grade 3, everyone I knew was spending their time on Animal Jam or Club Penguin and by middle school, we all knew how to work a computer well enough that teachers started asking us for help when they had problems. Despite how early we started accessing the online world, digital safety wasn’t taken very seriously. Digital safety has never been realistic…
This week for my learning project I continued the embroidery piece I started in my Powtoon review and attempted to document it via a Youtube video! The piece was drawn for me by my sister and I’ve been using it as a way to practice my basic stitches and try out an erasable pen. Overall, I think this piece turned out nicely and I was pretty happy with how the maker worked. I decided to vlog myself working on it…
Twitter. It’s the one social media I’ve constantly avoided. It’s always seemed like that website people go on to start arguments, post lies, and occasionally talk about the news. I’ve gone my whole life managing to barely avoid Twitter, that was until EDTC 300. Now, I won’t lie and say I’ve never used Twitter before. My generation grew up on social media, and I knew more about crafting a tweet and hashtags before I joined the app than my parents…
This week for my learning project I decided to follow a Youtube tutorial! I’m a visual learner, so this was still relatively in my comfort zone, however, following a whole pattern without words was still pretty hard for me. When selecting the tutorial I wanted to follow I tried to find one that would go through the whole pattern on video as well as have a printable or traceable option available. This proved to be very challenging as many great…
This week we were tasked to explore a new-to-us tool/app to showcase our progress! I decided to use Powtoon, a site that allows you to make simple, animated videos. I used the website to create a short lesson that includes some basic embroidery tips I’ve learned along the way. My first impression of Powtoon was that it could be a great tool for presentations and an alternative to a simple Powerpoint presentation. The website offers a wide variety of templates…
This week I began an ambitious project, as I not only tried to create my very first embroidery piece but also tried to do it solely using TikTok. I chose to use TikTok because I wanted to learn how to transfer my own designs as well as some other smaller issues I had, like tying off my string. TikTok is a platform I am very familiar with and I felt the short format would be beneficial for learning these smaller…
In the past 5 years, I’ve learned (very slowly) how to knit and crochet. I love being able to create something beautiful and have something physical to show off my skills. So for my learning project, I’ve decided to complete the trifecta of string creations and learn how to embroider! In the past, I’ve attempted embroidery and failed miserably. I lack the patience and attention to detail that is required, and what was an attempt at beautiful birds turned into…
Hello everyone and welcome to my blog! My name is Ava Viczko and I am in my second-year studying Secondary Education with a major in math and a minor in social studies. My family is a huge part of why I went into education. I have a large, blended family with 1 biological sister, 3 step-siblings, 5 “adopted” siblings, and 4 nieces and nephews. I grew up playing soccer and since graduating high school I’ve continued to help coach many…