Through the past couple of weeks I have learned a lot on the guitar. I am so excited to share everything I have learned through this video. I learned enough to learn a few songs and I could not be happier! I hope you all enjoyed following a long with my learning journey. I am […]
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My Learning Experience
Throughout the semester I have learned so many valuable skills and tools I can take with me on my teaching journey. From not knowing how to blog or use Twitter to writing weekly and daily posts. After taking EDTC300 I have learned the importance of an online presence. Social media plat forms can be used […]
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This week I started putting everything I have learned so far on the guitar together by learning a strumming song! I learned the song Fishing in the Dark. This song was a great first song because it combined most of the chords I learned together. Learning the song helped me practice switching between chords. The […]
Continue readingThe Importance of Digital Literacy
Digital literacy is such an important skill to teach students. It teaches students how to tell the difference between what is real and what is fake. It becomes more and more difficult to tell what is fake news every day with the continual rise in media use. Fake news is easier to make now with […]
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Cybersluething is looking up a person on the internet to see what you can find. It is often used by employers hiring new employees. It is also done by many curious people all over the world. Many celebrities are cybersleuthed every second of the day by random curious people. Cybersluething is why keeping a responsible […]
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Digital citizenship is the appropriate and responsible use of social media. It is so important to teach students about the appropriate ways to use social media in and outside of the classroom. There are nine elements of digital citizenship explained here. By the age of 10 (even though there are age restrictions on most social […]
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This week I spent time learning a few plucking songs. The songs I have learned are The Guitar Boogie and You Are My Sunshine. Plucking is a type of guitar playing that is done by plucking individual strings instead of strumming all of the strings while playing a chord. It is a great way to […]
Continue readingGuitar Time Lapse Learning
This week I have mostly worked on getting my chords to ring out. So far I have learned how to tune the guitar, a basic strumming pattern, chords A, G, and E. Learning how to play the guitar is not easy but it is a fun experience. To learn so far I have used FaceTime […]
Continue readingThe A and G Chord
Hi Everyone! This week I spent time working on my A and G chords. Last week I learned how to play the beginners version on the A chord that is just one finger. This week I spent some time working on the three finger version of the A chord. If you can’t tell by my […]
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My experience using twitter is very minimal. I used to think twitter was just for bored people or people that are interested in politics. With my very little experience using Twitter I did not understand how it was much different than Facebook, where people like, comment and share posts. I am not someone that has […]
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