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Summary of Personal Learning

Summary of Personal Learning

Hi y’all!! Here is my Summary of Personal Learning. I am very happy to say that I used Canva’s “present and record” feature for the first time during this and I found it very easy to use. One downside to it is that if you mess up, you have to start recording all over again so I ended up doing it about 5 times before I got it right. I also noticed there was a spelling error in one of…

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If It Wasn’t for Duo…

If It Wasn’t for Duo…

To be honest, I haven’t really been keeping up with my learning project this week. The only thing that has been keeping me going this week has been Duolingo. Not wanting to lose my streak has been what has kept me motivated to keep learning each day. Most days, I have been so busy during the day that I only remember to do it right before bed so I don’t spend much time on it. For a couple days over…

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Are You Coding Me?

Are You Coding Me?

Are you kidding me? This was so much fun!! I completed the Hour of Code T-Rex Game on Code.org and had a blast creating my own T-rex game. Here is my certificate for proof 🙂 My progress: Step 1  Step 2 Step 4 Step 4 Roadblock At this point, I was getting frustrated because every time I pressed play this error message popped up. I didn’t know what I was doing wrong but after going back, reading the instructions again…

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Do You Know the Lingo?

Do You Know the Lingo?

I am happy to announce that I finally on Section 1, Unit 3 of Duolingo and I feel like I have made some good progress. I can read full sentences and know what they mean! I feel very motivated to keep expanding on my knowledge of the language and I am excited about my progress. Recently I have noticed that despite feeling like I am surrounded by the English language, there is in fact French all around us too! I…

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You Can’t Keep Kids Offline So Keep Them Safe Online

You Can’t Keep Kids Offline So Keep Them Safe Online

I personally do not remember how cyber safety was approached in my own school. I don’t remember any teacher having conversations with us about how to be safe online. I definitely had these conversations with my parents and they scared me to be safe for sure. I was scared to post anything because they said people would be able to figure out where I live. They also warned me to add random strangers on any social media site. Being the…

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Wesch Direction is Technology Taking Us?

Wesch Direction is Technology Taking Us?

As an educator, I realize that technology can benefit us in many ways. For example, having a blackboard(introduced in the 1840s), which is now a whiteboard and a laptop (introduces in the 1970s/80s) to use are things that we take very for granted now but weren’t always tools that teachers had access to. It is also important to consider how technology has changed the way we communicate with others and it can impact the relationships we have. Social media has…

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Expanding my Horizons

Expanding my Horizons

This week I continued on my Duolingo journey, while also watching some YouTube videos as well. I am now on day 21 of my Duolingo streak and I am still on section 1, Unit 2. I am feeling like I am very behind but I do know that I have learned a lot already and I am proud of myself. It isn’t easy to learn a new language and I think I expected to pick it up a lot quicker…

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Duolingoing Slow and Steady

Duolingoing Slow and Steady

Hi y’all, It’s been a while since I have shared my progress on my learning project. I currently have a 16 day streak on Duolingo which means I have practiced my French on the app 16 days in a row. Some days I practice for 5 minutes and others I practice for a bit longer. I haven’t yet explored any other way to learn French but I am hoping to listen to some podcasts and try watching some YouTube videos…

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Skitch…Sketch or Fetch??

Skitch…Sketch or Fetch??

The tool I tested out this week was called Skitch. The application looks like this: This tool is extremely useful for taking a screenshot of things on your MacBook. I particularly liked that you could draw on the captured photo with a pen tool, you could put “X”or arrow stickers on it, you can type written messages and you can even put shapes on it. Here is an example of a screenshot I took on my MacBook and the things…

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