Month: June 2024

Caution: FAKE NEWS!!!

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Increasing our collective digital literacy appears to be the best way to combat fake news– as well as the dangers that come with it. There are endless variations of ways that one could teach about digital literacy and fake news.

What about the age range in particular that I will be teaching in the future? An example would be to incorporate the goals of the NCTE framework. For those who may not know, my goal is to be teaching secondary students one day. I’m taking summer classes this year to catch up and finish my second year of classes and move onto my third. Specifically, I will be teaching my students English and Drama courses (my major and minor). Read More

Worms, Dirt, and the Pursuit of Stars

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This week for my learning project I decided to have a little bit of fun! Amongst my many hours of scrolling Instagram, I came across a video from a recent trend (on Instagram and TikTok). Some may recognize this one– the split birthday cake from the animated TV series, Max and Ruby. It seemed to me that anyone participating in the trend had baked any kind of cake they had liked, so I settled on chocolate because I already had the ingredients in the house. Read More

Cyber Safety + My Experience

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Cyber safety is the act of taking precautions to protect your network and security from any malicious cyber attacks or viruses that may make their way to your devices. Cyber safety is important for the protection of your personal, confidential data. A breach in your personal data could result in financial damages, reputation damages etc. Data privacy is extremely important, especially in this day and age– as we are living in a digital world.

There are various types of cyber attacks:

  • malware
  • identity theft
  • phishing (regarding emails)
  • cyber bullying
  • plagiarism
  • data leaks

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Raspberry For Your Muffin?

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For this week’s blog on my learning project, I went to Pinterest to scavenge for another recipe. What I found was a white chocolate and raspberry muffin recipe. Like the many times before, I didn’t have the proper chocolate chips that the recipe called for, so I used semi-sweet chips instead. This recipe was different from what I’m used to baking on my spare time, so it seemed like a fun challenge!! Read More

Participation Culture Evolving

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In the beginning of Michael Wesch’s video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPAO-lZ4_hU), he makes an example of the YouTube platform, and how it was able to grow so quickly, reaching many different types of audiences. This falls in line with the topic of the site’s algorithm, which is very important to note. An algorithm is “a set of scientific or mathematical rules used by social media platforms to determine what content a user most wants to see and in what order” (Buffer, 2024) There are three effective ways for YouTube users to discover videos on the platform: Read More