This week I started my American Sign Language journey by exploring the ASL Bloom app. This was interesting because I discovered that you only have access to three courses before you are asked to register for an annual subscription. This was extremely disappointing because the app opens by saying that its intent is to share ASL with a larger audience. I did expect that they would want you to subscribe to open more courses at some point, however seeing the number of possible courses there are to take it is disheartening to know that they only allow you to access three of them for free. With all of that being…
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The Role of Technology in my Life
Being born in the early 2000’s I feel lucky because I have gotten to experience major growth in the technology field. When I was young, I did not have access to a lot of technology. I had a TV, a land line telephone, and a Nintendo Wii. With that being said, my time on these devices was limited and not something that I consider to be a major portion of my childhood. At the time children did not have tablets or cell phones of their own. As time has gone on, I have gotten to see a rise in the everyday access to technology and the amazing strides that technology…
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Introduction to Learning Project
I had trouble deciding what I wanted to focus on for my leaning project. I was tossing around learning to play the ukelele that I got for Christmas last year, learning to crochet, or learning American sign language. Ultimately, I have decided to learn ASL because it is the topic that I have been interested in for the longest amount of time and I feel that it will have the greatest impact on my career as an educator. I started to become fascinated with ASL when I got into a show called Switched at Birth in high school. If you are not familiar the show it is about two girls…
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Introductory Blog
Hello everyone! My name is Karley Van De Sype. I grew up with two younger brothers in a small town about two hours from Regina. I moved to be closer to Regina for school about three years ago. In July, my friend and I are going to go teach in Australia! We are both really looking forward to the amazing experience that this will provide for us, both in education and personally. In the early years of my degree, I did not have much experience using educational technologies. However, I have gained some more experience through my internship and my work with EYES (Educating Youth in Engineering and Science).…