Below I have provided my summary of learning throughout this course. It is a little bit choppy as I am still working on my editing skills, but I have noticed improvement since the beginning of the course. I have absolutely loved everything that we had discussed in this class! We discussed so many topics that I am passionate about and it was amazing to get to read what everyone else was interested in and able to get out of the materials. I truly believe that two heads are better than one because everyone is different and it is important to expand our knowledge beyond just what we as individuals know.…
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Taking Part in Networked Learning!
I have created a document that exemplifies my participation in networked learning. It displays some of my favorite comments that I have made on other people’s posts. I chose these ones because I feel that I really connecting with the blog post and was able to add relevant information to their discussion. The document also displays my interactions with other folks in the discord chat for the class. I feel that I have tried to be as helpful as I can. I also really enjoyed the small discussion that I started about a news article that I had found. Finally, the document also showcases examples of the work I have…
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Wrapping Up my ASL Learning Journey
It has finally become time to wrap up my learning project! I started off this project knowing how to sign the majority of the alphabet and how to sign O’ Canada. I also started this journey thinking there were three main resources I could use to help me: Marlee Signs, ASL Bloom, and YouTube. I was very excited about learning American Sign Language; however, I will admit I was slightly overwhelmed with trying to find new resources. In the past when I had attempted to learn, the majority of the resources I was able to find were focused on teaching baby signs. While I can definitely see the benefit of…
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Learning ASL Through a Game!
In continuation with my exploration last week, I decided to see what other applications there were that combine artificial intelligence and American Sign Language. I found an article in Forbes written by Steven Aquino that discusses a competition held by Google. The purpose of the competition was to help increase the available supports for hearing parents of children that are a part of the deaf or hard of hearing community. It was also meant to help increase the accessibility of technology for people that are deaf or hard of hearing. One project that they were working on was developing a sign to text application using fingerspelling. Often times it is much…
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Incorporation of ASL into AI
Last week I looked into how American Sign Language can be used in coding. This, in combination with our in-class discussions got me wondering about how artificial intelligence has incorporated ASL. I will admit that I had big dreams, but low hopes when I set out to find out more. I was hopeful that there was an AI application out there that allows people to practice their ability to communicate using ASL. I really want to have more practice having conversations before I attempt signing with someone who uses ASL as their first language. Based on the videos that I have seen, I am not quite skilled enough to understand…
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My Exploration of Artificial Intelligence
I will be honest, one part of looking for new resources that I really dislike is that every website wants you to create an account. I find it frustrating because often you cannot even test out the resource to see if it is what you are looking for until you make an account. Once you create an account, they want to send you a thousand emails which is overwhelming especially when they are from a site that you have decided you do not even like. So, to speed up the process and save myself from having to create 10 new accounts I decided to look at websites that have already…
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The Pros and Cons of Cyber-vigilantism in Today’s Society
I find the concept of cyber-vigilantism intriguing because I cannot decide how I feel about it. I go back and forth because I see both the positives and negatives and I struggle to decide which is the stronger argument. Truthfully, I am beginning to think that there is no correct answer because there are consequences to being for and against. Some of the obvious pros of cyber-vigilantism have been well documented. For example, there is a CBC news clip explaining the experience of how Shaun Ironside was reunited with his stolen car after a post online caused people across the globe to begin helping him to search for it. In…