An App With Many Uses
The online tool I wanted to try this week was Pinterest. I love Pinterest and use it for so many things like recipes and décor ideas. I did think that using this platform could be slightly difficult because it would not read the words to me but I wanted to try it out anyways. I…
Using my Interests for Learning
My next online tool I used to help me learn Spanish is TikTok. I love TikTok and I scroll through it quite a bit which is why I decided to try it out. I already have an account made on TikTok but if you do not you would need to make one to use the…
Cyber Safety
If I’m being honest, I don’t remember learning a whole lot about cyber safety when I was in school. I just remember being told the typical things of don’t message to strangers, what you post will always be on the internet and don’t go on random websites. My teachers didn’t really teach us much about…
Apps are SO Useful
I decided to explore with an app this week. This app was suggested to me by some people in the class so I wanted to give it a try. The app is called Babbel and it is for learning new languages. It has a variety of languages to learn on it. I am trying to…
New Experiences
This week I selected a tool I have never used before with is Canva. I used Canva to create a video about my learning project from this week. I know many people have used Canva and enjoy it, so that is why I wanted to try it out. When I began I needed to create…
Technology is always Evolving
After reading the article and watching the lecture I have realized that our classrooms will constantly be changing. Technology is always changing and there are always new things on the rise that we have no idea about yet. In the lecture by Wesch, he was talking about the web and stated “It’s not just about…
Giving Números a Try
This week I focused on learning how to say the numbers from 1-10 in Spanish. I found this week went a lot smoother than last weeks alphabet! The main learning tool I used was YouTube. On YouTube I was able to find a very useful video of someone teaching Spanish numbers. My original plan was…
Not a Great Start
This week I focused on learning how to say the alphabet in Spanish. I found it to be quite difficult to do based on the online tools I used. I used images off google to see the whole alphabet as well as google translate to learn how to pronounce the letters. I found google translate…
I Get Distracted Easily…
While thinking about my daily tech habits, I have come to the realization that I use technology a lot…. probably too much. I find myself spending most of my day on my phone or laptop for useless purposes. Looking at my phone I spend an average of 6-8 hours on it everyday and those hours…
The Beginning…
I have decided to learn how to speak Spanish. Spanish is a language that I have always been interested in learning. I have already learned some basic French at the University two years ago. I have never tried to learn Spanish before nor do I know anyone who speaks it. I think this will be…