Monthly Archives: May 2021

Educational Technology: what does this mean for our classrooms?

Posted on May 27, 2021 by Gabrielle Hillis

In our EDTC 300 class this week we watched this video by Michael Wesch. As Wesch pointed out, and as we discussed in class, our digital world brings endless possibilities but many challenges. Educating ourselves on digital matters is crucial … Continue reading →

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Screencastify and my ASL Journey

Posted on May 25, 2021 by Gabrielle Hillis

I decided to try out Screencastify this week. Screencastify allows you to record your screen. I found it very user friendly. If you follow the link that I put in “Screencastify” you will see that you must have chrome in … Continue reading →

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Things Don’t Always go as Planned…and that’s Ok!

Posted on May 18, 2021 by Gabrielle Hillis

In my second week of this learning project, I went through modules one and half of two on Lingvano. Something that I realized (and that I was not aware of earlier) was that you had to pay for a “premium … Continue reading →

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My Mindset Shift: from “Twitter?:(“ to “Twitter!:)”

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Gabrielle Hillis

I made my first Twitter account at seventeen and I barely got anything out of it and rarely used it. I always associated it with American politics and just a lot of people posting nonsense, so I wasn’t a big … Continue reading →

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My Feed on Feedly

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Gabrielle Hillis

In this week’s class of EDTC 300 we were asked to get an RSS Reader account, so I chose Feedly. We were also asked to follow multiple accounts that we were interested in, which I had fun doing! When I … Continue reading →

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Beginning of my Learning ASL Journey

Posted on May 11, 2021 by Gabrielle Hillis

When I read about this learning project my mind went to baking, painting, or the keyboard. All things that I love to do and already have experience in but that I’m not an expert in. However, I wanted to challenge … Continue reading →

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Me and Educational Technology

Posted on May 11, 2021 by Gabrielle Hillis

Hi my name is Gabby Hillis. I am in my third year of education and I am in the secondary program with a major in Social Studies and minor in Math. In my pre-internship I used different technological resources for … Continue reading →

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