Category: Learning Project

I am quickly realizing that learning a new skill from online sources is maybe not as easy as I thought it would be. I have been working on my journey of braiding hair and quickly realized that it is in fact not as easy as it looks and I did not pick it up instantly.…

This week I switched gears and tried a new platform for learning to braid my hair, I started using TikTok. Here is the video I used: I enjoyed this video because it was someone braiding their own hair. I could watch the video and pause it when needed, while also seeing how someone else moved…

This week had many ups and downs with my braiding progress. I have been really enjoying the process of watching tutorials and reading websites about tips and tricks to help improve my braids. The website I used this week was the Instructables website. This website is super cool because it shows you pictures and words…

I used a Wiki How resource for the first part of my learning project. I found this resource very frustrating because it gave really good instructions and demonstrations on how to braid someone else’s hair, but while working on my own I found it very difficult to know where my fingers were and which directions…

When this assignment was explained I was super excited about the possibilities of what I could learn! The hard part was trying to decide what I was going to focus on. I thought about working on my cooking skills, learning to knit or crochet, or braiding my hair. Ultimately, I decided to braid my hair…