Category: Weekly Posts

As I am finishing up the spring semester and this class, we are asked to consider the following question: How have I contributed to the learning of others? This is a loaded question and I’m going to break it down into two smaller categories: In class and outside of class. In class, I believe I…

AI has become huge recently! It seems like just yesterday people joked about robots taking over the world and taking over jobs and now it seems not so mich like a joke. There are so many things AI can do that can be really dangerous or bad but there is also lots of benefits to…

This week we discussed cyber sleuthing, and to say I was a little freaked out is an understatement! It is wild to me that you can just go online and look anyone up and that we have little control over what people find about us. We can control our social media posts, and what we…

This week we explored code. I used Scratch as I had heard a little bit about it before and seen it used in a classroom I thought it would be a good tool to know how to use so I can incorporate it into my student’s work. To start I just watched the original tutorial…

Our world is so heavily dependent on social media and the internet to get our news. I know for myself when I hear any sort of news I go and google it to read more about it and having the digital literacy skills to decide what is important and what is reliable is a must-have…

Nowadays, so much of our lives depend on technology, social media, and the internet. I strongly believe that Digital Citizenship is a crucial skill for everyone to know. In my future classroom, I want to move away from scare tactics, although I do believe they can be effective I think they also result in students being…

Growing up I remember constantly being taught to be aware of my digital footprint, paying attention to what I am doing online and if I am being safe. I think the main tactic used with people my age in school, from teachers and parents, was a scare tactic. We were constantly told that negative and…

This week I took a quick listen to Wesch’s video and after watching that and discussing it in class, I have to admit to being slightly concerned about the changes in the world and the way the world is constantly changing and evolving. I loved the way Wesch said that media is not content or…

This week I tested out a new tech tool I had never heard of called Animoto. It is a quick and easy video maker. To get started using this tool, I watched one of the tutorials they had on the website called “Quick Start Guide to Making a Video”. This guide makes it super straightforward…