Learning Project: That’s A Wrap!

I can’t believe it is already the end of another semester! This semester seemed to absolutely fly by. I really enjoyed having the opportunity to chose a new skill that I wanted to learn more about. I chose to learn the basics of American Sign Language (ASL). I chose this as my topic as I have always been curious about this language as it is so unique from all other languages.

When I was writing my first post, I came up with a list of signs that I wanted to learn. These included letters, numbers, common phrases and sentences, and finally the signs to a song. I pretty much followed the order of these skills entirely, as they tended to build upon one another. I also began finding resources that I could incorporate into my classroom. I made a Pinterest board as a place to store all of the bulletin board displays, posters, activities, and lessons in ASL that I found that I could integrate into the classroom to create an inclusive environment. This component of my learning journey was really special to me as I am taking this class as a credit towards my inclusive ed. certificate!

I found lots of great resources that aided me in my journey to learning ASL. A few of my favourites are SignLanguage101, Lingvano,  as well as SignSchool.

I also learned that Tik Tok is a great tool for taking and editing videos. Before this class I had never made a Tik Tok and was unaware of the neat effects I could add to my video such as background music, captions, and filters. Once I tried Tik Tok to document my learning, I liked it so much I began using it as my go to way to share my new learning most weeks!

Thank you for following along during my journey to learning ASL! I hope that you have learned something that you can take with you into your future teaching endeavours!

Have a great winter break!

~Steph