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…
Learning a Song in ASL!
For one of my final learning project posts, I decided to try to learn a song! I decided on Twinkle Twinkle Little Star as it is quite simple and repetitive, which I figured would be a good place to start for a newbie like me! I also chose this one as it is also a…
Contributions to the Learning of Others
Throughout the course, I had the opportunity to participate in the learning of my peers. I was able to contribute to their learning projects as well as their learning regarding the course material. Right off the bat, I was able to join our class discord. I had never used Discord before and was excited to…
Is AI The Future Of Teaching?
This week, I had a fun time exploring the AI tool for teachers called “Magic School.” I was amazed with the number of tools that are available to use on this website. I tried out a few of them: Youtube question Generator, Teacher Joke Generator, Lesson Plan Generator, and the Social Story Generator. For all…
EDTC 300 Summary Of Learning
Here is my Summary of Learning for EDTC 300! The tool I used to create this video only allows videos of 3 minutes, so I split my video into two different parts. I had an amazing semester learning about educational media and technology!
Common Phrases in ASL
This week, I decided to learn some common phrases in ASL. As I have mostly been focusing on learning single words, this was a challenge for myself this week. Some of the phrases such as “my name is…” were tricky as there were three different parts to the sign. Memorizing these signs was definitely an…
Digital Literacy in the Primary Grades
As I am an early elementary teacher, I will have the important task of introducing students to digital literacy and laying the framework for being safe and productive while using digital technologies. Teaching digital literacy at this age will include lots of preemptive class conversations about technology and media. When beginning to teach digital literacy,…
Coding a Dance Party
For class this week, I chose to try one of the activities on the “Hour of Code” website. When I interned in the fall of 2021, my cooperating teacher had our students try out one of the activities on this site and they absolutely loved it! I was really impressed with how well they did…
Pinterest 101
Hi everyone! To start my post this week I want to share a bulletin board display that I noticed at one of the schools I was subbing at this week. Now that I am learning ASL, I am definitely more aware when I see it displayed in schools! I thought this was a great way…
Using Signs in the Classroom
Recently, I have been hearing about more and more about teachers using sign language in the classroom and the benefits that come along with this. First, I love the inclusion piece it brings into the classroom by valuing a different type of language and introducing students to the deaf and hard of hearing community. Second,…