Goal of the Week: My goal this past week was to master the placments of my left hand on my Ukulele. Practice: This week….. Video: *Hyperlink somewhere

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Arduino Science Journal: Today we looked into ways our digital devices can be a tool and or a distraction. I had the opportunity to work through an Arduino Science Journal. I chose to work through a module on light. I chose the topic shadows, as it said it was appropriate for students Pre-K to 12+. […]

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Overview: This week we had the privilege of having Brittany Johnson talk to our class. She spoke about many things including classroom management, inquiry in elementary classrooms, and was available to assist in our group projects. We then had lots of time to work on overdue assignments and our group project. Inquiry in Young Grades: […]

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Cords: This past week, I have been determining which cords I need to play my first song. The video by TenThumbs, which I added to my last post, was very helpful. The guy in the video states which cord he will play, demonstrates it, and has a diagram in the corner that clearly shows where […]

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Overview: Today’s class was all about coding and computational thinking. I had the opportunity to look at several different coding activities and even run through a game myself. I remember working through these games when I was in middle school. Once a year, we would have a class where we got to go to the […]

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New Skill: This week, I focused on how to strum my Ukulele. I thought I had figured it out last week until I watched a tutorial on playing my first song and saw that it required a different type of strum. Last week, I was practicing using my thumb, as seen in a video tutorial […]

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Overview: This topic was fascinating and challenging for me at the same time. I tend to struggle with technology, but I am eager to learn technologies I can add to my classroom one day. I am also quite bad at drawing, which made sketchnoting very hard for me. Being introduced to the SAMR Theory and […]

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New skills: This week, I worked on strumming my Ukulele. I researched what fingers I was supposed to use and how to approach it. I read that the most common way to strum was by using one’s thumb. Ukuleles are made of nylon, unlike guitars, which are metal. This is why you must be gentle […]

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Overview: Today’s class on accessibility was helpful and interesting to me, as I frequently deal with accessibility issues. As a person with dyslexia, I use many tools, such as text-to-speech, Grammarly, and screen readers. When someone has put the time and thought into making material accessible for me, I really appreciate it. Learning different ways […]

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Free Inquiry Topic 5: This week, I focused on tuning my Ukulele now that I have found a good app to help me. As I mentioned in my last blog, I had to research which app was learner-friendly as I had never touched an instrument before. Tuning the ukulele was a challenge, even with the […]

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