What is in my sketchnote Today we all created a sketchnote summerizing key concepts we have descussed this semester. My sketchnote includes the following topics: Why These Topics: I chose these concepts because they stuck out to me the most. I hope to use these technologies in my classroom. I think they are helpful and […]
Read more "Weekly Reflection Topic 13"Achievements: I feel like I have been very successful with my inquiry project. Although I wasn’t able to fully master my song, I’m still very proud of my progress. I also may be being a little hard on myself. I started this project with zero music background. I am now able to read basic music […]
Read more "Free Inquiry Topic 8"Here is our edtech project presentation!
Read more "Edtech Inquiry – Assignment 2"Goal of the Week: My goal this past week was to master the placments of my left hand on my Ukulele. Practice: These past couple weeks have been challenging and honestly a little discouraging. I thought it would be a lot easier than it was to learn the finger placements. As I’ve mentioned in past […]
Read more "Free Inquiry Topic 7"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+. […]
Read more "Weekly Reflection Topic 11"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: […]
Read more "Weekly Reflection Topic 10"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 […]
Read more "Free Inquiry 6"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 […]
Read more "Weekly Reflection Topic 8"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 […]
Read more "Free Inquiry 5"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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