Here we are! After 10 weeks, this is the final update of my learning project. I spent these last weeks learning, exploring, motivating, and challenging myself to build a healthy lifestyle I could maintain. In this final post, I will be explaining where…
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Learning Project- Week #10
I made it to the last week of my project of learning how to maintain healthy life! This update will be short since it was only one week, but I will have one more post summarizing my journey and what I have planned to continue my project even after the …
Continue readingSummary of Learning- EC&I 831
As someone who spends lots of time finding ways to incorporate games into the classroom, I thought “What better way to summarize my own learning?” After reflecting on the course EC&I 831, I am delighted to have been able to experience a…
Continue readingYou’ve Got a Way to Keep Me On Your Side, You Give Me Cause for OER That I Can’t Hide…
A Deeper Look Into OER Commons First Thoughts on OER Commons Similar to a lot of my course peers, I too researched more into the OER Commons (OER means Open Educational Resources). Why did I choose this one you ask? Well, for starters Alec showed it to…
Continue readingLearning Project- Weeks #7,8,9
I am almost at the end of my learning project! I am happy with my progress and I really think this has helped me keep accountable! However, I would still like really like to work on having a better relationship with food before this class ends. I am a …
Continue readingKhan Academy- An OER for Educators
As a middle school teacher, I am always looking for new methods that allow my students to practice concepts in various ways. We do many lessons and games on paper, but I have been trying to use technology more and more every year! My class adores using…
Continue readingSomethings Just Go Better Together and Probably Always Will, Like OER in Education…
Discovering the World of Open Educational Resources Understanding Open Educational Resources More Some of you may recall this, but I wonder what teaching was like before the internet and before sharing resources electronically was really a thing. I kno…
Continue readingKnowledge is Power! But Then Why is it so Out of Reach? My Thoughts on Open Education
Coincidently, the same day we first spoke about open education and open education resources (OER) in our EC&I 831 class was also the day I spoke to my students about how to correctly use photos found online for their science project. We had a discu…
Continue readingI’ve Been Staring at All of the Cricut Projects, ‘Long as I Can Remember, Never Really Knowing Why
A Quick Update on the Ole’ Learning Project A Lot of Learning & Research Although I haven’t been as active on the old Cricut machine as I would have liked to have been lately with the move and all, I have been behind the scenes doing a bunch of Cri…
Continue readingLearning Projet- Week #5 and #6
Hello! I haven’t changed very much since weeks #3 and #4, but I still wanted to talk about a few things that have been on my mind. I find myself in a great spot when it comes to exercising this far into my learning project. The weather has been g…
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