Ava P. Blog

With COVID-19, distance learning was the primary way of getting my education. I didn't choose to go to school like other kids did. Technologies I experienced were Teams, Big Blue Button, Canvas, and Zoom. This is not just from Covid but from online classes as well. I believe they're all effective. They all do what they're intended to do. I haven't experienced Google Classroom but I have heard it's easy to use and convenient.  From what I've learned, open educational resources are public domain and not copyrighted educational resources anyone can use to teach or learn. The online resource I found is  library.educause.edu . It gives open educational resource materials and a description of each site. Each material is hyperlinked and each website offers something valuable. One website is about cultures/countries, free education, readings, assessments, etc. It's super helpful!

 

The professional development resource I chose was a TedTalk about teaching. The speaker,  Gregory Chahrozian, explains how it's not what you teach. It's about how you teach it.    https://tinyurl.com/TedTeaches

Well, I learned how to add a Google Calendar and a Google map. I had to work a lot with contrast. I went back and forth on using white or black font. Ultimately, for the header on each tab and the white background, using the black font for everything worked best. Something a little difficult to work with on the website was the spacing. It was hard to place things sometimes and get the proportions right. Proportion is another design principle and I think I did a good job of doing it as cohesively as I could. The only thing I disliked about the assignment was the website builder itself only because of the spacing difficulty. Besides that, it was pretty easy to use. I can use these design skills in the future by creating websites! A future teacher one, portfolio, etc.