Blog 9


    I have not had the best experience as a distance learner in this past year.     There are things I enjoy about it, but also a lot of things that were negative. I enjoyed being able to learn from a guaranteed save environment. Being at home is the safest place for me and for other people who could possibly be infected. I do not think that this was unnecessary, I think that it was the right thing to do. However, for me personally it has not been the best for my mental health. It has taken some of the pressure off of me when it comes to school since we are not in person and the intensity has died down. But, being stuck inside and not being around as many people really has taken a tole on me. Not only that, but also the repetitiveness of assignments and online content. I think that when I am a teacher, I am going to put less stress on deadlines and  adapt the concept of "quality over quantity" because it is completely unnecessary to have piles and piles of homework for a class that is completely virtual. 

    Open educational resources are a great way for teachers and educators to learn from each other to create a community. A great example of one of these is OER Commons which is a website where you can look by grade level and subject to find other teachers and their resources and thoughts about teaching. 

    I learned a lot from these past two powerpoint assignments. I learned a lot from the second one specifically because I had no idea that you could make the presentations have such intricate animations and things like that. I am excited to be able to use what I have learned one day in my own classroom. 




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