caroline corcoran EME blog

 I have had a decent amount of experience as a distance learner. I was fully online during COVID and the year after. I returned to in person classes for my last two year of high school. I enjoy the flexibility of distance learning. Yet, I feel as if it can be more difficult to teach and learn. There is more responsibility on students to put in the work, which can be challenging with younger students. As a teacher, I would improve distance learning experience through interactive assignments and providing lots of resources to help. OER's are like a public library online. They are tools, websites, and resources anyone can access and use. This article on OER's shows how helpful and underused OER'S are. It explains how they are high quality and invaluable tools that allow anyone to succeed.  I have not begun the second power point assignment, but I did really enjoy the first. While working on the power point assignment 4, I learned several new tools. Specifically, how to use sp...

 

      I learned a lot of new things through the Web Design Assignment, because I have never done that before.  A big design principle I wanted to ensure I used was clarity. I wanted to ensure that all the necessary information was clearly laid out and easy to find. Since it was also for a younger grade, I wanted there to be a lot of pictures and visually interesting things as well. I liked the whole assignment because it taught me how to make a website and incorporate fun aspects to it. In my future career, I can set up a personal website so people can know who I am better.  https://mscorcoransseventhenglish.weebly.com/       I do not use AI tools. I just never have had any urge to. Yet, I have seen useful ways to study with and use AI tools to learn. In that way, I am motivated to use it. However, at this point in my schooling, I already have study tools that work for me. I do not have to many questions about AI. It makes sense to me and mak...