For the past couple months, I have decided to teach myself to code in in my spare hours. Of course, I’m not looking to become a full-time coder, by any means. I definitely don’t have dreams of creating the next big app (bigger than Tik Tok???). Maybe, that would be …
What makes a good presentation? Let’s look at Hans Rosling’s presentation on Statistics as an example. In this video, he is delivering a Ted Talk about statistics and child mortality- a topic that may not be the most engaging by title alone. As you begin to watch, the most impressive element of …
Our edcamp was an informal session held by our professors for us – future teachers. Anyone could present or collaborate, but the focus was on teamwork and connection between our group. I was mainly in the section focused on Google Classroom. The question was: “is Google Classroom a viable …
Wow…. This is hard. It’s been a while since I’ve posted on my blog! Sorry for the delay (although I’m sure no one is checking my blog regularly). So, I guess I should catch up. A few weeks back we did a dialogue circle – essentially it was our …
Similar to CodeAcademy, Khan Academy gives you challenges to complete after a short lesson. It began with a few simple tasks, such as creating a shape after showing a walk-through video on how to complete said task. I started off making a circle. Once you complete a task correctly, it …
Hello again everyone… welcome to chaos. Okay, that may be an exaggeration. But I’m definitely feeling the stress of the semester! I feel like I can’t get one second of peace haha. Oh well! It’s not so bad…. Just a lot of small things. Like writing this blog post for …
Yikes – what a week this has been. Busy is an understatement! If you’ve been following along with my blog from the beginning then you might remember my first blog post (if not, you can find it here). It was a discussion about Greg Whitely’s documentary Most Likely to Succeed …
Why couldn’t the programmer dance to the song? Because he didn’t get the algo-rhythm… hehehe CodeAcademy is a great way to get your feet wet and figure out if coding is something you’d like to progress further in. It’s doing a great job at keeping me motivated, teaching me …
Hi folks, my second inquiry post is a little delayed… it’s been a hectic week to say the least. My journey to mastering the art of coding has officially begun. I’m using the website Codeacademy right now that I found on google to begin my quest… so far so good. …
