Distance learning has been a very odd experience for me. It has been extremely difficult but also fun in a way. I enjoyed having the flexibility of online classes, for a while it was much easier to stay on top of my assignments. After one semester however, it became very hard to keep up and motivate myself to do assignments. Not being face-to-face with your teachers and peers definitely takes a toll on your learning ability. Not physically seeing my professors every day made classes feel imaginary so I stopped doing assignments. Myself as well as many others became more and more depressed during this period of school. I felt so tired from staring at my computer all day and so upset at myself for not doing schoolwork. I'd say as a future educator, if online classes are used again, I will try to motivate my students and remind them that their school work is still important even if it doesn't feel like it.
Open educational resources are free resources that can be used in teaching and learning. They are extremely useful to students and teachers alike because access to textbooks and databases can become very pricey. A brief article on Edutopia describes these and provides resources to find OERs. They also explain that while they may be convenient, some OERs are not as reliable as others.
https://www.edutopia.org/open-educational-resources-guide
Doing the two PowerPoint assignments have definitely helped me develop skills I can use as a future educator. Making a game on PowerPoint was very fun and I hope to be able to do that again for actual students. I learned to create hyperlinks to different slides in a presentation which can be useful for many different things besides games. I also worked with different transitions and animations which make the presentation more interesting and easier to follow.
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