A Song of Faith and Devotion

  My experience with EME2040 was almost entirely online outside of some interaction with my partners for the group projects. There were a variety of both upsides and downsides. On the one hand, getting my work done on my time was absolutely the best part of the course. I could work simultaneously on other projects and plan my week more effectively as a result. However, that is not to say there were not any negatives. The course work itself is just simply not that engaging. I wish this weren't the case, but the majority of the assignments just felt a bit like a chore when looking at what work I needed to get done for the week.  OER, or Open Education Resources, are a fantastic tool to take advantage of in the academic sphere. They allow for quick learning at no cost to the teacher. Being in the public domain has advantages, such as comparisons with other classes who can easily harness the same resources. If I were a teacher, I would absolutely use them in my classroom to t...

 The web design assignment taught me quite a few skills that can be used both educationally and otherwise. For one, I now understand the google calendar user interface and how to post it and make it available to view. I messed this up at first and fixed it later, which thankfully brought my grade back up, so out of all the things I did, this one is probably the one I am the most likely to remember. Another skill I learned was how to entice younger viewers to education related fun. The idea behind the site was to make learning fun for the students by incorporating very little educational syntax on the individual game pages. I believe this would be effective in an educational setting.   https://www.extrafuntopics.com/ In honesty, Diigo isn't the most complicated program in the world, and there are numerous educational websites out there like Diigo that I have used in the past. To say I learned much from using it would be a bit gratuitous. Rather, I refined my communica...