This weeks journey has been a difficult one. Not only was I stranded at home like millions of others in the North Texas area, the ice brought with it even more internet connectivity issues. (It also screwed up the signal from our DirecTV dish!) It is really difficult to conduct work in an on-line class when you can't get connectivity.
I watched so many YouTube videos (once I could get connected to the internet) that I lost track of how many there were. I ended up putting 29 videos into my Watch Later folder on my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=WL ( @jordan-etec527) Out of the videos on this list...I had only viewed the ones about Geometry prior to doing this assignment. The Geometry videos are actually some of the ones that I use for tutoring the Geometry students at Conrad.
I already had a YouTube channel from a previous semester where I had to upload videos of our Tech Play assignments in ETEC524. I decided against using the same channel for this assignment. So the YouTube channel I set up for use in ETEC527 for this week is @jordan-etec527. I found so many helpful videos while doing this assignment. One of the most useful was How to Use Twitter in 2022! (Complete Beginners Guide) It is almost 10 minutes long (9 min 48 sec) but it was packed full of information that I wish I had found prior to getting a Twitter account. My Twitter experience has not been a pleasure, and my lack of knowledge and lack of desire to use it has been a factor. I also found a 5 minute and 7 second video titled How Do Professors and Students Use Twitter?. I was not as impressed with that video.
While looking into videos for using Web 2.0 tools for learning, I came across Web 2.0 Tools and the Classroom by Michael Welden. Although it sounded more like a class lecture, it did contain some very interesting information. This video is 10 minutes & 21 seconds long, but it is well worth listening to.
There were several videos that stood out to me when researching videos on Teaching and Learning with Technology. The first was Technology for Teaching and Learning 1 . This video was a bit difficult to listen to because it was done with a computer generated voice and was 13 minutes and 39 seconds long. It did contain good information. The next video I want to highlight in this category is Redefining Learning & Teaching Using Technology. This video was a 9 minute and 52 second Ted Talk that I found very enjoyable, especially after listening to the computer generated voice in the other video. If you have never taken time to listen to a Ted Talk on a subject that you are interested in, you are missing out on an enjoyable experience.
After all this research for class, I decided to add something I enjoy to my list. It is a video on sewing, which is one of my hobbies. I also have several pairs of jeans that need to be shortened, so this video was a given. How to Hem Jeans Using the Original/Existing Hem showed me how to keep my jeans from looking like they have been altered. If you like sewing, it is worth the watch!
If you are interested in checking out my Twitter Tweets for this week, you can find them at @GJordan4class.
This has been also been a emotional week for me. As a teacher you can't help but become attached to students, especially if you teach more than one prep & the student takes all those classes. Some of my former students had me for multiple years. Yesterday I had to attend a funeral for a 24 year old whose only fault was being at the Barber Shop when other individuals got into an altercation. It has been difficult working on assignments and dealing with a loss at the same time!
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