Blog Journal #9

 I have spent a lot of time in my day doing distance learning. Much like the rest of my peers, our change towards distance learning has been through online/synchronous zoom meetings that involve the whole class, just at the comfort of their homes. I can say through experience that I enjoy being able to role out of bed and get onto a zoom call or get up whenever and do my work as I please but it comes with its downsides. I saw a horrible change in my sleep schedule which ultimately caused me to waste away much of my days. Being in person at least kept an orderly routine that got me out of bed each morning with something to strive for that day. As a teacher, it is important to induce participation in other ways through distance learning. Something such as keeping strong contact can help keep students on track and engaged with the class.

OER's are educational resources that can be freely read, shared, and edited. Lots of OER's are found online as it is an easy way to spread lots of information. Textbooks and articles can both be found online right next to each other. A site that provides a great deal of OER's is https://www.edsurge.com/news/topics/open-educational-resources-oer. This specific topic on the page shares lots of relevant and recent articles that are all about OER's. 

The greatest skill that I learned while working on the Powerpoint assignment has to be the newfound ability to create hyperlinks that direct the powerpoint instead of following the numerical path. It made a huge impact for me on the second assignment as it could not have been done without it. My first assignment was not pretty, it will be fixed as I have learned a lot since it was last submitted. I suffered a great deal of frustration while trying to figure out how the site worked but once I got through, well, it felt great. My biggest flaw was framing... no matter what I did the picture or text box would shift to an undesirable location. With time, I will solve my woes.