Distant learning is so embedded in our lives during this pandemic and it has had both positive and negative outcomes. Honestly, I prefer to learn in class rather than remotely because it's hard to group projects remotely, asking questions over email can be difficult, and if I don't understand I can ask questions in class since it is easier to communicate. I find that I need to teach myself rather than being taught more in remote classes. I think it would be better for teachers to get straight to the point instead of getting off-topic since I have experienced classes where professors spent more time talking about unrelated material and less time about what we are learning and do not really offer time for students to ask questions. When teachers go off-topic I get distracted and for me, it's harder to piece together material depending on the class.
Open educational resources are public resources that can be used by teachers, students, or anyone for education or resource purposes. The OER example I decided to use was on oercommons.org about mini-lessons regarding creative narrative. These mini-lessons are short so students pay attention longer and give tips about different writing techniques. I think these mini-lessons would be good to teach to an English class since it covers tips regarding character development, setting, dialogue, how to create strong endings, etc. and some of these tips can be used in non-creative writing classes.
One skill I learned while completing the first Powerpoint project was how to use lecture notes and how to record a lecture. Since classes are online now I think this was an important tool to learn if interested in education since you can add your lecture to a class website and students can watch it remotely. I also learned in the second Powerpoint project how to add action buttons and create a nonlinear presentation. I struggled with adding hyperlinks because every time I added one and double-checked it worked, later I would go back to make sure again and it would say my file is corrupt and I could not figure out how to fix it. I have attached pictures below of my two projects.
Hi Jessica, your power point presentations look so good. They are enticing and will reel the students in. I too prefer in person classes rather than distance learning. The social interaction is important to me to make new friends and relationship. Good Job!
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