Emily Matera's Blogs

     For my second webtool smackdown, I chose to talk about the website/app called OneNote. This Tool is made by Microsoft, and it is essentially a virtual notebook. I have used this tool on and off since my sophomore year of high school, right before COVID started. I began to use it specifically in my chemistry class, which allowed us to have all of our notes and worksheets virtually. We used this application with one of the main reasons that you are able to write on documents like a notebook, and since at the time we had a Lenovo with styluses, we were able to flip our laptops and write in OneNote like it was pen and paper.      The OneNote skills I learned from that class I have taken with me ever since, all the way to my senior year in college. One of the main features I use it for now is uploading PDFs into it, and highlighting on the PDF, as if it were a physical book/ article. That feature also allows me to easily annotate any notes I have on the sid...

  My Two StoryBoardThat Stories:  The story of my morning  The story of my roommate and me getting dinner Other: Canva Storytelling Template Story of how to fix a problem  Other: Pixton App (Video)  Title: The Home Run

     The digital space online has thoroughly evolved over the years, which has opened the gates for many applications and tools to be created. In Chapter 5 of The Connected Educator , Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach explains the concept of Social bookmarking (tagging) and various online tools to use for personal or within networks of connected learners. Before reading this chapter, I was unfamiliar with the term “bookmarking”. After further research, I discovered that the term and some of its applications (Delicious, Diigo, and Flickr) are starting to become more outdated, and some of the more modern Bookmarking applications include Reddit and Pinterest ( Sproutsocial.com ). Pinterest has been one of my favorite forms of bookmarking since middle school, and it has allowed me to organize different areas of inspiration for my life.  Above: My real Pinterest account      My main takeaway from Chapter 5 is the importance of managing a good online reputation by build...

     Google Calendar is a tool I have used extensively over the years in various aspects of my life. I was introduced to it before coming to Stockton, and I used it occasionally to remind myself when certain things were happening. I have now mastered this app in a way that fits my own needs and organizational methods.       A good way to keep this app accessible to my eye at all times is to set it as a widget on my devices. I have a widget set on my phone lock screen with upcoming events, so I know how to prepare for what is to come next. I also have a widget on my home screen on my iPad that allows me to add new events if I am taking notes in class.       This app is extremely customizable in the sense that anyone can use it to their own expense. This app can be used for upcoming events, meetings, or it can even be used to see when free time is acceptable to do something enriching. I talk in my presentation linked down below about ...

       Chapter 6 of The Connected Educator by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach explores how an individual can build their own learning community to grow as both a learner and an educator. Personally, I found many takeaways in this chapter, along with real-life connections that I have made through my years of experience.       Currently, I work 2 jobs while I am at school that are deemed to be more “professional”, and during the summer, I work at my township's summer camp. Over the past 2 years of working as a substitute teacher and in an afterschool program, I have gained experience and knowledge that I wouldn't have otherwise gotten from the summer camp alone. I have taken what I have learned in a more “professional” work environment, and significantly improved in my summer job as a camp counselor. Immersing myself in these two different communities has put me at an advantage, per se, since many of my coworkers at the summer camp job do not hold the same e...

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