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Webtool Smackdown #2: OneNote

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     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...

Storytelling Tools

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  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

Technology Blog #3: Navigating A Digital Footprint in the Gen Z universe

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     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I discovered that the term and some of its applications (Delicious, Diigo, and Flickr) are starting to become more outdated, and some of the more modern Bookmarking applications include Reddit and Pinterest ( Sproutsocial.com ).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...