Building Your Digital Identity, Literacy, and Network
For my digital story exercise, I decided to take lyrics from Helpless by Lin-Manuel Miranda from the Hamilton Soundtrack and put them through Google Translate. It’s especially interesting because lots of these lyrics aren’t literal and definitely play with language, as rap often does. First, I translated from English to Spanish, and it still made … Continue reading DS 106 Exercise: Google…Translate?
I have always looked at Wikipedia to find information for school projects even if my teacher told the class not too. This has nothing to do with me editing an article on Wikipedia I just thought it was time for me to confess that. I never new the reason that my teachers were telling me […]
THAT NERDY SCIENCE GUY The Pre-Med Blog Kicks On Fire The first two links are blogs that deal with all the aspects of being a pre-med student, from undergraduate courses to medical school interviews. These blogs will aid me in my journey at Austin College to become a doctor while still retaining some of […]
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ http://blueperk.net/ http://exilelifestyle.com/ These blogs would be great to have in my personal learning network because they communicate 3 things that are very important to me: Fashion, Lifestyle, and housing.[ . . . ]
My wikipedia contribution was to the Woodmen’s Circle Home in Sherman, Texas. I chose this because Wikipedia did not have an article about it and so it made it easier to write about. Other topics that I looked up were more difficult to fulfill because there was already enough information provided. I first found a couple […]
So, we had to find three blogs that we thought would be beneficial to follow. My first, without a doubt, is It’s Akilah, Obviously by comedian and writer, Akilah Hughes, whom I’ve followed on YouTube for a while. Her personality is delightful, and she has the talent to discuss everything from intersectional feminism, to natural … Continue reading Branching Out: Expanding our Network
!!!CLASSMATES!!! (That’s my intro) So, I checked out Keara’s blog, and was especially engaged by her knowledge artifact. I thought it was beyond creative and unapologetic. Keara’s blog is welcoming, relaxed, and just honest overall and it’s refreshing to read her posts. I read her latest nugget, which also concerned Levine’s article (find my nugget … Continue reading “Connection in an Isolating Age”: Connecting to Classmates Assignment
These are the other blogs that I would like to follow for personal learning . The first one that I would like to follow is http://www.soccerbible.com/(SoccerBible). This helpful to me because they post different things about current events in soccer, whether that be interviews with players, information about cleats, or even how designs in soccer […]
Before: After: The article I chose to review and edit was the one on Sayuri Yoshii, a japanese speed-skater who competed in several large-scale tournaments including the winter olympics which[ . . . ]
My Wikipedia contribution The experience I had using Wikipedia to contribute to an article was something very eye-opening. Editing a piece of information that had been created by other people made me feel like I was a part of something much greater in the sense that anyone can edit an article if they have something […]
