Distance learning has never been my favorite. It has its pros and cons, but overall, I have found that I enjoy in-person classes more. One thing I like about this distance learning class is that all of the assignments are posted on Monday. I can get all my weekly assignments out of the way early, so I don't have to worry about them affecting my downtime or weekend. One thing I dislike about distance learning is it makes it difficult to ask questions and have a connection with the instructor. I came from a very small school, and I had personal relationships with all of my teachers, and taking a class online can easily prevent that from happening. One thing I would do to improve the experience of distance learning is set up meetings with my students - not just office hours but a required meeting at the beginning of the year or semester to just chat and get to know each other, so my students could get a sense that I am a real person willing to help and talk. OER resour
I enjoyed this assignment for a few reasons. The website was easy to dissect and easy on the eyes, making things minimalistic and simple. I liked designing different pages and menu bars, but I wouldn't say I liked all of the requirements for a pass. I felt like some of them were unnecessary and unrealistic, like the two pages of links and information for parents and kids. Out of all of my middle and high school classes, I never had full pages of links for extra help or information, and I don't think many kids did. However, I enjoyed educationally designing a platform for kids and learned how to do new things through Weebly. My link can be found here . I was not a very big fan of Diigo because it looked like old technology, not minimalistic, but instead jumbled together and hard to navigate. I learned how to highlight and post notes on Diigo, which could be helpful in a classroom with a group discussion or group project. I will not be using this for professional effort