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Blog Journal #8

     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

Blog Journal #7

     For Leon High School, the link brought me to a page full of employees of the school. Each link was different, depending on the status of the employee, which was interesting. Some profiles had pictures, which was nice because it made the staff come off as friendly and welcoming, such as a teacher named Scott Evans had a picture of him smiling while skiing down a slope. There is also an option to view each teacher's assignments. However, I assume the students with only those specific teachers can view those because I could not.       I will be using technology very much once I move onto the professional field. Many online sources have helped me in school already, such as Grammarly, one of my favorites - which I plan on continuing to use for a very long time! I also plan on using Twitter if I end up teaching in an elementary classroom. Many other teachers and educators in the Twitter community have so many ideas to share, such as classroom bonding activities, class trips, learnin

Blog Journal #6

     Personally, I do not like Diigo. When I first created an account, it made me re-do the sign-up three separate times and was much more complicated than it should have been. I'm not very fond of the setup of Diigo because there is a lot of clutter on my screen, which confounds my focus and concentration. The fonts on the website also bother me because they are so small and close together, making it hard for me to read because I have dyslexia. Because of that, I have to concentrate extra hard on the words and zoom in. If it were up to me, I would choose not to use Diigo again in a personal or academic setting.       I like blogging because I enjoy both writing and designing. The design comes with Blogger, and I can choose my own font, colors, size, etc. Sometimes I wouldn't say I like blogging when there is a question I have to answer that does not interest me very much. However, this goes for most people. I have learned how better to use Grammarly in my blogging because I us