Ashley Lopez

Apple Music is a music streaming service that gives users access to over 100 million songs, curated playlists, live radio shows, and artist content. In Apple Music, you can listen to any song you want, create your own playlists, download music for offline listening, and enjoy high-quality sound. It also recommends music based on your taste and updates playlists regularly with new music. Apple Music is a paid subscription service, but students get a big discount, making it more affordable. Overall, it’s designed for music lovers who want control, quality, and a connection to their favorite artists. While Pandora is a music streaming service that’s best known for its radio-style listening . Instead of picking specific songs, you create stations based on an artist, genre, or song you like, and Pandora plays similar music. Pandora is great for passive listening, like background music, because it automatically picks songs for you. It has both free and paid versions. However, the free one in...

Chapter 3, Learning to Learn , discusses how we need to rethink our approach to learning. Teachers should stop seeing themselves as the sole providers of knowledge, and students should move away from being passive receivers. Instead, they should adopt a learner-first mindset. For example, in Jason's story, rather than identifying the problem first, we should focus on finding the solution and then understanding the problem. The fire truck represents the problem, while water represents the solution—we need to shift our focus to the solution first. The chapter emphasizes that learning is an ongoing process; it transforms us from not knowing to knowing, and then to doing. The chapter also introduces the concepts of knowledge in practice and knowledge of practice , encouraging learning beyond traditional classroom methods. It explains three learning strategies: passive (knowledge for), active (knowledge in), and reflective (knowledge of). Instead of just absorbing information, learn...

                                                                            Story That Pixton                                                                                Canva

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z47kJTfmED8 The app I chose to present for my Smackdown is Adobe Photoshop , a powerful tool I plan to use in my graphic design career, particularly in the advertising industry. As a graphic designer, I could work for companies like Netflix, where editing photos and creating high-quality images is essential. Photoshop would be the perfect app to remove imperfections from images, whether by blurring out blemishes or using the lasso tool to cut out parts of an image and place them in a new background. Its variety allows me to manipulate photos with precision, ensuring they meet the specific needs of my projects. In addition to photo manipulation, Photoshop allows me to adjust a wide range of elements such as saturation, hue, brightness, and contrast. I can also use the brush tool to add unique designs and textures to the image, enhancing its visual appeal. Since many advertising projects require impactful visuals, I can utilize the text tool to add enga...

Chapter Five focuses on using technology to support connected learning. It discusses how we should see ourselves as learners first and then develop the fundamentals of collaboration. It also talks about apps and reviews tools for documenting and archiving learning, tools for connecting and collaborating, and tools for extending student learning. Platforms like Twitter, blogs, social bookmarking sites, and Delicious are mentioned as ways to organize and share resources. These tools can help you connect with others, learn from their experiences, and expand your knowledge, especially in fields that are constantly evolving, like graphic design. The chapter also discusses apps for documenting and archiving learning through sites such as social bookmarking, Delicious, and Diigo. Social bookmarking is an effective way to organize content while connecting with friends and colleagues and discovering new articles and links. Delicious is a popular website for bookmarking and tagging sites, while ...

In chapter six, "Building Your Connected Learning Community," the author discusses the importance of connecting online. This chapter covers topics such as starting a personal learning network to tips on getting started online with blogs, Twitter, and Delicious. It also highlights the importance of researching an individual's background before you follow them. The author wrote, "Who you follow depends a great deal on the purpose or focus of your network." For example, let's say that a person blogs about something you disagree with or how they manage their classroom, you should be aware that maybe they are not the right person to follow.  Additionally, this chapter wants you to think about certain questions before you interact with online communities. The network is where you find ideas and information to share with your professional learning community and community practices to develop learning skills and create research to take to your school. Learning is no...