Rebekka Friborg's Blog

The first time I participated in distance learning was in my senior year of high school when the COVID-19 pandemic began. Little did I know, I would also be starting my freshman year of college using distance learning. As a student, I have thoroughly enjoyed my distance learning experience due to the flexibility it provides. I can learn at a much faster rate than I could in person and I am also able to work ahead. A downside of distance learning is that it can be easy to fall into the habit of procrastinating. I struggled with this when I first started distance learning but have since been able to overcome that. As a teacher, I would set assignment checkpoints to overcome this obstacle. In other words, I would require my students to submit big assignments in parts before submitting the entirety of the assignment so that they are not able to procrastinate as much work.  Open educational resources (OER) are publicly available teaching and learning resources that have an open-copyrigh...

This past week, I was tasked with creating a fake teacher website as part of an educational technology class. This was the first time I attempted to create a website, so there were certainly obstacles for me to defeat. The first new skill I acquired was designing an aesthetic layout that focused the viewer's attention on what I wanted to make prominent. The second new skill I acquired was linking a Google Calendar to a website. I thoroughly enjoyed the learning process and was very satisfied with my final result. I found it exciting to be given the creative freedom to design a website in whichever way I wished. It was also a great experience for me as an aspiring private practice owner since I will need to design a website for my company. To view my website, click here . Additionally, this academic semester I have used Diigo. While I do think this website could be considered outdated, I have grown to enjoy using it. It has been a great tool for my classmates and I to share resource...