Elise's EME2040 Blog

     When working on Project 5, I have acquired the skill of making buttons in PowerPoint, which I did not know you could do. I also utilized my PLN to become inspired and find a theme for my PowerPoint. I took a trip to Pinterest and searched for fun games that I thought I may be able to put my own spin on and make an interactive PowerPoint out of it. I found the idea of Roll a Story through a Pinterest post about a game where students would roll the dice and answer questions about a story, based on the number they received. I decided to make it more fit for a PowerPoint by flipping the idea around and creating stories based on the roll of a dice. I liked that this assignment gave me a lot of creative freedoms and had few limits compared to the other projects, but not all of them can work like that. I did not enjoy having to make it as long as I did, but it was not much of a hassle and overall was a fun project. Here is an sample slide of my project:     When reading through my classm

 

 I don't know about you, but this is how I feel when anything on Canvas is graded...

      EME2040 has been an overall good experience for me this semester. I have enjoyed the open environment and the interactive portions of class that allow me to learn new tools as well as speak out when I need help. I have enjoyed doing the projects so far, it has helped me to manage my time better and consider different angles of education, online and in person, and how I can run a classroom as a teacher. Sometimes, there are times when this class has been a struggle for me or there were times where it was not as enjoyable. There were times when the class became too much or there were lots of different assignments, I needed to do all at once but felt that I did not have time for. I have sat down to do my projects and looked and found I had three or four other smaller tasks I was supposed to complete at that time too. It became a little overwhelming to do all of these projects on top of my classes as well. However, this did not always outweigh my good experience with the class, and I