Exercise 11: Personal Learning Networks

I rely on Pinterest for my crafts and over time I've come to depend are particular blogs or websites for crafts that are easy, economical, and fun-"A Jeweled Rose" is one of them. I keep up with School Library Journal and often read blogs like "The Underground Librarian." There's not shortage of information out there.

I've been doing a summer program called "Messy Fridays" and I've depended on these resources to help me be creative. A blog called "Bugy and Budy" have a lot of spectacular science experiments (well if you're three they are spectacular!) and some of my friends from school keep me posted on what's current and what they are focusing on in class. It helps to have a network!

Lesson 10 Challenge

Well, according to Google Maps it would take 12 minutes to get to McDonald's. It's pretty close. Actually, it's very easy to get to McDonald's from here--but it might be easier to walk than drive--and faster too. The traffic, which Google tends to underestimate, is brutal here!

Lesson 9 Challenge

I could have gone on with this, but we did the whole deal when I was teaching school last year. The entire 6th grade joined me for an hour of coding. I also did this with my grandson. I think it's an excellent tool to teach kids how to code, and I think it introduces them to the way a computer "thinks." I did this with our chromebooks when I worked with the Tweens, but most of them had already been introduced to the concept. It's a nice introduction to coding--and it will appeal to some, but not all people.