Technology Blog #1- Developing a Connected Learning Model

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLsd2-RM7XQ&t=11s     Pocket Sign  is a free app where you can learn sign languages that offers a variety of interactive lessons and activities to help users learn sign language. It provides hundreds of videos of sign language lessons that are packed into small sized lessons. Some of those videos and interactive lessons includes interactive videos, fun questions, sign language alphabet, baby sign language, and so much more! Pocket Sign uses a very different approach compared to other sign language apps, where it teaches you so much at a basic level and then you build up your learning skills! Pocket Sign, has you completing small lessons every day, earning points, rewards, and achievements. This app tracks your progress and gives you personalized reminders to encourage you to practice sign language. Overall, this app is great for beginners and causal learners.     Although you can use this app on your free time, Pocket Sig...

      In chapter 5 of "The Connected Educator", it talks about how a diverse number of digital tools and technology that can help create connected learning for educators. Having digital tools, it can help create collaboration, connections, and content creations. In the chapter it exemplifies how having these tools can help educators work collectively with their peers by sharing different resources and ideas with each other. Therefore, in the chapter these tools were listed into different categories based off of their functions like networking, collaborating platforms, and creating content. In this chapter it truly explains how blogging is important for educators to blog or contribute to blogs because it can help them and others with questions and creating content together for their students.     To continue, this chapter can relate immensely to my potential career in the investigative/policing field. In the line of work I am interested in, it is always important...