Joshua Kessner - EME2040

       I was a sophomore in high school when Covid-19 hit and my entire school shifted to Zoom classes, and distance learning. From March of my sophomore year, through September of my Junior year, we were forced to do online learning, through Zoom and Google Classroom. This meant that we weren’t able to be on campus and our classes were shifted to online lectures. In September of my junior year of high school, we had the option to go back to in-person learning, I went back in November of my junior year. I liked distance learning in the beginning, because I could do the work at my own pace, and was able to set a schedule that fit me. However, towards the end of my distance learning, I noticed that I wasn’t being as diligent about my school-work as I had been when I was in-person with a physical teacher watching me. When we went back, most assignments were still given online, but I was sitting in a physical classroom interacting with my teacher and peers. When I am a t...

 

     Throughout working on the Web design assignment, I was able to attain some new skills, such as navigating the Weebly site, and using many of its tools. Some tools I didn’t know about were pages, which allow you to make different pages that are easy to navigate to by clicking on the top of the page. I never knew how this worked before. I enjoyed the pre-designed layouts that were available to use as a template for my website. I chose one that was very minimalistic, yet also contained all of the information that I needed. One design principals that I chose to follow were keeping the same font used throughout, which creates simplicity, and makes my website easy to read. Here is the url to my website: https://kessnersecondgradeclass.weebly.com/      In my academic career, I have chosen to not use AI tools, such as ChatGPT. The main reason I don’t use them is I get scared. Even if I use them to come up with ideas, I’m nervous that it will come up as plagiar...

      For this blog, I went to Palm Beach County School District's website and looked around. They have all of the information that someone can want, such as different departments, academic calendars, employment, student registration, family resources and career programs. When I looked at some of the family resources they provide, they have anything from new/returning students, health and safety informaiton, and even a link to a partnership they have for unlimited free 24/7 free tutoring they have! They also have a calendar posted with holidays, breaks, and even registration dates! This is a great site for parents, and students to use if they have any questions or are wondering anything. While I can't find any classroom information, as it is all private to just those students and families, they have different departments listed which I looked through and found the standards that they are hitting, such as elementary education focuses on the B.E.S.T Standards. I will put a ...