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The online community that Shaoshi and I picked is the Subreddit r/explainlikeimfive. On this particular online community you can ask questions in certain categories and get simple explanations to your complicated questions. Anyone can share on Reddit, and there is equal participation. Anyone can answer people’s questions and post responses to them, while there are all types of questions being asked and answered. Reddit is free to use and available to view without an account. However, to post you do need an account, but that’s also free. Social media is the type of platform, and they all share one goal in this particular community. Everyone is on this community forum to find simple answers to questions they need answering. Everyone is here to just learn and you can tag your question by subject so people with like interests can help you. There are many other subreddits just like this one that inspire people to learn and share their own learning. You can filter the questions in this subreddit by topic so you can learn more about what you’re interested in or you can answer questions that you would know the most about. An example question being asked was “Why is it possible to understand a language but not be able to speak it?” under the other category. Most people answering these questions cite their sources or say that they work in the field of inquiry. It’s not totally reliable since anyone can post, but as long as credible sources are there, it holds academic weight. People in this subreddit may have questions about how or why something works and have their question answered which may inspire them to go out and create it themselves now that they know how. It's a community forum opened to the public that anyone can access and ask questions on. Just by asking a question you need help with, you're already on the right path, it's ok to know that you need help if you're stuck on something. Finding an answer could be tough, you don’t know if you can trust the person who is giving you the answer or if it’s credible, but it does spark conversations and can stimulate your mind to ask more questions, benefiting you in the long run.
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So with everything going on lately I decided to just learn how to change a tire instead of learning how to change a tire and to learn how to change oil, and I am just gonna learn how to change a tire. I found someone to teach me how to change a tire and I have been practicing twice a week so I can learn how to do it without anyone's help. I found someone to help me change a tire and be able to teach me in person. So by this week I should be able to change a tire without any help.
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You should always have a tire iron, jack, and a spare tire in your car
How to safely change a tire
Find a safe spot to pull over and change the tire
Know your limits and when to call for help
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Shows pictures on how to change a tire
Step by step instructions
Emergency break put on
Heavy object in front of tire you are changing
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I think connected learning is really interesting and should be taught to a lot more kids nowadays. I never knew about connected learning until I started to take this class. Reading about the example they give for connected learning with the student Abigail, it can provide opportunities and instill confidence in others. It is great to have support and a community to back you up in things you are interested in. If you're gonna let your children go on the internet make sure they are using it for good and not bad, making sure it benefits themselves. In the long run she gained confidence and was able to start thinking about her future career. We all learn differently and I think it is important to take someone’s strength and play off them so you can set them up to succeed instead of setting them up to fail. I know from experience that I am a visual and hands on learner. So even up to now in college I have to adjust to learning in different environments. I learned with the help of my family to teach myself in ways. Everyone wants to learn when they are interested in it, if you're not interested in it you will have a harder time learning, that’s when you start to not want to even do the work. If you feel comfortable with the person who is teaching you and you feel comfortable in the environment you are being taught in you are gonna be more likely to succeed, I agree with that one hundred percent.
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No one wants to keep learning once you are out of the classroom and done with school for the day. Usually you are learning things you might not be interested in and when you get home you wanna do your homework and relax, doing something you like. I think it's important to introduce connected learning so that students will want to continue to learn when they leave their classrooms, and even when they are done with school. Learning now a days is completely different, and it is still constantly changing every single day. I know it has changed tremendously even from when I was inelementary school. We need to push these kids to do more then just the average assignments. We need to encourage and push kids to reach their full potential, so when they go home from having a full day of school, they understand what they learned and know what is expected of them. I think what Maisha Winn was trying to say if I understood correctly in one part of her essay was that we as a society need to preserve cultural aspects. Teach historically accurate details that broaden someone sense of thinking when it comes to learning knew things. If so I agree with this thought process, so many cutural aspects are dying out and instead of teaching the same thing over and over again to students we need to teach knew and exciting concepts that will broaden students horizons in the long run, through life.
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This week for my learn something, it was hard to practice changing a tire and getting the tools to. Due to the virus most stores I needed to go to were closed. So I have to use the tools that I already have at home. Luckily my dad knows how to change a tire and oil in a car, so I didn't have to go out and find someone. I am still watching videos and reading articles on how to change a tire. I want to make sure that I am properly informed, before even beginning to do hands on learning. I am not confident enough yet to start doing hands on work. Soon I will watch my dad change a tire and oil and have him explain every detail to me. Then next week I want to start trying it myself. Once I know how to do it I want to practice repitition so I am confident if a situation happens to occur.
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Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
4 hours a week
A jack, a lug wrench, and a spare tire
Oil filter, new oil, new wrench, gloves