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Sandbox #7
Coding has always been a subject I wanted to learn but never actually got around to mastering. Video games and crating my own website from scratch has always been something I have been interested in so I was excited to dive in to this week’s sandbox. I hate to admit that despite my own interest…
Sandbox #6
For this sandbox, I was more familiar with the topic as well as the resources we had to go over this week. It was still fun to go over the world of layered reality and see all of the ways that it could be used in a class room. These kind of resources always seem…
Sandbox #4
https://tinyurl.com/28hw2glu I remember back in my high school English class; we made our own podcast for an assignment inspired by This American Life, and I had lot of fun creating them back then. I remember that when we were doing ours that we used just our phone microphone and voice recorder which did not provide…
Sandbox #3
I used Canva for my infographic and I think it turned out pretty well! I am not as well versed on Canva and how to use its interface but I know that it is growing in popularity so I wanted to try it out. The website was pretty easy to learn and mess around with,…
Sandbox #2
For this week, I had a lot of fun playing around with the editing software that was provided. As someone who is more creative, I found myself drifting to the sites that allowed for more fun designs as well as game like formats. The two I used on these pictures above were Foldplay and BigHugelabs….
Sandbox 1
This activity is very nostalgic to me since in middle school, my librarian introduced me to a similar word art website. I had fun reliving that old experience and playing with the different fonts and shapes. I think I have a lot of the general things that set me apart. Most of my words are…
School Library Visit
Digital Access – Check out the website and social media The website is extremely user friendly and accessible to the students who would use it as everything is clearly labelled. There are collections that are specifically for projects in different classes so that students can find them easily. They also have online collections through…
Academic Library Visit
Digital Access – Check out the website and social media https://libraryguides.lynchburg.edu/knight-capron-library The library is relatively easy to navigate and is similar to the one that Old Dominion University has. There are clear searches for books, articles, videos, databases, and journals. They give clear links for interlibrary loans, research guides or making appointments with the…
Archives Library Visit
Digital Access – Check out the website and social media Home The Jones Memorial Library is a privately funded public library that keeps a collection of regional history documents. Most of their collection began with the donations from the Jones monument until they merged and gained most of their documents and art. They also have…