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ETEC 568 Makerspaces- Final Reflection
The builds I am most proud of are the first one and the last one. I chose the first one because it was the most challenging for me...

Audrey Schank
Dec 12, 20243 min read
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Week 7- Iron Chef Challenge
This week we were challenged to develop something original using a secret ingredient- Iron Chef style! Our secret ingredient was a motor....

Audrey Schank
Dec 8, 20246 min read
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Week 6- Photo Resistor & Servo Motor
Our maker challenge this week was to solve a real-world problem with the help of AI. Our problem was to mimic the opening and closing of...

Audrey Schank
Dec 1, 20244 min read
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Week 5- Circuit 5
This week we were able to select our own challenge for our adventure in making. I have really been struggling with this each week, so I...

Audrey Schank
Nov 24, 20242 min read
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Week 4- Electronic Dice Machine
It has been another stressful week of Maker Challenges! We were challenged to build an electronic dice machine, press the button to roll...

Audrey Schank
Nov 17, 20242 min read
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Week 3 Challenge- Circuit 3 & 4
The goal of this week's challenge was to use the RGB LED that changes colors. This LED is different because it has four contacts unlike...

Audrey Schank
Nov 10, 20247 min read
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Potentiometer Challenge
Our maker challenge with the Arduino for this week was to use the potentiometer to change the rate of a blinking LED. By using a variable...

Audrey Schank
Nov 4, 20243 min read
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ETEC 528 Makerspaces This Little Light of Mine, I'm Gonna Let it Shine!
Our first Maker Challenge for the class was to begin to explore the Arduino IDE and simple circuits. We were challenged to build circuit...

Audrey Schank
Oct 27, 20242 min read
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Final Reflections ETEC 527
Wow, it has been a busy seven weeks learning about so many Web 2.0 tools! I have explored so many sites that I never even knew existed...

Audrey Schank
May 9, 20202 min read
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Vanity Search 2
Just 7 weeks ago I conducted my first vanity search and didn't really find much information about myself. The main things I found at that...

Audrey Schank
May 7, 20202 min read
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Professional Development and Learning Using Web 2.0
The past six weeks have a been a journey through many web 2.0 tools! I have certainly enjoyed exploring many of the tools, however there...

Audrey Schank
May 3, 20201 min read
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Adventures in Social Bookmarking
I got off to a rough start this week with exploring social bookmarking using Diigo. I had no idea what social bookmarking was and it...

Audrey Schank
Apr 26, 20202 min read
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Adventures in Aggregating Pages
I read the title of this week's assignment in ETEC 527, and thought "what does that even mean?" I have never heard of aggregating pages!...

Audrey Schank
Apr 19, 20202 min read
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YouTube- Twitter 2 Adventure
I really had a great time exploring YouTube this week! Up until recently, I had only used it to search how-to videos, songs, or...

Audrey Schank
Apr 12, 20203 min read
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Twitter Adventure
I've been exploring Twitter this week as an assignment for my Web 2.0 Tech for Instruction class (ETEC 527). I just created my Twitter...

Audrey Schank
Apr 5, 20201 min read
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Vanity Search
In searching for "Audrey Schank" online, I found a great deal of information about a Ball State University swimmer by the same name. It...

Audrey Schank
Mar 29, 20201 min read
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Tech Play 4- Content Objects
I chose to explore content objects this week because I work with very young students, Pre-K/K, and I felt like these tools may be more...

Audrey Schank
Oct 6, 20192 min read
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Tech Play 3- Creativity Tools
The creativity tools that I looked at this week include, Puppet Pals, Prezi, and DoInk. I liked Puppet Pals because it seems like it...

Audrey Schank
Sep 29, 20192 min read
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Eportfolio Link
https://sites.google.com/view/audreylschank/home

Audrey Schank
Sep 22, 20191 min read
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Tech Play 2- Eportfolios
When considering portfolios and eportfolios as compared to traditional tests and assignments as a means of assessing student learning,...

Audrey Schank
Sep 15, 20192 min read
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