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Hi Megan, I loved your blog post! Your post was a great reminder for multiple reasons. Firstly, it’s important to remember that elementary students admire, look up to highschool students as their role models and really value their time. The experience represents how much the little girl appreciated Megan’s attention, and clearly Megan really cherished the positive feedback she received. Importantly, Megan points out, despite the age gap between her and the little girl, this interaction remains significant to Megan, so never underestimate toddlers, children, teenagers, adults, or elders, you can learn something new from everyone! These takeaways from your memorable experience, and overall what you learnt from Mr. Wiebe in your leadership 12 class is relevant for your future career plans!

For my first blog post I decided to expand on the prompt “Share a story about how you overcame a learning challenge. Why was it a challenge? What strategies did you use? Use the language you learned in this unit”. Overcoming learning challenges is very relevant for me and had a large impact on my life. Reflecting on the most influential experience in overcoming my academic challenges occurred in early highschool. Immediately after starting kindergarten I was diagnosed with dyslexia, ADHD and other learning disabilities. I was unaware of what my diagnosis meant, and so were my classmates. Unlike most students I started tutoring in kindergarten, never took a language; overall my learning was adapted to suit my academic abilities. Due to my diagnosis I thought there was something extremely wrong with me, and became super embarrassed, anxious, insecure and secretive about my diagnosis. After years of hiding my learning struggles, people slowly started catching on. One day at lunch one of my friends started making fun of my learning setbacks and although I thought my world was ending, I now wasn’t able to hide that side of my life and now am very comfortable with it. My story isn’t conventional, and I remain having the same learning disabilities; however I now recognize my mental mindset was the barrier, not my learning style. Now that I am comfortable with people knowing I struggle with school, I am more confident asking for help, using my extra time, taking tests in quiet rooms, instead of struggling in silence. The blog page “Why is learning hard?” says “learning is changing your mind about something” which I agree with. No doubt, learning is difficult, but I’ve realized if you are motivated, focused, and believe in yourself you can accomplish much more than you might expect! This relates to constructivism, and how learners develop foundation knowledge through experiences and interactions. For my situation, unlocking my confidence improved my understanding of my studies, which resulted in increased satisfaction.

Hi, welcome to my blog! My name is Nicole Campbell and I am in my third year at UVIC completing a dual general major in sociology, and technology & society with a minor in business. My academic interests involve learning about health & nutrition, current & future effects of technology on societies, investing money and finance. Essentially all over the place with my studies, but I ultimately see myself finding a career in business. EDCI 335 was a course option of approved electives which goes towards my minor and seems appealing to me! Human reliance on technology has rapidly increased during the last decade and has a large influence on society. Throughout my university education, technology has played a large role in expanding learning techniques and strategies. Through the learning objectives of EDCI 335 my awareness around the effects of technology on learners will expand which I believe is super important to recognize. I grew up on Vancouver’s North Shore, surrounded by my parents, sister and brother. I love living near the ocean, and nature. I love traveling, athletics, cooking/baking, boating, and spending time with family and friends!