Therese Gochnauer

 I personally enjoy being a distance learner more than being in person. I work two jobs outside of being a full time student so I find it easier to complete my work on my own time given my current schedule. I also like the flexibility that I can complete my course work any where and at any time. I find this is more beneficial for me to leave room for emergencies or if one class has more work than others. When class is in person it become more rigid and provides a much less forgiving schedule.  An OER or open education resource, is a very convenient and helpful for educators. This type of resource is information that is available to everyone and can be manipulated or altered to best suit the individual using it. This is incredibly helpful for educators as a lot of information in the world requires rights or access to use, meaning it is restricted or not easily available. If a tool is open it is available to all without having specific access or permission.  https://www.erudit.org/en/jou

 https://gochnauershistory.weebly.com/parent-resources.html Building a website was extremely difficult and one of the harder assignments we've had to date. This was something I have never done before so it was all uncharted territory for me. However I did learn some things though this assignment. My favorite skill I learned from building the website was the navigating the google calendar. This can be an extremely useful tool in the future and I look forward to using it in my personal and professional life. Diigo is a very useful website for sharing information with others in a similar community. For example as a potential teacher I could use Diigo to share information with fellow teachers and also obtain information for myself. I learned more about embedding links as well as using tags to make information easier to find and more accessible to others. This site was relatively easy to use and would be even easier with practice. Technology is one of the fastest growing industries in t