The Psych Student

During most of my school years, I did not experience any form of distance learning. When the pandemic arrived, even though it was a struggle for teachers and students to adapt to the changes, we started distance learning through Zoom. Zoom and Microsoft Teams were the most used platforms by my teachers, and they were very effective and user-friendly. Some resources I have used in college but that would have been useful during high school are pre-recorded lectures. Sometimes, it was hard for us to keep up with the teachers in class, and it would have been great if we had videos to rewatch when we had doubts.   Open educational resources are resources that are publicly available and can be accessed for teaching and learning. I was curious to see what kind of OERs there are for teaching psychology and I found a lecture outline that briefly covers various areas of contemporary psychology. It explains the biology behind the nervous system in the area of biopsychology, it describes Piage...

The Web Design assignment helped me master the skill of following the CRAP design principle, which I used when designing my website. I ensured the letters had a proper contrast with the background and repeated the same font and font size throughout the website.  For example, since I wanted to use colorful images, I used black letters to make sure they were readable. I really like the creative freedom we had when creating our websites since I enjoyed having a chance to research how teachers teach psychology to young students. Creating a website is a great skill to have as a psychologist since it can be used to share with patients the working policies and how they can make an appointment. QR codes are a convenient way to shorten URL links, which is why they have become very popular nowadays.  A creative way teachers can use QR codes in the classroom is by using them for a scavenger hunt activity. As a fun in-class activity, I can group students and create 4 different QR codes, e...

As I didn’t attend school in the US, I was surprised to see how class pages can be accessed by the public. I entered the website of Chiles High School, and the class pages published by a Spanish teacher caught my attention. She designed a website where she included relevant information about her methodology as a teacher. One thing that stood out to me was seeing how she created a Quizlet with important terms for students to review for her exams. She also included a schedule of the hours when she is available during the weekdays to tutor students who may need additional help to understand the topics. https://www.leonschools.net/Page/35429 Even though I don’t aspire to be a teacher in the future, various technology tools we have learned to use in class could be beneficial as a psychologist. Google Calendar is a great tool for keeping track of meetings with clients. In addition, Microsoft Word would be useful for writing informational newsletters to spread awareness of mental health issue...