Caitlyn's Corner

Learning About Feedback: My biggest take away from learning about feedback is that it is very important to remain positive in your own criticism.  I read  6 Bad Mental Habits That Sabotage Your Success  which talks about the biggest habits we make that are negative towards our success.  I really liked this article, because it listed things we all do to some extent that inhibit our ability to perform our best.  It didn't just focus on the negative, though.  For each wrong thing we do that the article listed, it gave a positive alternative to overcome it.  For example, when the article mentions how "making excuses" causes us to get stuck, it suggests we focus on what we "can do."  Teaching us positive alternatives is the best way to overcome something negative.  This article does a fantastic job at saying this and putting it into use.  Positive reinforcement is the best way to get the positive results we want.  I think that this is...

For this week's Tech Tip, I decided to check out the Canvas App a little more.  I downloaded the app a couple of semesters ago and have used it primarily for canvas messages.  I occasionally will look up posted grades and download an assignment if I forgot my laptop for class.  Today, I checked out the Canvas Student Android Guide  for some tips on what else the app is useful for.  There, I discovered I can use widgets with the app! If you don't know, widgets are little things you can place on your home screen on an android phone that updates every couple of minutes.  I currently use one for weather that updates every half hour with the current conditions and another that has my monthly calendar of events.  I tried out the "To Do" widget for the Canvas App and already know I'm going to use it all the time.  It gives me a nice little check list of all the assignments I have left to do.  It color codes each class, gives a symbol with the type o...