Tech Tip: Blogger Profile

I updated my profile to make sure that it appears on the right-hand side of my blog with the picture from my google profile.

Tech Tip: Canvas Profile

I added some info to my biography as well as a current picture (the one I used for my medical school applications). It was not difficult at all to make any of the changes!

Tech Tip: Canvas Notifications

I adjusted my canvas notifications so that I get notifications when assignments are due and when assignments are graded. So far its working great!

Tech Tip: Canvas Mobile App

I have an android phone and installing the canvas mobile app was very easy. I am able to easily access my to-do list (since I set it up as the first thing to show up when I open the app) and I love that some of my classes have the overall grade listed on the dashboard page. I highly recommend installing the canvas mobile app.

Tech Tip: Canvas Calendar

Tech Tip: Canvas Calendar

I added the calendar from Canvas and it's helping me stay on top of assignments that I might have otherwise forgotten about. It is very useful.

Learning Challenge: Increasing Efficiency/Tech Tip: Embedded YouTube

So, this isn't exactly a learning challenge from the Learning by HEART page, but I think it fits into the principles that Learning by HEART really tries to promote. I struggle finding time to maintain my studies and work schedule, but I am fortunate enough to constantly be surrounded by people who inspire me to put in as much effort as I can to what I do each day. While I do take time to listen to music or read something unrelated to school or work, I do occasionally utilize even my most sacred relaxing time (driving to work, which takes just under 30 minutes and ensures I do nothing but drive during that time) for something that is related to work or school. This week, I chose to listen to this TED talk on my way to work. Now, I know it may seem like overkill to utilize this time for learning, but it was less of a necessity and much more of a way to keep me engaged and excited. I absolutely love what I do, but I will admit to occasionally finding myself feeling a bit overwhelmed by everything. Sometimes I take a break, maybe work on a simpler assignment for a different class, or listen to some music in Spanish to practice my listening skills, but sometimes I choose to dive a little a deeper and confront that feeling head on by getting engaged in an interesting, and perhaps more manageable part of what I am working on. This technique REALLY helps me to stay motivated and tends to attack the problem, rather than avoid it.

Here's the link to the TED talk I listened to on my way to work. It's about neural plasticity, nature, and nurture and where the field of neuroscience is headed.

Nature, nurture & neuroplasticity

big think (Web Source)

Tech Tip: Google Site Website (Nakshatras of the Trinity)

My storybook website is up and running! If you want to take a look at it, click here.

The storybook is inspired by some of the most dramatic stories of the Hindu Trinity. Each character must battle the mistakes of their past in order to create a new life for themselves. However, some will find that their crimes against others are too great to dismiss, and will transcend time itself to deliver karma.