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I have been seeing people doing replications of apps that already exist but kept putting it off because I needed to work on the certification stuff and my portfolio. Today I decided to put that stuff aside and just make a copycat app screen. I found something I liked and then got to work. I am using this post as a journal of what I did and learned. I discovered that I have learned a lot about using Figma over the last few months. I had no trouble with matching the colors o

When I started teaching, I did alternative certification. I was an athletic trainer who wanted to work at a public high school and I had to teach in order to do that. The program consisted of a few weeks of training in the summer and then being thrown into the classroom in the fall. This began my career of learning as I go. I had a basic knowledge of classroom discipline and lesson planning. Thank goodness for generous teachers in my department who helped me to figure everyth

When you are a transitioning teacher, you are told that you need to cater your resume, portfolio, and LinkedIn to the career that you want to pursue. It makes sense that you would want to tailor those things to the job descriptions that you are applying for. I have felt that those resumes, portfolios, and profiles do not truly represent who I am or what I have done over the course of my life. Every time I work on my resume or update a portfolio, I feel like I am not showi

Since my last post I have realized there is one thing I wasn't quite prepared for on this transition journey. I have lots of experience with the design process and research. The wireframing seemed like a natural thing maybe because I have done technical drawing (?). My short foray into learner design has helped with understanding some of the terminology and made learning some of the design software easier to learn. It also helped me with accessibility since I put work in d

I have decided that I am going to publish my portfolio while it is in progress. I am hoping it will keep me accountable if I work on it and then make a blog post and share it on LinkedIn. I am splitting time between working on my portfolio and completing the Google UX Design certification program. I feel like I don't really know what I am doing, but I am great at searching google and teaching myself to do things so hopefully it will get better as it progresses. This evening

I decided that if I am going to make a change, I should really go for something that I am excited about. I really wanted to find something that will give the freedom to be creative but also the ability to help people.