Marixa's Blog

I think that with our growing social society, our smartphones have become a big part of our every day technology and lives. I created this post because I think rather than teaching someone how to make a meme or create bookmarks, it will be way more beneficial to teach you how to keep your phone secured from real-life everyday threats, such as hackers. Source here . Ways to secure your smartphone: 1. Use a strong password. It's known that the majority of smartphones nowadays have a passcode to access the phone. Use a number/ letter sequence that's unpredictable, for instance don't use your date of birth. 2. Turn off lockscreen notifications. By switching this off, strangers won't be able to read your notifications, over your shoulder, in the case of a robbery, and someone else gets their hands on your phone. 3. Discard automatic Wifi connections to known networks. There's a chance that a cybercriminal will establish his own fak

For this blog, I chose and completed a learning by H.E.A.R.T (Health, Empathy, Attention, Reading and Time management.) challenge. I chose the topic sleep out of the title "health". Picture of man sleeping Source here . Something I already knew: Before reading anything on the article, I already knew that sleep is crucial for the likes of maintaining good mental health. This includes improvement of mood, memory and focus. In the article The Science of Slumber, it's discussed how a good nights rest can help you to remember things that happened to you throughout the day. One of the reasons for this is because when we sleep, we dream, and our dreams usually consist of objects, or experiences we had the previous day(s). One thing I learned: Something that I learned, but didn't surprise me, was the study on the idea that sleep may be more important than studying. Sleep loss can cause psychological damage because sleep regulates the brains flow of epinephrine,

The aim of this task was to explore a page where students post short notes on the topic of Growth Mindset. This exercise taught me new ways of approaching growth mindset. Screenshot of student growth mindset thoughts forum. Source  here . Some that stood out to me: 1. G.R.O.W - Go rip open windows. " Sometimes in order to grow, you have to seek out opportunities.  You have to force the window open.  This resonates with me because I'm a pretty passive person, so I don't really look for opportunities too often. I need to remember to look for opportunities to grow." This post stood out to me as I tend to live in my comfort zone quite often and don't really seek opportunities to better myself. 2. Take time to grow. " I want to pay more attention to the growth rather than the speed. I always try to learn things quickly and have many times crammed before an exam without actually learning the concepts. I feel like it is important to give yourself