Growth Mindset: Learning with Passion and Enthusiasm I watched a video about the key role that excitement plays in the neurochemistry of learning. Before watching this video, I knew that when something nice happens, our brain releases the chemicals dopamine and endorphins. I learned this in biology in secondary school. I learned that shopping causes dopamine to be released for on average of only 12 seconds. We then have to shop more to bring it back up. This is because being excited for something causes more neurotransmitters to be released. For shopping, the excitement wears off as soon as you buy the item. If you're excited for something like a holiday, the happiness you feel is much greater due to the anticipation. This is why children are fully capable to learn many languages due to their constant excitement. Happiness and learning promote one another. One thing I am curious about is the rest of the world. I plan on travelling a lo...
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Twitter Tips For this task, I created a new Twitter account. I already have a personal account but decided to keep my college tweets separate. I have gone through phases of being addicted to Twitter and never looking at the app at all. It took me a long time to get used to how the app worked but I've had my personal account for about five years so I'm pretty used to how things work now. For some reason I was unable to use my college email to create an account so I used my phone number. I tweeted saying that I made a CDM account. I think this account will be useful because I can follow pages that are to do with the course. I never really follow people I don't know on my other account. Following hashtags will also be useful. I really like Twitter. Image: Twitter Logo Source: https://yasashikunet.com/line-mobile/
Review Progress Hey guys, welcome back! As it is review week I will be reviewing my progress so far in this blog. I am quite happy with my progress so far. There have been times where I have slipped up and missed a blog or two. After seeing my progression and the credits I have missed out on, I definitely think I can make a strong comeback and finish this semester on a high note. With any blog I have done, I have put in 100% effort and I am proud of that. I enjoyed the readings the most because I learned a lot of new information. This information has been very useful for the development of my game. The readings have taught me things I had never even heard of. As someone who doesn't play a lot of video games, I feel like my knowledge on the subject has really broadened. I have used some of the extra credit options and plan to use the rest of them in the upcoming weeks. I have found these super helpful for when I fall behind with my blogs. They've also been gr...
Review Week Comments and Feedback Hey guys and welcome back to my blog! Only a few weeks left of these so I'm now at the reviewing stage. In this blog I have reflected on the comments and feedback process. Overall, the quality of comments I have received from fellow students has been great. They've given me constructive criticism on my game ideas as well as my blog layout. I found their comments really helpful and took all of their suggestions on board. Some classmates gave me ideas to help with my game, such as actions for my characters etc., which I found very useful. https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-illustration-feedback-circular-colorful-elements-concept-image-text-related-symbols-image56007799 I'd like to say the quality of the feedback I have given is good. After giving feedback almost every week, I have definitely gotten better and constructively expressing my opinions. I've also learned a lot and gained some good ideas from analysing other peoples wo...