Amanda SharkeyinWriting 150 Spring 2021WP4: Writing and Self WorthImposter syndrome sucks.May 7, 2021May 7, 2021
Amanda SharkeyPost 9: Ditching Your Meat PrisonLast week in the middle of my Digital Media Workshop class, our lesson on lighting and materials in Unity was paused when a classmate came…Apr 22, 2021Apr 22, 2021
Amanda SharkeyinWriting 150 Spring 2021WP3: Finding FunI can’t go to bed until I finish these sentences.Apr 12, 2021Apr 12, 2021
Amanda SharkeyinWriting 150 Spring 2021Surviving in a̶ ̶d̶e̶a̶t̶h̶ ̶c̶a̶r̶n̶i̶v̶a̶l̶ AcademiaA recurring theme in my writing for this class has been that capitalist influence on media and academia negatively affects what we learn…Apr 10, 2021Apr 10, 2021
Amanda SharkeyGames, Agency, and Education- a Response to “How Should Games Teach?”I was so excited to see Rishi’s post in my feed because he brings up a valuable topic that is rarely discussed in the game studies field…Apr 7, 20211Apr 7, 20211
Amanda SharkeyPost 6: Claiming my Education from a CompanyLast semester I took five classes which totaled to 16 units. Starting college remotely in a pandemic introduced an entirely new challenge…Mar 20, 20211Mar 20, 20211
Amanda SharkeyPost 5: What Can be Learned from CTIN 290Something Freire emphasizes in Pedagogy of the Oppressed is the importance of a student-teacher relationship where the teacher is willing…Mar 13, 20211Mar 13, 20211
Amanda SharkeyinWriting 150 Spring 2021WP2: I Never Grew UpMy academic and professional path is full of creativity, imagination, and play. I get a lot of this from my childhood, and the pieces of…Mar 7, 2021Mar 7, 2021
Amanda SharkeyinWP2: I Never Grew UpPBS Kids Go! and the Value of EdutainmentI was a kid who absolutely loved learning. The “gifted kid” teacher’s pet who knew advanced math and wanted to be a neuroscientist when…Mar 7, 2021Mar 7, 2021
Amanda SharkeyinWP2: I Never Grew UpBarbie Dolls and BeybladesMy elementary school had these large, dried out, shallow sinks by the playground. They made the perfect Beyblade arenas.Mar 7, 2021Mar 7, 2021