My Week in Review
My goals for this week were to:
- Continue to attend and participate in prenatal yoga classes both through online resources and in my face-to-face communities.
- Post to my Instagram account at least 3 times this week, increase my followers to 30. Try to follow at least 70 quality accounts.
- Update my Instagram user description to show my purpose and connect with my PLN.
- Create YouTube showcasing 3 new poses I learned this week. Think of a quality title for my video to increase viewership.
I am happy and excited to say that I have achieved all my goals this week! Something I appreciate about the learning online process and using my blog to document my process is that I am held accountable. When I post my goals for the week, it helps me to stay focused and not loose site of my end goal. This is something I think would be important when working with students as well. Goals and posting about our goals to our personal learning networks helps keep us accountable. It gives you a purpose, an audience, and the support you may need.
My Successes
I am very happy with the YouTube video I made this week. I was able to add music, video, pictures, and a caption. I am hoping I get a few views on this video and even if I don’t it reminded me how easy it is to make a movie with Windows Movie Maker. There aren’t many bells and whistles, but it fits my purpose this week. Next week I hope to try a different movie publisher, such as animoto. Do you have any other suggestions that you think I should try?
The video was inspired by a prenatal yoga workout I had pinned on my Pinterest board called 5 Prenatal Yoga Moves Every Mama-To-Be Should Try. I have really noticed a positive reaction from my body when I practice prenatal yoga. Research says it should help with labour and delivery… here’s hoping!
Another success I had this week was growing my PLN on Instagram. I am currently at 31 followers and following 74 accounts. I am finding Instagram to be a good tool for connecting with others who are interested in prenatal yoga. I haven’t had much success growing my PLN on twitter in the yoga sphere, but I guess every tool has a purpose!
My Struggles
I only have 15 posts on Instagram. I thought I would have a much easier time documenting this process with pictures, but finding time and space to photograph and document everything is proving to be challenging. Maybe this is a limitation of Instagram and using photos to post this process?
Looking to Next Week
It is has to believe that there are only 4 weeks of classes remaining. As I start to look toward the end goal, I would like to find a way to create a final product that sums up my process. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should do?
My goals for next week are to:
- Continue to attend and participate in prenatal yoga classes both through online resources and in my face-to-face communities.
- Pin a few more prenatal yoga resources.
- Get at least 20 posts on my Instagram account.
- Decide on how I will summarize my learning project.