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 Describe what communities you will join, your rationale for your selections, and how  you think your involvement in these communities will support the design of your project. I have decided to get involved in the communities provided on the Classroom 2.0 group. I am currently pending approval for my application to join Classroom 2.0. I am very excited to potentially join the groups that are present on there. I think in terms of my project, I am going to join groups that will help me with instruction for K-5 because that will be my focus for the project. I hope to teach elementary school and if I can create a component to a lesson that is heavily dependent on technology, it can help me as a elementary educator. Younger learners depend more heavily on the visual, especially students in the age of K-2 who are still learning the dynamics of written as well as spoken language. I hope to have my project focus on science so that my students can benefit from the addition of multimedia t

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Blog #1

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Hello Everyone! I decided to look closely at the Volkswagen commercial linked below: Volkswagen Force Commercial Analysis: I think that the purpose of this video is to connect to parents who have kids with wild imagination and anyone who has an affection for Star Wars. It is trying to sell a car to families in particular by creating the idea that a parent can help their child experience something new in a Volkswagen. It sells the idea of a family car that is different  because it can create an experience for the family that no other car can. It can create connections between a child and their parent in a new, whimsical way. The parent is not only connected to the child in the traditional way but becomes a part of this child's imagined world and love for Star Wars. The car commercial creates a reality of an ideal family setting with a child who is driven by imagination. On his quest for "mastery of the force" he is in constant battle with the objects around h