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Open educational resources (OER) are resources that are "open" to the public. In other terms, they are free to use by anyone and can be shared intellectual property. OERs are associated with five rights; retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute, also know as the 5 R's. Some resources that are available to educators are OER Commons and OER Wikimedia. Ava's Blogs The main thing I learned during Assignment 4 was deeper knowledge of PowerPoint skills. I learned how to record my presentation directly on PowerPoint, which is something I wasn't even aware was possible before this project. I also learned about customizing my own slides in PowerPoint to get the exact layout I want and how to rename those layouts. And I feel like I gained a deeper understanding on how to create a clear and visually interesting PowerPoint for students that directly conveys the information I want to teach. 

Ms. Ava's Theatre Class Website As far as AI tools go, I'm very hesitant to engage in those resources. I suppose that AI is naturally and gradually being integrated into our lives through other applications such as social media, but I tend to avoid intentionally using these tools. I know a lot of people use ChatGPT, for example, to write papers or create summaries of resources, but I don't feel motivated to use ChatGPT. I'd rather write my own content. As I stated above, I don't have much experience at all using ChatGPT. In fact, this assignment is my first time engaging with this software. I decided to have it write me a paragraph that answers the next prompt's question that I will attach below (and then answer the prompt myself). I find it almost startling that AI ca come up with information that quickly and that people use it to replace their own thoughts and work. I think this is a concern that would come up in the classroom as well, but I would try my best