I am going to talk a bit about my second Wow and Wonder post. 

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The butterfly effect is defined as the “phenomenon whereby a minute localized change in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere” by the Oxford Languages dictionary. I have always found the idea of the butterfly effect to be fascinating, and over the years there have been a lot of games using this effect in their gameplays. But I find it more interesting to see how it is woven through our society. Things like Charma or other sorts of “you did this therefore this happens” scenarios are woven and taught throughout classrooms, and I believe are a very important part of teaching. A good example is from an article from Wittenborg University: “One dollar donated from your money can change your life or somebody else’s life in a more amplified manner than you think.” This quote can also reflect the way one interaction with someone can change the way someone else understands, learns or interacts with their PLE and PLO. Whether you believe in the butterfly effect or not the idea of doing one thing to achieve something else, or the idea that your actions have consequences is very real and something that is reflected in the idea of the butterfly effect. 

Wonder

Our learning networks, and the way we learn change over time. I don’t learn the same way now as when I was in middle school. I am curious to know how much our PLE’s change over the years. We must change the people that we have around us as we change role models, friends, and coworkers. But how does that affect the way we learn and the way we internalize knowledge. In Mary’s third Wow and Wonder post she talks about how she uses the internet, and how it overlaps with her personal and working self. This will undoubtedly change over the years, and right now, some of the platforms that she uses will most likely change in her later life. I would be curious to know how my life will change as I get older and what things I do know that I won’t do in the future. One really good example of how we change in our past is how we learn as children vs how we learn as adults. Helene Wingens posted a website to give learning tips, but she also talks about how we learn as children saying “children learn how to “adult” by watching us,” which is something everyone has done when they were younger, but as we get older we rely more and more on our own experiences and google rather than learning from just watching other people. While this is a major difference I would be interested to see whether it is a positive difference or something that we could add to our PLE. 

Sources used in the post: https://www.google.com/search?q=butterfly+effect+definition and https://www.wittenborg.eu/butterfly-effect-teaches-us-small-things-matter.htm and https://edci338learnings.opened.ca/2022/02/03/post-3-week-4/ and https://grownandflown.com/33-life-skills-college-kids-adult/

Photo used in the post: https://m.facebook.com/TheInternationalWomensConference/photos/it-has-been-said-that-something-as-small-as-the-flutter-of-a-butterfly-can-ultim/936763653003287/?locale=zh_CN