Nov. 15: What tech tools are you most grateful for? Why? How have they changed what you do? Today's post will be short because it's the weekend, and I have officially taken off my teacher hat. Good friends are coming for dinner, the snow is falling, and months after moving in, we are finally finding time to decorate our new house. It's simple, but I am most grateful for Google Drive and Google Classroom. When I first started using Google Docs seven years ago when I still taught in Missouri, it revolutionized the way I responded to student writing. Since then it's improved and empowered peer feedback and classroom assignments. I use Google Forms on a weekly basis as a formative assessment, and all peer evaluation in speech class happens with Forms as well. In a nutshell, I cannot imagine teaching without Drive and Classroom. In terms of professional growth, I am thankful for Twitter. I have increased my PLN exponentially thanks to Twitter. Each week I'm challenged and taught through shared articles and the amazing things other educators are doing in their classrooms. I work in a three-person department, and while I appreciate my coworkers, I also benefit from "knowing" like-minded teachers around the world. Yay, technology!
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