One thing is for sure- technology is always changing! I find that using social media is a fantastic way to find out about new tech tools, and learn about updates to old favourites.
Over the summer there were lots of updates to Google Classroom and Drive. If you want to check them out, here is a great article that summarizes all the new features: Google Updates You Might Have Missed
Here are a few different people you can follow and places you can follow to help you keep your technology game up-to-date!
- Follow "Free Tech for Teachers" on Facebook. The author is always in the know about new updates and cool tech tools
- Hop on Twitter and give follow these awesome tech people:
- @edutopia
- @ditchthattextbook
- @ShakeUpLearning
- @Alice Keeler
- @rmbyrne
- There are SO many other great people to follow, you just have to explore a bit!
- Search the following hashtags on twitter
- #edtech
- #googleEdu
- #ipaded
- Check out the blog- If you scroll back through old posts, you will find lots of different tech ideas. Also, the more we share and post, the richer the resources we have access to on here!
- Collaborate/chat with coworkers. Even in different division, our teachers are doing amazing things with different tech tools that have the potential to be used throughout the school.
- And you can always bug me!
Its important to remember that while technology is awesome, it needs to be meaningful as well. The goal of technology in the classroom should be to improve student learning, and so as teachers we need to look at how we are using the technology to do that. Sometimes we might need to use a different tech tool, or find a more traditional approach in order to ensure students are receiving meaningful learning opportunities.
