I started taking ed tech courses in the fall of 2016 in order to help be more prepared for the district roll out of 1:1 in the fall of 2017. I feel that this has helped tremendously. My comfort level with technology was already pretty good; now I am willing to try almost anything with technology in my classroom.
My current favorite tech tool is probably EdPuzzle. I like the possibility of using it to flip the classroom. I am sure my favorite will be in continual change, since that is also what happens with technology in general.
One of my favorite EdTech success stories would be my first use of a Hyperdoc in my BC Calculus class. The students used the Hyperdoc to first view a video on Khan Academy, work through some examples on Desmos, and then post examples of their work on a Google Doc. They seemed to learn a lot from this activity.
One of my favorite EdTech success stories would be my first use of a Hyperdoc in my BC Calculus class. The students used the Hyperdoc to first view a video on Khan Academy, work through some examples on Desmos, and then post examples of their work on a Google Doc. They seemed to learn a lot from this activity.
There have been a lot of EdTech Failures for me as I have tried to implement them throughout this year. Since we are just about to go 1:1, we have had to use laptops brought in on carts to get the kids online. Unfortunately, there are only 20 laptops per cart and I have 28 - 30 kids in each class. I had planned an activity using Desmos for my Honors students which, if everyone had their own computer, would have worked great. However, they had to share. So, I couldn't tell whom from the pair was doing the work. I had students making obnoxious comments because they had the anonymity of not using their own computers and logins.
