So far, expanding my Personal Learning Network has been very helpful. I followed many high school English teachers for ideas on lesson plans, classroom designs, and how to better communicate to students. It is beneficial to me to see teachers loving their job and staying creative while teaching their students. Sometimes, I get frightful that I might not be a great teacher and I my students won't be engaged with my teachings, but the other English teachers make me feel more confident in my teachings and inspire me to always be learning alongside my students.
My school that I attended K-8 was pretty digitally poor. There was 0 Chromebook carts the first 3 years of opening, with more and more being added throughout the years. There was one computer lab with enough computers for one class and not every teacher had a smart board/projector when the school first opened. My kindergarten year was the first year the school opened, so they were not super prepared for a large amount of students. Despite this, my family had one desktop computer at home that I went on a lot to play games or watch videos; this helped me learn how to use a computer at a young age and I would consider myself a "digital native".
One of my favorite collaborative writing tools is leaving notes on a Word document. You can highlight a section on a Word document and leave a comment on the side of the paper as to not disrupt the flow of the work. Another great collaborative writing tool is Padlet. Padlet is very easy to join and all students can see each others work. It is a great tool for all students.
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