It begins... (an intro)

Hi.

Me
I am a current middle school math teacher.  I've been teaching 6th-8th grade math for 6+ years which entails 6th grade standards all the way up through Algebra 1 standards.  I've also taught and been involved with teaching graphic design tools and principles to middle school students. I am also a major tech nerd/geek both in school and outside of it.  I love technology and I love using it to further my students' learning and understanding.

I've previously taught 4th grade and 7th grade life science.

This Blog
I am creating this blog to share my thoughts, discoveries, opinions, and other ideas about using technology to educate.  I've spent a good amount of time doing professional development for integrating technology into education.  I'm always looking to find more and improve too.

I also read a fair amount of other education tech blogs to find good ideas and resources and wish to pay that back by doing some myself.

The Technology
I tend to focus on web based and free to use apps.  I like the idea of using tech that is independent of platform and can be accessed anywhere by a student with a connected device.  My primary focus will be on tools related to math education (and some graphic design too) but will touch on others things I find or get some experience with and I think are good.

I've found that what's available to use online has exploded in the last 5 years and the quality is going up all around.  It's an exciting time to be utilizing these types of tools.