Adventures in EdTech

I have always felt like I am part of the first ‘social media’ generation-I can still remember going through high school, and the excitement of having a friend invite me to join Facebook (since it was still invite-only in those days, and I had been a Myspace kid until that point, for those who remember the drama of choosing who was in your ‘top 12’). My first cell phone was strictly to be used for emergencies, because text messages still cost money, and I think the most exciting thing I could do with it was add new ringtones that were basically 10-second clips of different songs I liked at the time. As I’ve gotten older, that has obviously all changed, and I actually think my social media usage has tracked like a mountain-a sharp increase as more and more apps came out, and then a slow but steady decline over the last few years. My use of any sort of educational apps outside of school was basically limited to Microsoft Word and PowerPoint-nowadays I feel as though every year there are m...