Day 2: Integrating New Technology

I am very excited - and very fortunate - that our school will soon be a 1-to-1 Chromebook school. The Chromebooks, combined with the district's adoption of Google Apps for Education, open up so many opportunities! After two years of using Google drive myself and wishing the students could access it, we will finally be able to have student accounts, collaborate on documents and use the many apps available in the chrome web store!
To date, my use of Google drive has been very one-sided. I've been able to make resources available to students, collaborate with my colleagues and share professional resources, but my students have not been able to take part in this. I am eager for students to be able to collaborate on writing, revising, helping each other, to work together to create instructional videos in WeVideo, and to save graphs and share graphs in desmos.com. There are so many creative tools that we will have access to once the student GAFE accounts are rolled out.
With Chromebooks, GAFE and Google Classroom, it seems like all of the digital pieces are finally coming together so that less time can be spent finding work-arounds to students not being old enough to create accounts, to sharing and collaborating on files, to revision. My hope is that with this technology and these digital tools combined, I can continue to build a stronger learning community in my classroom while at the same time building student ownership in their own learning and their proficiency with technology in a classroom environment.
A side note... I am trying not to be discouraged by today's notification that Chromebooks are being delayed due to parts availability. ETA is early November. Hope they don't delay any longer!