Fundamental to my designing and teaching practice is me and my survival and coping skills. I am the only reliable source, and each day, I work to improve what I think is necessary to foster learning in the classroom—my personal characteristics. Relying on specific design tools is risky in public education. For example, I do not have a working projector in my room, nor a TV. To have iPads for students, I must sign them out in advance. The iPads are old. My “teacher computer” is slow. WIFI is not reliable in our building.

I do enjoy trying different tech tools, and I am grateful most students have phones. We currently focus on Office 365 applications and use others such as Kahoot, Quizlet and PHET simulations.