Digitalk

In the article "No Longer a Luxury: Digital Literacy Can't Wait" by Troy Hicks and Kristen Hawley Turner, they mentioned that there are "Five Practices that Destroy Digital Literacy". One of which is, "Criticizing Digitalk", which is basically using abbreviations, logograms, or other forms of digital language when writing.
Although some people may not find that an issue, I feel like it takes away from students knowledge on properly writing a paper. When it comes to writing, one of the main points is definitely proper grammar. Digitalk is not formal or proper. Although it is easier to understand for some people, especially with the amount of time we spend on technology, it is not professional or grammatically correct.
The Padagogy Wheel V2.0 gives numerous apps that can be used in classrooms and briefly explains what they can be used for. In the article, it explains how the technology that is used in classrooms now does not help digital literacy. With the SAMR wheel, you have a variety of apps that can be used in the classroom with all sorts of different ways to teach using technology.
The platform my group and I looked into was called Loomio. It was very interesting because it had many features to it that would be very useful to use as a teacher. With Loomio, you can come up with a topic and everyone in the group can put in their input on that idea and basically express how they feel about it. It can also be used to take a poll on an idea or used to vote on a time that works best for an event that the group is attending. I think this is a great tool for teachers to use with other teachers they work with within the same grade level. I did feel it was a little pricey if you are looking to use it for a group with more than 10 people. It charges $39 a month for up to 100 people and $149 a month for up to 1,000 people. On the bright side, it's free for only up to 10 people which includes basically all the features that the other packages include. It relates to Teaching Standard 3F and Tech. Standard 2C.