This is Jennifer Gonzalez welcoming you to episode 183 of the Cult of Pedagogy Podcast.

In this episode we will be talking about six edtech tools you should take a look at in 2022.

First I want to acknowledge that this is coming out a lot later than I expected.

The past few months have been incredibly challenging professionally, personally, and even within

my community, which was hit by a pair of tornadoes in early December.

So I apologize for the delay.

I also know that it has been difficult, almost impossible, for most of you in terms of doing

the work of teaching.

I sent out a video to my email subscribers last week to talk about how strange and tone

deaf it feels to talk about cool tech tools in light of the dumpster fire that is raging

all around us.

And about my decision to press forward with putting out resources that can help you do the

best you can despite it all because hopefully things won't always be this bad.

I read every single one of your responses, not only did they mean the world to me, but

they gave me the fuel I needed to keep going.

So thank you.

With that said, I will begin the episode.

In 2015, I published my very first Teachers Guide to Tech.

I did it because Teachers kept telling me that they wanted to use technology more effectively,

but they were overwhelmed by the number of tools out there and the lack of time they had

to research them and try them out.

So they just kept using the same small handful of software applications, feeling more out

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