Microsoft Teams
This blog entry is about a tool in Dr. Wang's PPT about previous T3PP results. Specifically Microsoft Teams in the Microsoft Technologies list. This tool requires a microsoft account, and is mainly used for communication! Here is a helpful link I found that provides a tour of how to use Microsoft Teams and it's functions!
Sidenote-all of my screenshots are from within the Microsoft Teams app, but the app is not required to access the site.
The "Activity" tab is where announcements and comments from other people that mention you, and that sort of thing pop up.
The "Community" tab looks like this for me because I'm not actually part of a group, but describes some of the uses:
The "Chat" tab looks like this: (again it looks different for me because I'm not actually in a team)
Overall, I think this application would take some practice before it is easy to use. It is difficult to show without me actually being in a team, but even when I have been a member of a team in the past, I was a little confused on using it efficiently.
I don't know if this tool exactly has a lot of versatility, it is mainly used for communication. However, you can create different teams based off what you need, whether it is for your classroom, parents, your coworkers, the entire school, etc.
And finally, I think the overall likelihood of using this tool in my classroom is honestly pretty low. I think there are better resources out there for staying in contact with students, families, and coworkers. There are also a bunch of websites for video calls that are easier, such as Zoom that we all know and have used. I think it's great that I was able to explore this tool as a possible resource, but I'm not sure I see myself actually using it in the future.
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