First Year Teacher Survival Guide: Dropbox

On Thursday, I was grading some tests at school and entering the student data into the tracker (nerd alert) on my school desktop. I wasn't finished, but I had to drop off some forms at the Alternate Certification Office before my night class. After dropping off the forms, I stopped at a coffee shop and graded a few more. I opened up my netbook, entered some more data and then headed off to class. When I got home, I finished grading and then tracked some more data on the desktop in my room.

I didn't e-mail the tracker to myself. I don't have multiple, different copies of the file on all three computers. I didn't use a USB drive. I didn't have to log onto Google Docs. I didn't have to worry about entering the wrong data because I know it's automatically backed up. Sorcery? No, Dropbox.

Dropbox is a piece of software that allows you to share a folder across multiple computers. As a first year teacher, it has revolutionized my last couple weeks. I can work on assignments for my UST classes, lessons, share music from computer to computer, without a single wasted second spent transferring files and keeping track of which version is where.



Join today and we'll both receive some bonus space - booyah! (Kudos to Stolow for making me a believer)