Collaborative Tools in general

Collaborative tools are such a great addition to the classroom which i feel our generation, and generations before us, have sadly missed out on. In high school i used some collaborative tools but they were not even close to as advanced as they are now. I also feel like teachers did not take full advantage of them either. We had such tools as graphing calculators and programs on the computer like excel but teachers were not too familiar with these tools so we never used them to their full extent. But the times we did get to use such tools were the times where students really got engaged. Most of high school was extremely boring to me i hated sitting in a classroom all day. I think i would have really enjoyed school much more if i got to use all these great new technologies. Teachers can really change up the classroom these days by introducing new tools and switching up the environment of the classroom. Math is no longer limited to dittos and blocks but now you can use new programs on the computer and cool new calculator systems to really engage students and make them interested in learning.