Oh, The Tabs You’ll Open

When I project something from my computer on the front wall my students often comment on how many tabs I have open at any one time, and by comment I mean make fun of...

They say things like:

“Why do you have soooooo many tabs?”

“How do you find anything with allllllll those tabs?”

“That’s a ludicrous number of tabs.”

They are correct, I do keep a lot of tabs open but I can usually find exactly what I’m looking for...usually.

I always have tabs open for McAulliffe Central, mail, and calendar. (That’s 3 so far.)

I usually have tabs open for my Do Now timer, JumpRope, and Google docs folder. (Add 3 more. We’re up to 6 now.)

I also routinely open any tabs I will need during class. These might include a video to show, Google classroom, a blank coordinate plane I can project on the board, copies of documents, and websites we will use in class. Plus, I'm usually coming from a meeting, so meeting agenda/notes are still open. (This can easily add another 7 or 8 tabs, bringing my total up to 14.)

Now, if I’m researching something - like how to present some subject in an interactive way, or topics to include in the space research project and I can easily add another 4 or 5 tabs. (That brings us up to 19.)

Nineteen tabs is a lot I guess. The titles start to get a little small and that does make it harder to find things, but my organizational style is to put things in the same place each time, sooooo my tabs are always organized in the same way.

Make fun if you like, but I’ve found what what works for me even if it takes 19 or more tabs.