I love the first day of class and a new semester!  It represents a time to connect with new students, experiment with new ways to teach material, implement/refine active teaching strategies, and start a new Workspace in Slack.  Wait, what?  

For those who don’t know Slack, it is my pleasure to introduce you.  Slack is a self-contained communication tool that is ideal for managing messages, files, and almost all other forms of digital shareables.  If you are familiar with and enjoy GroupMe, then you already understand the basic functionality of Slack.  They both allow for streamlined communication among groups; however, Slack is a more business-friendly tool due to its advanced document capabilities, search functionality, professional user interface, and multitude of app integrations.