Using Future Me as Instructional Technology
Future me is an excellent teaching tool and simple to use. You type in your e-mail address and write yourself a message to be sent on a date of your choice.
For personal use I’ve used it to check myself and my goals. For example, if I decide to exercise five days a week for thirty minutes a day for three months, I can use future me to send myself an e-mail three months from now. I can ask myself how I fared in accomplishing that goal.
I can think of a few uses for future me in the classroom.
- Ask students what their goals are for the school year and maybe even for your class. Have them write a message to themselves at the beginning of the last quarter for self-evaluation.
- Teachers can use future me for self-reflection and evaluation–great for professional development. Teachers could post date the e-mails for once a quarter as a reminder to pause and reflect on their professional progress.
- For english as a second language students future me is excellent for pronunciation. When students learn new vocabulary and the pronunciation thereof they can type up that list and send it to themselves a week or two later. Then, students can check to see how well they remember to pronounce the words. Students will need to have a teacher or a recording of the proper pronunciation of the words in order to check. It would be great to use before a test or a presentation.
I’m sure you can come up with better uses for future me than I can. How would you use this tool? If you have any suggestions comment below or send me a message via future me 
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