» Putting Technology in Its Place - Lesson Plans Blog - NYTimes.com
they know that the distractions that attract 13-year-olds and confound young teachers are only themselves distractions from the real benefits of technology. First is the communication. I rarely grade alone. The students rarely do their homework in isolation. The same chatting software that, when mismanaged, give us fits in our classrooms, enables us to collaborate in dynamic ways. Students now continue fiery classroom debates when they get home from school. They now walk each other through difficult readings of “The Odyssey” and “Hamlet” and return to class with stronger understandings. Our projects are regularly published — which leads to comments and ongoing conversations with the outside world.
