I spent Saturday at a speech meet where I re-connected with the teacher whom I student taught with. He’s very near retiring, so I had an interesting conversation with him regarding his take on technology in the English classroom.
At his high school, many English teachers have class laptops in which kids compose in the classroom. The kids admit to him that they spend a lot of time on games, but know how to quickly hide it when the teacher walks by.
So when they got to his English class, they initially whined, “what, we don’t get computers in this room?!?!” Nope, he replied. He does it the old fashioned way. However, it’s interesting how students’ comments have changed greatly over time. Now he hears, “I like this class. We actually talk about stuff and get to know the teacher and have neat conversations.” Or “I feel so detached in classes with computers.” Hmm… something to think about with all of our advancements in technology.
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