Tech-Savvy Classrooms to Personalize Learning « Social Policy in Ontario | 21st Century Tools for Teaching-People and Learners | Scoop.it

One day, fellow teachers will shake their heads at the idea that we once confiscated phones from students, refused to give them the school WIFI password, and required permission to use their own laptops in class.


After all, today’s students carry with them some of the most powerful learning tools ever known. Why not teach students how to use them, rather than tell them to put them away, to leave them in their lockers or to turn them off? As teacher William Stites says on his blog, “If we want students to communicate, does it matter what tool they use to get the message out?”

 

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