Teachers using pens and paper in the classroom “not fair” to students, Microsoft official says

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9. My NC rural high school

is completely wired and has gone digital. our school has a great for all the electronics and it's pretty cool. All students receive a Google Chrome book, faculty get a Dell laptop. We use the Canvas system, similar to Blackboard. I still use my chalkboard daily, but most of the kids take notes on the laptops on don't take them at all. It can be very challenging to teach with a room full of electronics. Between the laptop and cellphones, lots of YouTube is watched. It pretty cool, at the same time it's a curse having a wired school. About a 25% on any given class does not have internet access at home and to get to a McDonalds or some other establishment that offers free wifi is pretty tough. Homework is often a challenge for all the kids…..Still having access to movies, museums, instant art (Show them the Pieta, Moses, David in Florence or other Renaissance art work in real time is pretty amazing. I do a lot with the digital classroom but the dinosaur I am, still uses tons of chalk and daily wishes for a white board…..