Comments on: $2,000 pencils http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/05/2000_pencils.html Technology, leadership, and the future of schools Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dennis Harter http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/05/2000_pencils.html/comment-page-1#comment-14624 Dennis Harter Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2007/05/2000_pencils.html#comment-14624 It's about the teaching...ALWAYS. But the tool cannot be blamed when the teaching is bad. And more importantly the students shouldn't be punished by removing the tool that is essential to the learning of the thinking skills necessary to be prepared for their futures. A post on this. It’s about the teaching…ALWAYS. But the tool cannot be blamed when the teaching is bad. And more importantly the students shouldn’t be punished by removing the tool that is essential to the learning of the thinking skills necessary to be prepared for their futures.

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]]> By: J.D. Williams http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/05/2000_pencils.html/comment-page-1#comment-14625 J.D. Williams Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2007/05/2000_pencils.html#comment-14625 Yes, and my $4,500 SmartBoard is just a big chalkboard without the chalk. The unfortunate thing is that it can be, and is in some places. Think of all those feathers that were "put out of a job" when pencils became popular. No one is complaining about that anymore. Yes, and my $4,500 SmartBoard is just a big chalkboard without the chalk.

The unfortunate thing is that it can be, and is in some places.

Think of all those feathers that were “put out of a job” when pencils became popular. No one is complaining about that anymore.

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