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Friday, January 24, 2014

"It's a piece of paper!"

When my students entered my classroom today, they found a half-sheet of lined paper on their desks. Here's how the conversation went:

Them: What's this?
Me: It's a piece of paper!
Them: What's it for?
Me: For the Do Now.
Them: (moaning and groaning) We have to write on paper! Why?

I guess I've been "spoiling" them. We've been using the iPad cart a lot lately (but not today). I didn't realize how much they liked using the iPads for all their classwork until today. I only wish I had 1:1 iPads for my classroom... 


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