I found this sticker last week from the AC Williams Scholastic Book Fair.
It was the final straw that told me that I needed to share some things that I came across this week in regards to the school supply staple...the pencil.
As we all struggle to integrate technology into our classrooms, we have to remember that the students that sit before us are not us. They don't learn like we learned. Kasey Bell, our Region 10 Digital Fluency facilitator, said it best when she said, "Technology is the pencil of our time." How true are those words!
I want to share this video about pencils...actually technology in the classroom. This is an Xtranormal video made from a Twitter conversation about the use of technology in the classroom...except they replace the word "technology" with "pencils". It's funny, don't get me wrong! However, it makes me think about how far technology has come since I was in school and how we, as educators, need to adapt and change some things to meet students where they are! Okay, I'll step off my soapbox...enjoy the video!
