NPR – Steve Drummond
Advances in laptops and technology are pushing screens into schools like never before. So what does this drive toward digital classrooms mean for that oldest and simplest of touch screens: a plain old sheet of paper? t may seem a wasteful and obsolete technology, ready to follow the slate chalkboard and the ditto machine into the Smithsonian. Or … a flat, white invitation to creativity, just waiting for some learning magic to happen. And when it comes to learning and retention — is there any difference between reading and writing on an electronic “tablet” or a paper one?.”(more)