Top Ten Reasons to Teach Without Technology

§ October 14th, 2009 § Filed under edutainment § Tagged , , , § 2 Comments

10. If I can’t read their writing, I don’t have to read their papers.

9. Relatedly, I get a refresher on what cursive looks like. Some of my students quit school in fifth grade and think that cursive is how everyone writes. (Seriously, cursive still exists?)

8. I don’t have the problem of Blogger marking my students’ blogs as spam. Yay?

7. When my students lose interest, it’s because I’ve genuinely bored them — not because they got distracted by texting under the desk. (BTW, traditional students: it is so totally obvious when you’re doing this. That’s why I call on you when I do.)

6. I save my back the pressure of trudging around with a laptop.

5. My students can’t instantly fact-check me with their BlackBerrys and iPhones.

4. There aren’t any hard-drive-ate-my-homework stories.

3. I don’t catch them turning Safe Search off and “accidentally” “running across” porn while doing “Internet research.”

2. Three words: No fucking ringtones.

1. I don’t have to worry about what they say on RateMyProfessor.com.

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