Dr. Casey's Reading Room

At a conference the key note speaker said he interviewed a boy who said he had to Power-down when he went to school.
The generation today starting at age 4 are learning through technology daily, what happens when they enter a school classroom designed for the industrial revolution with rows and fill-in worksheets? There is not a match between the world they live in and the school that is supposed to prepare them for it.
We as educators must make a difference, make your voice heard. Insist that our classrooms must have the technology available for each child to be empowered in their writing and reading.