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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a high school English teacher.

Students need paper/hard copy texts.  I once had the misfortune of working for a principal who insisted upon using "online editions" instead of purchasing the new class sets I wanted.  This was catastrophic because students were not able to annotate as thoroughly as they might have done with actual books.  Students were also less able to complete the kind of "close reading" necessary for literary analysis, and the difficulty locating key passages to support assertions in class discussion was frustrating for all.  That year, I quietly purchased the books my students needed with my own money (almost $1k for the year, for all of my class sections and all of the novels we needed).  That principal wasted a great deal of money on other technology we did not need, and he insisted that teachers incorporate much of this into our lessons.  My AP English Lit scores that year were the lowest I've had in my entire teaching career.  (The principal moved on to head a more prestigious private school, and I hear that parents still adore him).

Students waste a great deal of time with phones, and I wish our school would ban them in the classroom.

Laptops are essential on designated drafting days.  I like to drop in and out of student drafts via Google docs so that I can type feedback/direction, and shy students appreciate this because it is a way for them to receive detailed, directed feedback in a way that does not call attention to the student.  It also keeps students on their toes because they know that each night, I will randomly drop into a few Google doc drafts to see student progress and offer input.  Students need to learn to write and format papers on their computers, and I would never want to revert to paper-and-pen composition writing only.  
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