In the early days of my work in helping schools integrate technology, I remember how frustrated I was when I'd walk into a school and witness how devices were used. In so many classrooms, students would take what was written on loose leaf paper and type their work into a computer. Next, they'd print it out. The teacher would mark it up, and they'd type in the new version.Ack!
Not only were they only use technology as a substitution for paper, but the way they were doing this work was actually less efficient than just using paper.
I'd work at the very basic level to explain that this transition back and forth between paper didn't need to happen. Students could type right onto a computer and teachers could comment right into student drafts. Even in the relatively early days of MS Word comments (even voice comments) were a little known, but effective tool available.
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