He cannot post the official notes that day so those who subscribe to his
teacher’s math blog via an RSS feed can read what’s going on in his class. His
assignments do not automatically turn into communities of discussion where
students help each other at any time of the day. His school has successfully
blocked the cool containers Dan uses at home from “contaminating” any rigorous
academic content. It is an irony that in too many schools, educators label these
effective learning tools as hindrances to teaching