The kids in Cari Roberts' freshman English class at Aurora Central High School read novels, essays and nonfiction material - just like generations of students before them. But here, they're just as likely to find their subject matter on the Internet as the printed page, as likely to tap compositions and critiques into a netbook - or, in one student's case, an iPhone - as commit them by pencil to a notebook.
Here's a great blog, written by the same guy that won edublog of the year last year. I haven't gotten to a chance to read all of the subsequent content, but I'm betting it will also be good!