Teachers in digital classrooms have become learning coaches, moving around the room and giving students more one-on-one instruction. Educators who have embraced this approach said it better prepares students for the interactive environments they'll encounter in their college and professional lives.
"It was amazing," freshman Parker Hooten said. "We didn't just sit there and learn. We actually did stuff. It made the class much more fun and involving. You want to be there."
"It's really removing the teacher from being this didactic downloader to being a facilitator and a coach," Burnett said.
Great example of how PBL and technology fit together. Technology wasn't replacing another tool here, but being used as a tool to do completely unique and different things not otherwise possible WITHOUT it.