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New technology provides sexy alternatives to older methods of instruction and assessment. In the same conference, I spoke about my "podcast year" - when, as a first year teacher, I discovered the joy of digital microphones. Every piece of creative writing was recorded, an activity that ate up entire class periods. By the time I reached a unit where it actually made sense to capture student voice (speeches), the kids were ready to fight me. I too had allowed myself to be distracted.