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There has been a lot of conversation and debate in multiple forums, both online and face-to-face, about schools adopting or already working in a 1:1 environment

providing our students with the best learning environment possible.

My students learn better when they take the active role in finding and choosing texts, asking their own questions, and creating their own projects. In my 9th grade West Civ class, this means students learn directly from primary sources (see the Internet History Sourcebook, the Perseus Project, the Library of Congress's 'Teaching with Primary Sources' project, and the Internet Archive) without the filter of a textbook middleman.

As for "keeping on the same page"... One of the most exciting things to have come out of the textbookless experience among my West Civ social studies colleagues has been the way in which each of us have the opportunity to share what we know and what we really care about with one another in the active creation of our own courses of study --

The Age of Personalization

Yet when many of our students reach the schoolhouse door, it's like the Internet and social media don't exist

We tell students to turn off their cell phones and put away their tablets.

technology tools and a project-learning approach, students are more likely to stay engaged and on task, reducing behavioral problems in the classroom.

a solid foundation of terms, facts, theories, and skills is the educational base

Knowledge is now accessible with just a swift

Verbs commonly used to describe this phase

Wii Love Learning: Using Gaming Technology to Engage Students