Increase Student Engagement by Getting Rid of Textbooks | Edutopia - 2 views
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Tom Daccord on 09 Aug 10"Drool in the textbook. That's one of my most lasting impressions of high school. I can't tell you the number of times that I fell asleep -- face down in my textbook -- during various history and foreign language classes. And these days -- as a history teacher and as a foreign language teacher -- that's one of the memories I'd rather not impart to my students."