The thoughts have been rolling around in here for awhile.  Mainly, Thoreau’s “simplify” has been echoing alongside the riff of texting/blogging/twittering/facebooking/emailing/IMing that bombards my consciousness daily.  Obviouisly (in the way that this blog is growing rust) I don’t participate as much as lurk. 
This is about students.
The traditionalist teacher in me says, “Put that away and pay […]