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  • Townsend Harris High School
  • Flushing, NY
  • More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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I teach at a middle school in Queens, New York--the most diverse county in America. I teach 157 students every day, spread out across five classes. These 157 students are not slackers. They do their work. They try very hard. Behavior has never been a major issue in my classes. They love math and science, but I find that it difficult to motivate them to read worn out books in a world where the eBook is gaining prominence. Their reading scores are not nearly as high as their math scores. Many colleagues believe the current generation just doesn't have the attention span of previous generations because they're so inundated with technology, but I believe that we just haven't figured out how to use technology to grab their attention. My students love to read websites, but they don't consider that to be "real" reading. They love to write text messages, but they don't consider that real writing. I want to bring technology into class to show them how they can use it to learn.

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I teach at a middle school in Queens, New York--the most diverse county in America. I teach 157 students every day, spread out across five classes. These 157 students are not slackers. They do their work. They try very hard. Behavior has never been a major issue in my classes. They love math and science, but I find that it difficult to motivate them to read worn out books in a world where the eBook is gaining prominence. Their reading scores are not nearly as high as their math scores. Many colleagues believe the current generation just doesn't have the attention span of previous generations because they're so inundated with technology, but I believe that we just haven't figured out how to use technology to grab their attention. My students love to read websites, but they don't consider that to be "real" reading. They love to write text messages, but they don't consider that real writing. I want to bring technology into class to show them how they can use it to learn.

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