Visual Thinking Is A Snap

The following article from eSchool News caught my eye. It's worth noting that in 2008 alone over 110 million digital cameras will be sold worldwide.

Montpelier High School Principal Peter Evans was meeting with a parent recently when the conversation turned to technology in the classroom, reports the Times Argus of Vermont. What is the school's policy on the use of electronics--iPods, MP3 players, PDAs, digital cameras, and laptops--in class, the father asked Evans. He had been opposed to students using tech devices, the dad told Evans, until he saw his son pull out a cell phone while he was working on his homework one night. The teenager explained that he hadn't had a chance to copy down math equations on the board at the end of class, so he used his phone to snap a picture of it. That really changed [the dad's] mind about how wise kids are using technology.