In this video, Zachary Walker explains how he began teaching with technology and the difference it made for one student, leading to the writing of his new book, Teaching the Last Backpack Generation. You can download some of the lesson plans from Teaching the Last Backpack Generation here.
Technology is part of the fabric of our students’ lives. This is the last backpack generation—the last generation of students that will need to carry backpacks around, as mobile devices start to replace the textbooks, binders, notebooks, and tools we grew up carrying (Walker). The use
The term “tech geek” seems to be more and more fashionable these days as people in educational technology celebrate that they are finally becoming part of the “cool crowd” because they can use devices, apps, etc. in ways that make the rest of us gasp.