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A Smart Place to Stop started as a reflection on teaching written by two middle school teachers in New York City. We used this blog as a model for our students as they began their blog experiments.

It is now attempting to be something a little more and a little less. Let us know what you think.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Tap Tap... Tap Tap... Tap

The room was silent except for the tap, tap, tapping of computer keys this afternoon. What is it about computers that helps kids find their zone?

There is a different feeling of focus in the room than when students are working in their writer's notebooks or drafting on loose leaf. Are papers and notebooks just too old fashioned? Are computers that enthralling?

Either way, it was terribly joyful to be immersed in the silent tap, tap, tapping focus in class today.

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