Doing Old Things in New Ways

Sometimes doing old things in new ways is all that's needed to engage students.  Here's a simple example of taking something we've done for years and years (asking students to give examples of topics studied in class) and doing it in a new way (using iPods to record answers in the Notebook software included with iPods.).

Take a look here for more information, including the teacher's own hesitency to do it.  As she learned, you never know until you try.