Pencils Should Be Banned

In the article, "A Proposal For Banning Pencils", the author argues that when we use the same logic to ban pencils as we do to ban certain technologies, it sounds ridiculous. He argues that pencils might break or get stolen the same way that a computer might not work or could get stolen. He makes many good points about why many technologies, such as an iPod, may positively impact student learning. The author does not identify any strengths of pencil and paper work. The article appears to either be written for humor purposes rather than to create a real argument. I wish he had included lesson ideas for using the technologies that he argues should be used after we ban pencils.