A Misguided Push for Technology in the Classroom

When I began teaching in 2007, I did so nontraditionally, coming into the classroom through a backdoor accreditation program. Equipped with a degree in English and thinking to hold the job for two or three years, I signed my contract, agreed to take online classes as I taught, and traveled to Hays, Kansas, two hours from my hometown, to take a five-day crash course at the regionally popular Fort Hays State University (“Affordable Success!”) where I would earn first my teaching certifications and then a masters degree.