Tech-savvy Scholar Gifts

"Now remember this formula, it's going to be on the test."

"A virus ate my homework."

'All my textbooks are ebooks but I forgot to charge my e-Reader so I could not do the assignments.'

'I want you to text message 100 times, 'I will not text message in class.''

'Since I switched to eTextbooks, my backpack is lighter and my posture has improved.'

"Back in the olden days kids only had teachers to learn from!"

'Take out your eBooks and open up 'Understanding Algebra.' Turn to page 198. Open your smart phone's math app and select 'solving quadratic equations.''

'Now that they switched to a smart board, they don't need a board eraser monitor. I'm another worker displaced by technology.'

"You're teaching too fast. Try to keep it under 30 words per minute."

'Do me a favor and upload your notes from last week and send me a hyperlink ... hello?'

"Until the face recognition software is installed I'm going to have a hard time remembering your names."

"I think John is really getting into making remote teaching videos."

Education

"You want a hand-written report? But my pen doesn't have spellcheck."

"Actually no mum, I haven't made lots of new friends."

"Pop quiz! Whoever Goggles the answer first wins!"

"The battle of Gettysburg? Uh. . . let me check my civil war app."

"I don't need to learn all that stuff any more, Miss Myers -- I got a CALCULATOR for my birthday!"

'When the school upgraded its operating system, for the third time, I upgraded my headache medicine from over-the-counter to prescription strength.'

'I hate it when she assigns an essay at the end of the month, after I've reached my data limit.'

'The batteries in my calculator just died. Good thing I kept the instructions on how to count on my fingers.'

'My teacher said my penmanship has really improved since I started doing my homework on an inkjet printer.'

'Who wants to be the board eraser monitor and erase the smartboard by pressing the key to clear the screen?'

'My teacher has said my penmanship has really improved since I started doing my homework on an inkjet printer.'

'That's Ok, Miss Wilcox. . . Now can we get on to writing text-messages?'

"Q, W, E, R, T, Y, U, I, O,..."

This is a 'text book' it's a bit like a website but printed on paper.

"Miss Rogers told me I have a personal 'cloud' to store knowledge in."

"Isn't there an app for this?"

"How can I be a lead learner without the technology needed to lead?"

"We hardly ever intercept hard copy notes anymore, Stanley."

"I'm trying to Google what I was thinking about twenty minutes ago!"

'And the best thing about this electric thermal underwear is, no batteries, it's solar!'

'An encyclopedia? I don't know. Let's look up what it is on Wikipedia.'

'In the computer simulation he said he admired my candor and gave me a raise.'