Lessons learned from a tech-free day

Twelve hours with no technology -- no iPods, no cell phones, no video games, no DVDs, TVs or PCs. That was the challenge for a senior English class studying "Brave New World." What were the results? Students talked about how consuming tech conveniences can be. They shared stories of how they occupied themselves while gadgetless. A car was washed. A salsa was made. A book or two was read. Some songs were sung. A texting session was replaced by a face-to-face conversation. And a lesson was learned. One that wasn't lost on a class of students in the midst of graduating into a brave, new world of their own.