I remember the words of the great Donal Leu, who was the head of the University of Connecticut literacy/technology center and a great speaker. I am not sure where he is now, but he is a tremendous source of knowledge and a great influence in the field. I had him as one of my keynote speakers when I coordinated the NYS Reading Conference. One of his pertinent points was on how to deal with "distracting" students in the school system, which would be quite appropro to our discussion here. His chief recommendation would be to take this student, train that student, and make that student your tech support person in the classroom. I have spread that gospel in many schools when I do PD work in major school districts to great success. I thought this would be of interest to everyone.
