in my highschool classroom i feel that presentations over chapters from the book or topic picked for or by students would be the best use of technology in the classroom. This would allow the students to learn and not be as restrictive and intense as typeing of a report or essay. As well as still allowing the use of concept mapping, videos, and other fudamental technology aides.
The powerpoints used in classrooms should only really be a visual aid allowing most of the attention to still be focused on the instructor or student speaking. Being their mearly to provide a visual outline and supporting visual aids. Yes i feel that the "pitfalls" of powerpoints are easily avoided by anyone who has experienced them in the past. The use of limits and not emphasizing creativity over raw learning is key to this in my personal opinion.
In conclusion i feel that writing is easily supported with technology and can aid in better uses of time and application of gained knowledge among students and instructors alike. Particuallary the use of powerpoint and peer and instructor feed back system setups.
References :
Jonassen, D., Howland, J., Marra, R. M. & Grismond, D. (2008) Pearson, Merrill/Prentice Hall, 3rd edition
