Teachers using pens and paper in the classroom “not fair” to students, Microsoft official says

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8. Learning to write

is helpful to brain development.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/memory-medic/201303/why-writing-hand-could-make-you-smarter

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/science/whats-lost-as-handwriting-fades.html

As for the rest? When someone asks me what I want in my classroom, I'll tell them this, after I get over the shock:

Flexible work stations; I like the node desk/chairs on wheels that can be arranged easily into multiple configurations at a moment's notice, have room for stuff, tablet/laptop, and even attached white board.

Tablet/laptop/chromebook for each student.

Smartboard. Some smaller white boards on wheels.

Books...thousands of them, hard copy and digital versions.

And...students with both strong keyboarding and handwriting skills.