Now, see, I think he does use technology--and that teaching is and should be an art (an inspired one!) no matter the tech we employ. Bring the proper spirit to the thing, and a stick and a nice stretch of sand could do just fine for teaching writing. (Taught our kids to write on the driveway with colored sidewalk chalks. All beautifully messy and engaging. We'd hop from letter to letter of the giant alphabets we drew, reciting the Seussian verses: "Aunt Annie's alligators, A (hop) A (hop) A (hop).

This teachers uses costume, contraptions, the board, the calculator, a stuffed monkey, a microphone, and video, it seems, as well.

He's way wired.

But, he's also inspired, and that makes all the difference.