For my first blog post, I wanted to find something to discuss that felt relevant in an immediate sense, so I settled on the following article: 20 Suggestions About Teaching in a Class Where All Students Have Laptops . The article focuses on the new landscape of schools in regards to 1:1 programs. The author points out that due to COVID closures, most districts probably find themselves in a 1:1 scenario where every student has a device, many districts may now find themselves with students back in the classroom with a device that was not there before. Four different teachers share their thoughts on how to be successful in using 1:1 devices in your classroom and three of the four teachers are currently ESL teachers or have a background in ESL, so I was particularly interested in what insight they had to share. I found their advice to be overwhelmingly helpful and positive, but there was one comment that felt like the reading equivalent of nails on a chalkboard to me. Below are some high