I personally don't have a problem with schools turning snow days into 'e-days' - if all of the students have access to the internet. I know for a fact that not all of my students have access to the internet at home, so I wouldn't feel comfortable giving them an e-assignment that could be turned in at a later date.
Of course students will complain that e-days aren't fair and yadda yadda yadda, but I don't see anything unfair about them. According to the school district's calendar, the students are supposed to be in school on that day. Because of snow, the district has decided to switch the school setting from the physical classroom to the internet. Still school, just a different setting.
I think this would also be a great opportunity to teach teachers how to use new technologies like blogs and wikis. I think some teachers don't use them because they can get along just fine without them. But if they are given a real problem that can be solved with new technologies, then maybe they would be more open to trying them.
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