Great article by Brill, J., Kim, B., Galloway, C (2001). It oulines succinctly and with concrete examples what cognitive apprenticeship means and how it translates into the “digital classroom”. Two teaching approaches to the same topic are presented.  Naturally, one is inclined to like the second one better than the first one…as it is”representative of a more novel, less familiar approach, one demonstrating many of the characteristics of cognitive apprenticeship”, whereas the first description reminds us of the classic model of teaching and learning – “didactic, traditional, instructivist, or instrumental”. Despite my enthousiasm for the second case study, I think that the first example was and still is the more realistic snapshot. The problems I see with “going all out” in creating a multimedia project with all the bells and whistles are mainly of a logistic nature. To gain access to a computer lab still can be (7 years after the article was published) a mamooth task. Concrete example: I am currently teaching at a school in the City. Staff are encouraged and expected to use the School’s Intranet to communicate with Service Departments (inc. room bookings). Despite the fact that I have finally obtained my laptop, my email and Intranet aren’t set up yet, so online bookings are not possible. Because ONLY online bookings are accepted, this means I would have to ask colleagues to make bookings for me….fine for the first 3 requests…not so cool if you ask them over and over again….Lucky for me, the library also has a PC area and the librarian may be contacted by (wait for it) a FACE TO FACE meeting….recording my requests in an old fashioned A3 sheet which she fills in by hand….! Secondly, I am not sure how ‘tech sazzy’ the kids in my classrooms really are. Facebook, MySpace and itunes – no problem. But to have them scan and manipulate photos for a multimedia project…in my experience asking for a Powerpoint presentation is already challenging for the majority!  So – back to the old compromise…a little bit of Ms Beauchamp and some innovative additions by Ms Reeds….,I think this is going to be my reality for a while to come!