Hi, everyone, I am looking forward to Barbara's HIT on this topic. Every year,
someone suggests we start an AR program at our school, and this year, the literacy
specialist and I agreed that we should have a ready-made handout explaining why we
feel we don't need it. I have my own reasons, and she has even better ones. I know
there are schools that do see improvement from using it, however, we believe in a
different approach.
And on the topic of ebooks, I have thought for a long time how wonderful it would
be to have a huge array of easily-downloaded books for my own leisure reading. I've
also been eagerly looking forward to the day when my son could have that kind of
easy access. He is legally blind, but a visual learner and a very fast reader.
Every time I spot an article on ebooks in PW or the Wall St. Journal or SLJ, I read
it. So I've got a feel for the recent history of the business side of it. Last
week, on a plane from LA to DC, I noticed how many passengers had laptops with them
and guess what? They were all watching DVD's. ALL of them! Every single person on
the plane who was reading had something paper-based: magazines, newspapers, books
and 3 business types who had xeroxed papers they were writing notes on. Does this
mean anything? No, it's too small a sample. (If I had had my laptop, the numbers
would have been different - I probably would have been doing some work on my
never-ending lesson plans. But we were only bringing carry-on bags, so I couldn't
justify the weight.)
It made me think, though.
Thanks for the good target, Barbara, and I'm really glad we're still benefitting
from your career!
Melissa
Melissa Techman, MLS
Broadus Wood Elementary School,
185 Buck Mtn. Rd,
Earlysville, VA 22901
434-973-3865
mtechman@k12albemarle.org
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