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What I find disconcerting about AR is that, at least for elementary school level books, AR assigns only .5 (point 5) in points to every nonfiction book regardless of difficulty level, which makes no sense considering the different content area skills needed for reading nonfiction books. We also need to encourage our students to read nonfiction so that they become more proficient in expository writing! Also, as we know that nonfiction is the preferred type of reading for boys, is AR discouraging boys from reading? Another issue I have with AR is that there are so few Spanish language books with AR tests, and for schools such as mine where a majority of our students are Spanish-language dependent for kindergarten and first grades at least, AR is not as helpful as it can be. Shirley Lukenbill, Librarian Wooldridge Elementary, Austin (TX) ISD Lecturer, School of Information, University of Texas at Austin Lecturer, School of Library and Information Science, San Jose State University slukenbill@sbcglobal.net Ancora imparo. (Still I am learning.)~ Michelangelo (1475-1564) -----Original Message----- From: School Library Media & Network Communications [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Marybeth Green Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 5:24 PM To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Subject: [LM_NET] Where will AR be in 5 years New Years is a time for reflection and pondering the future. With that in mind, what do you think is the future for AR? Think about all the changes we are seeing in education and in technology ... Will it largely remain unchanged? Will it adapt to new technologies? How? Marybeth Green Instructional technology Texas A&M Kingsville Kingsville, TX marybe6262@aol.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ --------------------------------------------------------------------