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I agree that non-fiction books should have a higher point value.  It would provide 
a better idea of what students take from the reading of non-fiction.  Maybe 
librarians could promote a change from Renaissance regarding this.  You never know 
until you try.

I find there are many Spanish language tests available.  Our population is no 
large, but we can use enough to suit us.  Besides, I see our job as helping all 
students' proficiency with English.  I wouldn't want Spanish as an alternative, 
just as a bridge.

I do think that more and more districts will become Enterprise level customers.  
Our district did it a year ago, and things are better in some ways.  It 
isn't nearly as tough a cost burden as we once thought it would be.  I am very glad 
we made the change.  Although, I haven't caught up marking the books in my 
collection.  That will take a few years to manage.
 
Lisa Hunt, NBCT 2005
School Library Media Specialist
Apple Creek Elementary
Moore, OK
lisa3moon@yahoo.com 




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From: Shirley Lukenbill <slukenbill@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Sent: Fri, January 1, 2010 6:08:16 PM
Subject: Re: Where will AR be in 5 years

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)


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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

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