Tuesday, April 27, 2010
online book discussions
I visited www.bookdiscussions.com. I love this! There are so many great books about science, but teachers usually make students all read the same book. Maybe with the online book discussion site, the students could read from a list of books. They could discuss them online at the site. They could reply to fellow students or really anyone who's read the book. Similarly, they could get feedback from anyone. I guess the potential negative is also what I like - anyone could view and respond to the postings. Anyhow, I think after years of doing it, the students would have a good resource int he posts of students from earlier years.
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I was a teacher and principal in a progressive program that rarely used text books. We pieced together trade books, reference books, children's literature, and other sources such as guest experts. I can attest to the ability of even young children to assimilate knowledge from multiple sources. The internet has vastly broadened our sources of information. Good ideas for using other students as sources.
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