tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post5721812354805244591..comments2024-03-19T00:04:13.541-04:00Comments on Successful Teaching: The Importance of Reading Skillsloonyhikerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378360383088143368noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post-55313455534191008142008-03-16T10:51:00.000-04:002008-03-16T10:51:00.000-04:00m-dawg: I know exactly what you mean. I had to fin...m-dawg: I know exactly what you mean. I had to find high interest low reading level things for my students and it was definitely not in the textbooks. I found myself practically rewriting the textbooks so my students could still get the information and also find it interesting. Now with all these Web 2.0 tools, life is much easier.loonyhikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378360383088143368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post-7582578527778854192008-03-16T10:50:00.000-04:002008-03-16T10:50:00.000-04:00Bill: Now if we could only get the school district...Bill: Now if we could only get the school districts and the legislators to agree with on this, we would be set! The other day I heard a podcast (I apologize for not remembering whose podcast it was but I think it was on WOW 2.0) that talked about how techology needs to be embedded in our lessons and not seen as a separate lesson and I really liked that thought.loonyhikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378360383088143368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post-80942417520501185192008-03-15T18:28:00.000-04:002008-03-15T18:28:00.000-04:00I teach at an inner city high school and I have 9t...I teach at an inner city high school and I have 9th graders that can't read above a 2nd grade reading level. I've been pushing for remedial reading and math programs at my school for the past two years.<BR/><BR/>I don't use the World History textbook since the reading level is so above most of the kids. I make major accomadations for the kids so they can understand the material. <BR/><BR/>Thanks M-Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597592214404682497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post-29676257165943184692008-03-14T16:54:00.000-04:002008-03-14T16:54:00.000-04:00I am glad we have these challenges. I think techno...I am glad we have these challenges. I think technology as tool can do so much more than we can comprehend at the moment. That why I think technology as tool in the classroom must be the norm. We are still going to face the challenge of teaching reading to a child, but we now have a much more powerful than we did before. It is a tool that has not been completely transformed in to the powerful Bill Gaskinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976413420234430560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post-50662029764477972972008-03-13T14:39:00.000-04:002008-03-13T14:39:00.000-04:00Clix and Heather: Thanks for your comments. It alw...Clix and Heather: Thanks for your comments. It always makes me feel better when I see comments like yours so I don't feel like I've gone too far out in left field. :)loonyhikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378360383088143368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post-13373169531992776102008-03-13T08:15:00.000-04:002008-03-13T08:15:00.000-04:00Thank you SO much for your blog Pat! I am on the ...Thank you SO much for your blog Pat! I am on the ICT team at my school and we are fighting teacher indifference all the time. Our government here in Australia has a big technology push at the moment, but it's getting teachers to change which is the hard part. I am working towards getting a Teacher ICT accreditation and I'm finding everything you write about ICT very relevant. Keep up the goodheatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07613781383247283135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post-46562114628281785562008-03-13T06:27:00.000-04:002008-03-13T06:27:00.000-04:00PS: great post! I needed this early in the AM to k...PS: great post! I needed this early in the AM to kick-start my poor beleaguered brain ;DClixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04460380696875928585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post-90428823881513661612008-03-13T06:26:00.000-04:002008-03-13T06:26:00.000-04:00Isn’t it wonderful that new challenges happen ever...<I>Isn’t it wonderful that new challenges happen every day? </I><BR/><BR/>I so heart this attitude! Thank you. :D We often see things as "challenges" or problems or whatever, when really they're opportunities.<BR/><BR/><I>Hopefully soon technology won’t be something new in the classroom and will be the norm instead.</I><BR/><BR/>Maybe this is splitting hairs, but to me, the word "technology" has Clixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04460380696875928585noreply@blogger.com