tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-590444740864607060.post2281741342393495792..comments2024-03-28T01:02:50.999-05:00Comments on NCTE Inbox Blog: What Texts Have You Read Today?NCTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13158338704096862694noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-590444740864607060.post-49860692515309129042019-02-10T04:20:32.949-05:002019-02-10T04:20:32.949-05:00Very interesting blog. Lot of blogs I see these da...Very interesting blog. Lot of blogs I see these days don't really provide anything that I'm interested in, but I'm most definitely interested in this one. <a href="https://exhibitiontentssupplier.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Ramadan Tent Rentals</a> | <a href="https://exhibitiontentssupplier.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">الفارس العالمية للخيام</a> | <a href="https://Event Tents Dubaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17453186530356580896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-590444740864607060.post-69551080409051040322007-04-18T02:22:00.000-05:002007-04-18T02:22:00.000-05:00To the person who doesn't get "graphic novels:" H...To the person who doesn't get "graphic novels:" However artistic some may be (and some are quite well drawn), they still represent the current trend toward have students do anything but read good literature. Whether the reading is "identity-based writing" or picture-based writing, the focus is on something other than a literary art form. Quality of writing, sophistication of ideas, the beauty Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-590444740864607060.post-75453238592356344692007-03-19T13:00:00.000-06:002007-03-19T13:00:00.000-06:00Our students don't realize how literate they are. ...Our students don't realize how literate they are. These questions begin to open eyes, of both student and teacher, to the prominence of technology in today's learning and communication environments. Sure, kids need more skills than they now possess and they need to operate at higher levels of proficiency with those skills. But we must affirm for them that the techliteracy skills that they do dea c-chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05498046723905975255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-590444740864607060.post-46848637949924014332007-03-14T08:50:00.000-06:002007-03-14T08:50:00.000-06:00The irony here is too obvious to pass on. In an a...The irony here is too obvious to pass on. In an attempt to educate the effects of derogatory terms and "name calling" a teacher has been shot down. How can you teach without using terminology -- it certainly appears she wasn't promoting the use of these terms but instead showing the negative effect they had (and still have) on society in general. I feel for her.Marykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17811354526542363403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-590444740864607060.post-85797021930703394282007-03-10T19:32:00.000-06:002007-03-10T19:32:00.000-06:00I'm fascinated by all of this, but struggling to f...I'm fascinated by all of this, but struggling to find a way to apply it to my unique situation. I provide educational support to a group of 52 orphans in Bo, Sierra Leone (sometimes by traveling there to teach summer school), and this year will attempt to lead a team of teachers in a "virtual" version of summer school. We've established Internet connectivity to Bo, and we'll try a completely Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395691537611760779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-590444740864607060.post-46908316034247763062007-03-07T09:21:00.000-06:002007-03-07T09:21:00.000-06:00Why is it I always end up at your articles when I ...Why is it I always end up at your articles when I never look at the author until I've read it :-). <BR/><BR/>I'm going to adapt/adopt this for my graduate class next winter and have them do it for themselves, for a much younger person and for an older adult. Nicely done.Dickie Selfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18427313527141220452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-590444740864607060.post-52261021002285740792007-03-07T08:56:00.000-06:002007-03-07T08:56:00.000-06:00I just wrote quite a bit about the subject of exte...I just wrote quite a bit about the subject of extending definitions of literacy for a chapter in a forthcoming book on adolescent literacy edited by Kylene Beers, Linda Rief, and Bob Probst. I have been thinking about this ever since someone told me that listening to an audio book was not "reading." I think it is. I think literacy and our definition of literacy has to continue to evolve in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-590444740864607060.post-80258573022073976922007-03-06T15:44:00.000-06:002007-03-06T15:44:00.000-06:00Thanks for the list of questions, Traci -- they ar...Thanks for the list of questions, Traci -- they are going to be useful in an upcoming classroom discussion.<BR/><BR/>In the same email from NCTE in which this blog posting was announced, there was a link to a Washington Post article titled <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/03/AR2007030300978.html" REL="nofollow">"In High-Tech World, Access To Students Still Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com