Comments on: Changing Reading Habits http://www.thethinkingstick.com/changing-reading-habits/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=changing-reading-habits Educator Consultant Author Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:34:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vinnie Vrotny http://www.thethinkingstick.com/changing-reading-habits/#comment-1500 Vinnie Vrotny Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:15:58 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=427#comment-1500 Jeff, Being older than you, I grew up with books. I was fortunate to have a mother who really promoted reading. I still read books and blogs (about 70 netvibes feeds). I am currently reading <i>A Soldier's Story</i> to figure out how to develop a unit on sound poems for our US History class, and <i>What is the What</i> because it looks like a great story. I am concerned when I see our high school students not reading much of anything outside of required reading. It makes me sad that they are not expanding their minds and points of view. Jeff,

Being older than you, I grew up with books. I was fortunate to have a mother who really promoted reading. I still read books and blogs (about 70 netvibes feeds). I am currently reading A Soldier’s Story to figure out how to develop a unit on sound poems for our US History class, and What is the What because it looks like a great story. I am concerned when I see our high school students not reading much of anything outside of required reading. It makes me sad that they are not expanding their minds and points of view.

]]> By: Kyle http://www.thethinkingstick.com/changing-reading-habits/#comment-1499 Kyle Sat, 10 Feb 2007 21:31:40 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=427#comment-1499 Hey Jeff- Nice reflective post. Just one thing I wanted to responed to: "Does it really matter if it’s a book or a blog, or a magazine?" To this I answer, it depends on the purpose. I think reading the classics helps students to identify and discern symbolism. It also can create great tie-ins with with other disciplines. This is the same with other pieces of literature (contemp., post-modern, post-colonial, yada, yada) and magazines (of some sorts). At this point blogs that address these kind of literary concerns are few and far between. Of course, blogs have value in other facets that literature does not. So again, I think it just depends on the purpose for reading. Head on over to my blog when you get through your 400 netvibes posts :) ~Kyle~ Hey Jeff-

Nice reflective post. Just one thing I wanted to responed to:
“Does it really matter if it’s a book or a blog, or a magazine?”

To this I answer, it depends on the purpose. I think reading the classics helps students to identify and discern symbolism. It also can create great tie-ins with with other disciplines. This is the same with other pieces of literature (contemp., post-modern, post-colonial, yada, yada) and magazines (of some sorts).

At this point blogs that address these kind of literary concerns are few and far between. Of course, blogs have value in other facets that literature does not. So again, I think it just depends on the purpose for reading.

Head on over to my blog when you get through your 400 netvibes posts :)

~Kyle~

]]> By: Mark Ahlness http://www.thethinkingstick.com/changing-reading-habits/#comment-1498 Mark Ahlness Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:45:08 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=427#comment-1498 Jeff, great post. All of a sudden I have a lot to say, probably the first being to defend myself as some lock/step teacher who teaches subjects in little containers - not a good idea in elementary school! So when I say it's time to READ, not write, I'm having to stop them from writing. For some, writing has become what they want to do above everything else. Breathe. Take in what you wrote. Read at what others are writing. Never in my wildest dreams. I'm working on a post along the title lines of "Writing, the insidious narcotic of web 2.0 in our schools" ... or something like that :) Enjoy your blogs today! - Mark Jeff, great post. All of a sudden I have a lot to say, probably the first being to defend myself as some lock/step teacher who teaches subjects in little containers – not a good idea in elementary school! So when I say it’s time to READ, not write, I’m having to stop them from writing. For some, writing has become what they want to do above everything else. Breathe. Take in what you wrote. Read at what others are writing. Never in my wildest dreams.

I’m working on a post along the title lines of “Writing, the insidious narcotic of web 2.0 in our schools” … or something like that :) Enjoy your blogs today! – Mark

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