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Zabet

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  1. I've read all of Madelyn Alt's books and I really enjoyed them. As you said, they are a great light read and especially wonderful if you need to escape from a stressful life.
  2. I am am teaching jr high English for the first time (I have spent most of my career teaching social studies and science) and am planning to start a short story unit. I am looking for two things: 1) suggestions on public domain short stories that I can use with grades 7, 8 and 9 (grade 9 is fairly easy but I am having difficulty finding appropriate stories for 7 and 8) 2) an appropriate anthology that I could use in my classroom (I can't for the life of me remember the name of the series we used in jr high)
  3. I have also been wondering about why this benefit isn't being discussed more. We can hardly move without being bomabarded by the next big thing to "save the planet" and yet a device, which if utilized to the best of its ability can really make a difference in the world's paper consumption, is not even being advertised as environmentally friendly. I have shown the reader to my grade 7 students, and discussed the environmental benefits, the economic ones (cost of university texts etc) and the practical ones (ease of use, fewer books to carry around). They all seem very excited about the reader and their reaction alone leads me to believe that e-readers are not simply marketable to avid readers but that there is a huge market among university and high school students (that is - if/when the textbooks become available and if/when the price of the readers is reduced considerably).
  4. I have had my Sony Reader since the beginning of August and I absolutely love it! It is so convenient to carry so many books at one time, I can instantly get new releases without having to leave my home or worry about them being sold out. But perhaps the biggest factor for me (especially as a science teacher) is thinking about how much paper is no longer being wasted by people like many of us who read a large quantity of books in a single month! The reader is also easy to use, no more worrying about cracking the spine on paperbacks (I know - I'm obsessed with keeping my books in pristine condition) or lugging around a heavy hardcover. I also find I am reading even more books because of how easy this device makes it. My hope for the future is that e-readers catch on and are able to benefit our lives not only in terms of the environment but in convenience and savings. Imagine how much the price of textbooks could go down, imagine never having the students in your lives complain about heavy backpacks, imagine the ease of making sure that each child has access to a textbook (a very simple need that is falling by the wayside in many classrooms). E-readers will never completely replace books, but one must admit there are many possible benefits to this new technology.
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