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POPSThe Future of Reading The Kindle's real breakthrough springs from a feature that its predecessors never offered: wireless connectivity, via a system called Whispernet
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POPSHigh school reading lists updating rapidly--8/07 Christian Science Monitor One quote in the article disturbed me. A college student said "Summer reading is a good thing if and only if there's a context for it. I don't like the idea of just handing us a list. If you say, 'Read these books,' tell us why." Context is a great thing. But there's a lot of value in simply reading for pleasure, reading for its own sake, reading for exposure to different ideas and styles.
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POPSIlliteracy causing health problems, deaths I wonder if it's a matter of not being able to read, or not being able to read English. I know a lot of people get annoyed when they have to 'press 1 for English', but in such matters of life and death, perhaps someone should translate instructions on prescription bottles into all the major languages and just choose the speaker's lnguage for the sticker. I like the sticker idea too.
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POPSReading Party ideas to get Students to enjoy reading Beach Party: Encourage students to bring in rubber rafts, inner tubes, beach blankets, and beach chairs, and to dress in beach clothes. Then invite them to read "in the sand." 101 Dalmatian Party: Celebrate "101 Reasons to Read" with a Dalmatian Celebration. Read for 101 minutes then write songs, poems, and stories about dogs. Invite a local veterinarian or dog trainer to be your special reading guest. Mystery Party: Invite students to come dressed as their favorite detectives -- and armed with a mystery book to read. Article by Linda Starr Education World® Copyright © 2006 Education World 04/21/2006
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POPSKids reading fewer books despite Harry Potter Hoopla It is very true: Kids just can't "find" the right book. Top it off, no one is really helping them try to find one either. The line that got me (kinda) mad, but more disappointed was this one: The power of the electronic, commercial entertainment media seems to be taking teenagers away from reading." How nice that there is something to blame for all of this- the media. I need a bigger box to rant in.
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POPSDoes Harry Potter have enough power to keep people reading? It has been my fear that once Harry and his friends finish their adventures, there would be no hype left for reading. While JK Rowling's books have brought many people back to the bookstores and libraries, it doesn't look like the media and general pop culture want to get behind anyone else. That is a total shame, because there are hundreds of better written books and series out there, in my opinion, that should (have) take(n) over. If we could all just spread suggestions by word of mouth, perhaps that will get at least some people reading something- which is definitely better than nothing! For 8-12 year old readers, I'd suggest: Bone and Abadazad Artemis Fowl and all other books by Eoin Colfer Doctor Illuminatus and other books by Martin Booth books by Cornelia Funke, Jonathan Stroud Crispin by Avi The Mismantle Chronicles G. Korman's survival series books Louis Sacchar, John Scieska [do check spellings- I'm on summer vacat
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