Comments on: Allow time to read for fun? That’s crazy talk! http://wanderings.edublogs.org/2008/06/23/allow-time-to-read-for-fun-thats-crazy-talk/ Random thoughts about libraries, information literacy and information technology. Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:47:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://edublogs.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jacquie Henry http://wanderings.edublogs.org/2008/06/23/allow-time-to-read-for-fun-thats-crazy-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Jacquie Henry Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:47:52 +0000 http://wanderings.edublogs.org/?p=171#comment-128 How sad. No time for reading. I think kid’s learning would grow in every area if they were allowed to read what they want to in school every once in awhile. It would open the conversations and open the minds of students and teachers, and make the classroom an exciting place to be.

We are very focused at Gananda right now on our graduation rate. I know free reading initiatives would probably die ‘aborning. I hope to float the idea at a more hospitable time in the future.

]]> By: Priscilla http://wanderings.edublogs.org/2008/06/23/allow-time-to-read-for-fun-thats-crazy-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Priscilla Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:30:48 +0000 http://wanderings.edublogs.org/?p=171#comment-125 This is an old post…but I still had to comment, even if you never know. This topic is HUGE with me. Tonight I picked up my son from swimming practice (He spent about 3 hours at the pool today with his varsity team)…I took him home. He ate dinner and spent all night doing HW. He went to bed totally exhausted. Before bed he said to me…,”I never have time to just read what I want anymore. I just want to read.”
Reading is so cool…if the kids are given time and permission to do it. I think that would be a great assignment to give kids!

]]> By: Jacquie Henry http://wanderings.edublogs.org/2008/06/23/allow-time-to-read-for-fun-thats-crazy-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Jacquie Henry Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:30:55 +0000 http://wanderings.edublogs.org/?p=171#comment-29 Michael,

Thanks for your comment. I really value a comment from the author of Creating Lifelong Learners at http://www.needleworkspictures.com/ocr/blog/

I also appreciate your post today where you say “I think it would be much more valuable to teach students (and teachers) how to conduct their own searches and evaluate information that they find.” We are so busy “protecting” our kids with filters and web portals that we forget to teach them how to protect themselves – not to mention how to think for themselves.

Kids reading for fun. Subversive.

]]> By: Jacquie Henry http://wanderings.edublogs.org/2008/06/23/allow-time-to-read-for-fun-thats-crazy-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Jacquie Henry Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:16:14 +0000 http://wanderings.edublogs.org/?p=171#comment-28 Hmmmm….Reading as a subversive activity. Even Michael Moore says librarians are “a dangerous group. …They’re like plotting the revolution, man. I wouldn’t mess with them.”

]]> By: Mathew http://wanderings.edublogs.org/2008/06/23/allow-time-to-read-for-fun-thats-crazy-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Mathew Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:58:19 +0000 http://wanderings.edublogs.org/?p=171#comment-27 Yes, teaching reading is as much about teaching students to love reading as it is about decoding.

Sadly many teachers do not enjoy reading themselves and so I think it’s hard for them to inspire others or teachers do like reading and they think students should like it just because their teacher does. It’s not a do as I say proposition. You’re right that we need to connect students to literature they like and give them permission to read it.

]]> By: Doug Johnson http://wanderings.edublogs.org/2008/06/23/allow-time-to-read-for-fun-thats-crazy-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Doug Johnson Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:19:23 +0000 http://wanderings.edublogs.org/?p=171#comment-26 Hi Jacquie,

You are my kind of subversive!

Doug

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