Comments on Classroom in the Cloud: Building a Classroom Library

Hello Mr. Mikulsi, My name is Ashley Modozie, an...

2012-01-29T18:05:58.043-05:00

Hello Mr. Mikulsi,

My name is Ashley Modozie, and I am a double major in English and Secondary Education at the University of South Alabama. I am currently enrolled in EDM 310, a class that involves expanding one's knowledge on the technological aspects that can be helpful to the education field.

First, I would like to commend you on the fact that you have a class library. I did not realize my love for reading until I was in the eighth grade. Most of my classes in the eighth grade were exactly like the classes every year prior, except English. My eighth grade teacher did not have a class library, but she would take us to the library weekly. She encouraged us to read a new book every week to enhance our vocabulary and improve our reading comprehension skills. Through doing these tasks, I fell in love with reading books! Therefore, the fact that you are showing your students the importance of reading by having a library in the classroom is inspiring! This is definitely something I want to include in my classroom. Thank you for the encouragement that you are spreading amongst our youth!

Please don't hesitate to contact me in any of the following ways below:
-link to my blog:
http://modozieashleyedm310.blogspot.com/

-link to my class blog:
http://edm310.blogspot.com/

-twitter:
@_moDIVAtion_

Also,I will be summarizing my visit to this blog with a post on my blog by February 12,2012.

Thanks!

One of my passion is reading. And now I have won a...

2011-12-05T12:22:02.070-05:00

One of my passion is reading. And now I have won a project to have my own library in my classroom. Of course, the budget is low, and I just can get some books and tales, but it is the start, isn't it.
Great post.
A question: what did you mean by "honor system to borrow these books"?

Hello! My name is Robin Hendricks and I am an EDM3...

2011-11-29T22:05:22.357-05:00

Hello!
My name is Robin Hendricks and I am an EDM310 student at the University of South Alabama. I loved this post because it is something I had never even considered. When I was in middle/high school none of my teachers had such a thing. I think it is a great idea and your answers to the questions put to rest some of my initial concerns.
I am an avid reader and would love to encourage my students to dig deeper to find answers by looking to outside sources. I am going to be a History teacher and answers to many related questions could vary depending on which Historian you ask. "What was the true cause of WWI?" .... can of worms opened and various opinions inserted.
.... I digress. This has given me so much to think about and thank you for sharing! Feel free to visit my blog at www.hendricksrobinedm310.blogspot.com.
Robin Hendricks

thanks for this survey response. I use the same ph...

2011-11-20T16:36:26.567-05:00

thanks for this survey response. I use the same philosophy about book checkouts and wonder others process. I am currently putting together a list of literature circle books that I will develop into a Donors Choose project. What six books would you include? I am going to post on Ning as well. Feel free to send an email...darcimcgrath(at)yahoo(dot)com