| TeachaKidd | Shall we burn all textbooks? (IMO most interesting part highlighted in yellow) ping.fm/CLgL3 |
Apr 08, 2009 -
10:27AM
| TeachaKidd | Shall we burn all textbooks? (IMO most interesting part highlighted in yellow) ping.fm/CLgL3 |
| seo_ahmedabad | says |  |
| GingerLewman | says | Man, those comments make me sick. We have text books for reference in the classroom, but they're old. I could go on and on and ON about this |
| GingerLewman | says | This should be a "Conversations" topic. |
| GingerLewman | says | Some go Orwellian about how easy it is to change history online, but I'm wondering if all textbooks are true? Nope. Not at all. |
| GingerLewman | says | How do *you* pronounce Sacajawea? If you believe texts, it's Sac-uh-juh-WEE-uh. But that's an error. It's Sa-COG-uh-WAY-uh. A text error. |
| LParisi | Ok, Ginger, we can think about adding this topic to the show. |
| LParisi | We are changing our budget next year and getting a set amount of money for the grade level. Most of the money will be going to... |
| LParisi | test prep books (have to prepare for NCLB testing, afterall). The rest will go to replacing old textbooks. I don't even use the books. |
| LParisi | So mine don't need replacing but... |
| LParisi | But I do thnk the author of the article went too far in suggesting we eliminate all books. I do use books often in class. and like them. |
| mindelei | says | I think we need to remember that a new edition doesn't necessarily mean that it's packed w/ new information. This makes it unnecessary |
| mindelei | says | to buy new texts every year. At the college level, I can go online and buy a used text for a fraction of the cost. If I were forced |
| mindelei | says | to buy digital versions, I would really be at the hands of the publishers having to always purchase the new version. Just because its |
| mindelei | says | digital doesn't mean it will be cheaper. |
| mindelei | says | I think some subjects need textbooks more than others as well. Plus, good teachers don't rely entirely on the textbook anyway (although |
| mindelei | says | some school systems force that reliance more than others). |
| GingerLewman | says | relying on a text in school allows folks to NOT look at multiple sources for info. Looking online requires you be thoughtful in ur learning. |
| GingerLewman | says | online text books are just as bad as paper text books. Kids should look in journals and primary sources. |
| TeachaKidd | says | Online textbooks=old wine in new bottles |
| mindelei | says | GingerTPLC & teachakidd I like your outlooks on this. |
| megbg | says | we use scott Foesman for Social Studies and they are **awesome** textbooks. That said, I have also seen worthless texts. |
| mindelei | says | Have you seen the Bring Learning Alive Textbooks for history and social studies? Their focus is on primary sources and hands on activities. |
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