Comments for Robin Talkowski’s Blog: Reading & Technology http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/talkowski A STAR of the Discovery Educator Network with a focus on reading instruction and technology Tue, 15 May 2012 04:09:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on “You Made My Heart Sing!” by Deb Franciosi http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/talkowski/2012/04/01/you-made-my-heart-sing/#comment-249 Deb Franciosi Tue, 15 May 2012 04:09:11 +0000 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/talkowski/?p=345#comment-249 Wish I could witness your class and actively participate. Wish I could witness your class and actively participate.

]]> Comment on Vocabulary Spelling City Updates by Mary http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/talkowski/2011/09/05/vocabulary-spelling-city-updates/#comment-245 Mary Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:49:18 +0000 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/talkowski/?p=247#comment-245 VocabularySpellingCity is amazing! I have a Premium Membership so I assign my class certain activities to do each night for homework and if I need to differentiate instruction for a specific child it is not a problem. My students never complain about doing spelling homework and that makes me very happy. They really like Unscramble, hangmouse (hangman) and their favorite is SpeedySpeller (Premium Membership). www.spellingcity.com VocabularySpellingCity is amazing! I have a Premium Membership so I assign my class certain activities to do each night for homework and if I need to differentiate instruction for a specific child it is not a problem. My students never complain about doing spelling homework and that makes me very happy. They really like Unscramble, hangmouse (hangman) and their favorite is SpeedySpeller (Premium Membership).
http://www.spellingcity.com

]]> Comment on Show what you know using Facebook by Michael Carabini http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/talkowski/2010/12/19/show-what-you-know-using-facebook/#comment-235 Michael Carabini Sun, 29 May 2011 05:05:58 +0000 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/talkowski/?p=166#comment-235 Time magazines article How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century December 18 2006 says that kids are global citizens now even in small town America and they must learn to act that way. There is a debate about how to accomplish this goal in schools but certainly it is important to help students gain a wider perspective of human history and culture. Time magazines article How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century December 18 2006 says that kids are global citizens now even in small town America and they must learn to act that way. There is a debate about how to accomplish this goal in schools but certainly it is important to help students gain a wider perspective of human history and culture.

]]> Comment on My Writing is a Horror by Gretchen Grant http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/talkowski/2011/04/24/my-writing-is-a-horror/#comment-233 Gretchen Grant Wed, 04 May 2011 22:07:15 +0000 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/talkowski/?p=236#comment-233 This is very neat! I did a couple submissions and got Dan Brown (the DaVinci Code) and Nabokov who's first language is Russian! I do like Nabokov, but I've never read The DaVinci Code-- maybe I should give it a try. :) This is very neat! I did a couple submissions and got Dan Brown (the DaVinci Code) and Nabokov who’s first language is Russian! I do like Nabokov, but I’ve never read The DaVinci Code– maybe I should give it a try. :)

]]> Comment on Traveling the Middle Lane by Denise Krebs http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/talkowski/2011/02/18/traveling-the-middle-lane/#comment-210 Denise Krebs Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:48:40 +0000 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/talkowski/?p=220#comment-210 Robin, very funny! We could sit and have some laughs over middle school stories. I'm teaching 7th and 8th graders and I can relate to your post. I get similar comments, but I also get the same joys you get from teaching this delightful age group! Blessings, Denise Robin, very funny! We could sit and have some laughs over middle school stories. I’m teaching 7th and 8th graders and I can relate to your post. I get similar comments, but I also get the same joys you get from teaching this delightful age group!
Blessings,
Denise

]]> Comment on A Tribute to TweenTribune by Deepa Gopal http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/talkowski/2010/02/26/a-tribute-to-tweentribune/#comment-208 Deepa Gopal Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:36:19 +0000 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/talkowski/2010/02/26/a-tribute-to-tweentribune/#comment-208 Hello Robin, We would like to suggest a complimentary website that brings mainstream news written specifically for children. Please take a look at Youngzine @ www.youngzine.com. Thanks! Hello Robin,
We would like to suggest a complimentary website that brings mainstream news written specifically for children. Please take a look at Youngzine @ http://www.youngzine.com. Thanks!

]]> Comment on Make My Day by Denise Krebs http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/talkowski/2011/02/13/make-my-day/#comment-207 Denise Krebs Mon, 14 Feb 2011 04:11:18 +0000 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/talkowski/?p=206#comment-207 What a great story! It's fun to get a glimpse into your classroom. It's funny that they thought to do that so quickly. It sounds like you have a great relationship with your students. What a great story! It’s fun to get a glimpse into your classroom. It’s funny that they thought to do that so quickly. It sounds like you have a great relationship with your students.

]]> Comment on “Go Back into the Text” by Denise Krebs http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/talkowski/2011/01/27/go-back-into-the-text/#comment-206 Denise Krebs Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:09:08 +0000 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/talkowski/?p=188#comment-206 Great idea, Robin. I was surprised to hear the great voice on you Voki in your post. That is inspiring me to try this in my 7th grade literature class. So many ideas! Thanks for sharing. Denise http://mrsdkrebs.edublogs.org/ Great idea, Robin. I was surprised to hear the great voice on you Voki in your post. That is inspiring me to try this in my 7th grade literature class. So many ideas! Thanks for sharing. Denise
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]]> Comment on Web 2.0 by Shantanu Bala http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/talkowski/web-20/#comment-203 Shantanu Bala Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:21:21 +0000 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/talkowski/web-20/#comment-203 I recently created a Web 2.0 app you might be interested in -- it's called Quicklyst, and it's for taking notes. Let me know what you think http://www.quicklyst.com/ I recently created a Web 2.0 app you might be interested in — it’s called Quicklyst, and it’s for taking notes. Let me know what you think

http://www.quicklyst.com/

]]> Comment on Quizlet Updates by Craig http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/talkowski/2009/11/30/quizlet-updates/#comment-193 Craig Fri, 20 Aug 2010 03:13:23 +0000 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/talkowski/2009/11/30/quizlet-updates/#comment-193 Give memorize.com a shot as well. It lets you add headings, introductory descriptions, and images to your pages in addition to just facts, letting you add more background information and variety to the material you create. Give memorize.com a shot as well. It lets you add headings, introductory descriptions, and images to your pages in addition to just facts, letting you add more background information and variety to the material you create.

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