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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

School Tech Connect: iPod Worship

School Tech Connect: iPod Worship:


iPod Worship

I have nothing against audiobooks; in fact, I'm a huge fan. For kids, for adults--- audiobooks are good.

But let's count the ways in which this is jacked up.  The guy is basically using audiobooks along with the hardcopies he has available---it isn't very clear from the article. Again, all good.

It's this worship of Scholastic that has me worried:

Just so you know, the Scholastic Reading Counts tests don't measure anything worth measuring. It's a very