tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067112966724673321.post6346913150897446766..comments2023-08-27T05:50:10.321-07:00Comments on My Laureate's Lasso: Snow in AugustKathryn Stripling Byerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17867152753841610044noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067112966724673321.post-56036079039393181382008-08-25T12:35:00.000-07:002008-08-25T12:35:00.000-07:00Vicki, what a great suggestion. The problem for p...Vicki, what a great suggestion. The problem for public schools making these cameras available on a large scale is budgetary, of course, but maybe parent/teacher groups could get involved and make it happen.Kathryn Stripling Byerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17867152753841610044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067112966724673321.post-91350425469682206642008-08-25T08:17:00.000-07:002008-08-25T08:17:00.000-07:00Having been a teacher, long ago and in private sch...Having been a teacher, long ago and in private schools where I had much more freedom to be creative in my teaching, I HATE the focus these days on 'teaching to the test.' In my opinion, this is wrong, wrong, wrong! But the teachers have no choice.<BR/><BR/>I think one of the best tools for creativity would be for each child to have a digital camera -- or for there to be several available for loan in the class. Taking pictures and then writing about the images -- maybe in a class blog -- would be a wonderful way of sparking interest in the real world.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.com