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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 1 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2826942.Technology_In_The_Secondary_Science_Classroom">Technology In The Secondary Science Classroom (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1229613.Julie_Luft">Julie Luft</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:41:59 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The main important point brought up in this book is that you should not use technology just for the sake of using it, it should only be done when the use of it will improve student learning.<br/><br/>On the whole the book is not terribly useful as it keeps hitting that one theme over and over agai...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/The%20main%20important%20point%20brought%20up%20in%20this%20book%20is%20that%20you%20should%20not%20use%20technology%20just%20for%20the%20sake%20of%20using%20it,%20it%20should%20only%20be%20done%20when%20the%20use%20of%20it%20will%20improve%20student%20learning.%0D%0A%0D%0AOn%20the%20whole%20the%20book%20is%20not%20terribly%20useful%20as%20it%20keeps%20hitting%20that%20one%20theme%20over%20and%20over%20again.%20When%20the%20book%20has%20some%20use%20is%20if%20you%20have%20a%20particular%20topic%20in%20mind%20there%20are%20extensive%20suggestions%20and%20websites%20to%20visit%20for%20resources.%20For%20this%20reason,%20I%20have%20highlighted%20the%20relevant%20chapters%20below%20that%20apply%20to%20teaching,%20and%20if%20someone%20is%20teaching%20a%20unit%20or%20project%20using%20a%20particular%20technique%20or%20topic%20the%20chapters%20are%20probably%20worth%20looking%20through.%0D%0A%0D%0AChapter%202%20%E2%80%93%20Digital%20Images%20&amp;%20Video%0D%0AChapter%203%20%E2%80%93%20Computer%20Simulations%0D%0AChapter%204%20%E2%80%93%20Probeware%0D%0AChapter%205%20%E2%80%93%20Geotechnologies%20%2F%20GIS%0D%0AChapter%206%20%E2%80%93%20Online%20Data%20Acquisition%0D%0AChapter%207%20%E2%80%93%20Web-based%20science%20Inquiry%20Projects%0D%0AChapter%209%20%E2%80%93%20Analysis%20of%20Web-based%20Courses">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:39:34 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The book begins with an explanation and justification for formative assessments as well as three vignettes about specific uses of a particular probe. The probes themselves include a page that could be photocopied (the probe itself), the purpose of the probe, the correct answers to the probe, the ins...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/The%20book%20begins%20with%20an%20explanation%20and%20justification%20for%20formative%20assessments%20as%20well%20as%20three%20vignettes%20about%20specific%20uses%20of%20a%20particular%20probe.%20The%20probes%20themselves%20include%20a%20page%20that%20could%20be%20photocopied%20(the%20probe%20itself),%20the%20purpose%20of%20the%20probe,%20the%20correct%20answers%20to%20the%20probe,%20the%20instructional%20considerations%20for%20different%20levels,%20connections%20to%20the%20national%20science%20standards,%20related%20research,%20and%20suggestions%20for%20use.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20probes%20are%20grouped%20into%20two%20sections%20of%20the%20book.%20The%20first%20are%20formative%20assessments%20relating%20to%20physical%20science%20with%20subtopics%20of%20light,%20sound,%20matter,%20gravity,%20heat%20and%20temperature.%20There%20are%20quite%20a%20few%20that%20deal%20with%20the%20conservation%20of%20mass.%20Page%2024%20features%20a%20matrix%20that%20indicates%20which%20probe%20deals%20with%20which%20specific%20science%20concepts.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20second%20grouping%20is%20Life,%20Earth%20and%20Space%20Science%20with%20subtopics%20of%20organisms,%20structure%20and%20function,%20earth%20processes,%20phases%20of%20the%20moon.%20Page%20116%20features%20the%20matrix%20that%20indicates%20which%20probe%20deals%20with%20which%20specific%20science%20concepts.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20topics%20covered%20by%20the%20book%20are%20not%20that%20varied,%20but%20there%20are%20other%20volumes%20in%20the%20series%20that%20likely%20cover%20more%20in%20a%20similar%20manner.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:34:56 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:54:18 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:49:19 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:43:38 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:07:32 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book, though obviously it doesn’t really fall under the umbrella of “pleasure reading”. On the face of it 95% of the book is common sense, but I think it is essential to be given a detached perspective on proceedings. It is very easy to get tied up in what a parent (or fr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20really%20enjoyed%20this%20book,%20though%20obviously%20it%20doesn%E2%80%99t%20really%20fall%20under%20the%20umbrella%20of%20%E2%80%9Cpleasure%20reading%E2%80%9D.%20On%20the%20face%20of%20it%2095%25%20of%20the%20book%20is%20common%20sense,%20but%20I%20think%20it%20is%20essential%20to%20be%20given%20a%20detached%20perspective%20on%20proceedings.%20It%20is%20very%20easy%20to%20get%20tied%20up%20in%20what%20a%20parent%20(or%20friend%20of%20a%20parent)%20considers%20to%20be%20their%20rights%20as%20opposed%20to%20what%20is%20best%20for%20the%20child(ren).%20It%E2%80%99s%20extremely%20easy%20to%20get%20bogged%20down%20in%20finances,%20locations%20of%20possessions,%20and%20general%20pettiness%20which%20all%20boil%20down%20to%20being%20less%20important%20than%20the%20child(ren)%20having%20a%20stable%20life.%20It%20was%20somewhat%20depressing%20to%20continually%20be%20putting%20checks%20in%20the%20%E2%80%9Cwrong%20way%E2%80%9D%20column%20for%20how%20my%20parents%20handled%20their%20divorce.%20Having%20gone%20through%20that%20as%20a%20child,%20I%20was%20already%20wary%20of%20much%20of%20these%20%E2%80%9Cdon%E2%80%99ts%22.%20That%20being%20said,%20the%20development%20of%20my%20daughter%20and%20her%20having%20a%20positive%20life%20is%20so%20important%20to%20me%20that%20hearing%20the%20somewhat%20obvious%20(and%20somewhat%20less%20obvious)%20with%20consequences%20backed%20up%20by%20both%20research%20and%20testimonials%20was%20incredibly%20useful.%20100%25%20of%20the%20book%20will%20not%20be%20useful%20to%20anyone,%20but%20I%20personally%20consider%20it%20essential%20reading%20for%20separating%20or%20divorcing%20parents,%20divorce%20attorneys,%20step-parents%20or%20potential%20step-parents,%20and%20those%20who%20work%20in%20the%20family%20court%20system.%20I%20also%20enjoyed%20it%20from%20the%20perspective%20of%20an%20educator.%20For%20the%20most%20part%20it%20will%20not%20inform%20my%20day-to-day%20actions%20as%20a%20teacher,%20but%20it%20will%20definitely%20help%20in%20terms%20of%20dealing%20with%20divorced%20parents%20of%20children%20as%20well%20as%20the%20effect%20it%20has%20on%20children.%20Even%20if%20I%20personally%20strive%20to%20do%20things%20one%20way,%20this%20does%20not%20mean%20that%20it%20is%20how%20everyone%20will%20do%20it.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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