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Welcome to Lit's Blog, where all things literary are fair game! As a middle school Language Arts teacher, one of the many things I'll be using this forum for is to share my opinions on books, both Young Adult, and otherwise, that I've recently read, and hope that you'll jump into the fray with your thoughts, as well! Please visit often, as I'll be adding regularly. Just scan the titles of each blog for the book's name, and let me know what you think!

(Parents: At the end of each blog, you'll find a "book rating", based upon the MPAA ratings (see link entitled "MPAA Ratings Guide"). Since I generally try to read whatever the kids seem to be reading, and encourage my students to read a wide menu of texts, do not be surprised if you see an "R" rating on a title, or two. I will do my best to be as accurate as possible - HOWEVER, this rating is intended only as a guide. Ultimately, it is your decision as to whether your child should read the titles listed, or not.)

Friday, June 13, 2008

Thing #19

Open Office? Not so much! I couldn't get it to open, and when I tried to save it to my computer, it was going to take 11 minutes to download! And that's on my fancy-schmancy new district issued laptop. I did play with the Google Docs a bit, and like the similarity between those programs and Word. I could see it being an affordable way for kids who may have the computer, but not the software (Microsoft ain't cheap!). I can also see it kind of like a wiki, in that, if I understand the software, you can share documents with others. Not sure, come to think of it, if I saw where you can have multiple writers. If so, that makes it ever so much cooler!
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