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Use Web Sites like Scholastic to Develop Teaching Strategies

Scholastic was slow to join the Internet revolution, but became high-tech just in time to help teachers all over the country develop reading lesson plans. Scholastic.com committed an unprecedented $22 million in an effort to make the Web work, and they have succeeded. Their site is full of information for educators and parents. For kids the site offers interactive games and discussions with such writers as J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books. Inside the flashy site, teachers can get tips and tools for meaningful assessment, find activities and ideas, as well as tools to develop event better teaching strategies. Their reading resources network is ideal for teachers looking to spruce up their reading lesson plans.

Are you still wary of the Internet as a source of information on teaching strategies? Scholastic is a well-known company in the regular world, which sells books, teaching materials and software to teachers and parents through regular distribution channels. Its web site simply uses the same tried-and-true approach to sell a new array of educational services online. For Scholastic, the Internet is simply another form of distribution and a way to reach more educators, with some added benefits. The reading resources network with strategies for building success in your classroom is sure to give you great ideas to incorporate into your reading lesson plans.

Teachers across the country are already using Scholastic.com to help prepare lessons, get ideas and find other appropriate web sites. For these teachers, the web site it becoming an integral part of the development of their teaching strategies. But Scholastic.com isn’t the only publishing company helping teachers develop teaching strategies and reading lesson plans. McGraw-Hill and Pearson are both giving their competitor a run for its money.