tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974986966857912.post6129744260927079574..comments2022-04-11T15:07:06.485-07:00Comments on VIRTUAL SCHOOL VISITS - Skype Makes it Happen!: VIRTUAL SCHOOL VISITS - Skype Makes it Happen!Magic Carpet of 16x Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13145090220955463862noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974986966857912.post-35916250824765867922012-06-24T19:43:58.039-07:002012-06-24T19:43:58.039-07:00Getting kids to read is so important. Boys especia...Getting kids to read is so important. Boys especially are often reluctant readers, or more likely to have dyslexia.<br />Parents and teachers can help so much, by making the writing process easy to grasp and fun to learn about. If teachers invite authors to pop in via Skype, and tell about their writing adventures, and how books get written and published, they will be more likely to read and write themselves. Skype can reach schools that most authors never visit.<br /><br />*Books for Kids – Manuscript Critiques<br />http://www.margotfnke.comMagic Carpet of 16x Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13145090220955463862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974986966857912.post-21371187339573562472012-06-24T19:35:51.054-07:002012-06-24T19:35:51.054-07:00Hello again, Margot,
What an innovative idea!! Th...Hello again, Margot,<br /><br />What an innovative idea!! This blog is as interesting as the others. Good luck with your endeavor to get children into loving to read. Sometime I wonder which they love more--reading or being read to. Best of luck with this.<br /><br />MickiMicki Peluso is the author of "And the Whippoorwill Sang"https://www.blogger.com/profile/14286402859989726344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974986966857912.post-92121893141527974912011-10-13T12:43:21.276-07:002011-10-13T12:43:21.276-07:00Thanks Cheryl. Installing Skype and a webcam is ea...Thanks Cheryl. Installing Skype and a webcam is easy. However I am still working on setting up a viable virtual school program that will work in this new format. Lots of trial and error!!<br /><br />Margot Finke<br /><br />Books - Manuscript Critiques<br />http://www.margotfinke.com <br /><br />Virtual School Visits<br />http://virtualschoolvisits.blogspot.coom/Magic Carpet of 16x Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13145090220955463862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974986966857912.post-83345403009400363462011-10-13T06:33:10.674-07:002011-10-13T06:33:10.674-07:00This sounds like such a fascinating concept. I hav...This sounds like such a fascinating concept. I haven't investigated it yet, but I would love to do this.<br /><br />Keep up the great work, mate.<br /><br />CherylAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com