Larry,<div>Thanks for the feedback! This is the first I've heard of anyone using it with high school students so it's exciting to hear how they're reacting to it.</div><div><br></div><div>Leslie<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 9:56 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:LaFerlazzo@aol.com">LaFerlazzo@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<div>Hi, Everybody,</div>
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<div>My high school students have been using USA Learns a couple of times a week
since it "opened for business" and have found it very engaging and useful (as
have I!). Both they and I have particularly liked how easy it is for
students to listen and then record (and subsequently listen) to their repeating
words.</div>
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<div>In fact, when I tell students during the last fifteen minutes of class that
they can log-off and go to any of the other 9,000 links on my website, well over
half the class typically chooses to stay on USA Learns, which has been
surprising to me since many of those other links are pretty engaging
games.</div>
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<div>I have to say that I didn't realize until I saw the email here that it was
possible to set-up virtual classrooms and for teachers to check student
work. That will come in handy for our Family Literacy Project where we
provide home computers and Internet access to immigrant families.</div>
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<div>Congratulations to everybody involved in its development!</div>
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<div>Larry Ferlazzo</div>
<div>Luther Burbank High School</div>
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