A third-grade teacher seeks
to increase her students’ reading
comprehension skills. She already
has taken a “readers’ workshop”
approach to studying pieces of literature,
but is still concerned that
some students hold back in class
discussion sessions. In an effort to
enhance her students’ participation,
she uses Moodle, an online
learning tool, to host class discussions
of novels. By posting strategic
questions, this teacher is able
to encourage all of her students to
participate in a genuine study of
the novel. Not only does she see
formerly reluctant students join
the conversations, but she also is
able to focus the discussion of her
more advanced students in a way
that was not always possible in a
face-to-face class discussion.