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Why do teachers assign students to write book reviews on Amazon.com?

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Q&A: Why do teachers assign students to write book reviews on Amazon.com?

After coming across several reviews with Student’s names, schools, period and teacher name I guess I was a little surprised. Maybe it’s because there was no Amazon.com when I went to high school in the eighties, but this seems a little odd to me. Is this the equivalent of a formally written book report? Have you ever been assigned by a teacher to write a review on Amazon.com– or if you are a teacher have you ever assigned this? Is this a common thing? I’m just curious.

ANSWER:

Answer by Edward Gorey FTW (Blaq-Ego)
I… basically skipped high school… I have no idea.

Answer by Purdey EP
I’ve never had students writing book reviews on Amazon.com. I’m trying to set up a system within our school for them to blog about books, but we’re not going to let it out on the net.

Answer by Liberalism
I’m a student in high School,just finishing my freshman year.I didn’t go to Public School this year,but I still find this to be an interesting question.

I’ve never been assigned to post something on the Internet,but that kind of thing is an example of how interaction with the real world is being integrated into education.Our education system changes with our technology in the same way our mindset does.I went to the public school system in Central Florida,but my educational experience there,in my opinion,has been one that didn’t go far enough in integrating the newer technology and media that arose in the last decade.I would guess that making students post reviews on amazon.com would create a further step in their interaction with the Internet.

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