Reviews for Educator's Handbook to Desktop Publishing Using Aldus Pagemaker

The average rating for Educator's Handbook to Desktop Publishing Using Aldus Pagemaker based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-09-12 00:00:00 Zachary Ares Three points stick out to me from this book: 1) Reading is the key to better comprehension, grammar, spelling, writing style, and vocab; 2) Reading is more important to learning how to write well than writing practice is; and 3) light reading is intellectually, academically, and socially viable. While I'm in full agreement and excited about points 1 and 3, point 2 scares me. As a writing instructor, part of my philosophy is that to write well, one should practice writing. I've always believed reading is integral to writing, but I worry that we may swing back to old school English which placed a seriously heavy emphasis on "literature" specifically classic/canon fiction texts and poetry. What saves me from a breakdown though is that this text quite specifically states that to write academic essays, one must read academic essays; newspaper writing, newspapers; and so on. I will definitely be reading this book again, or at least those pages I earmarked for repeat investigation. And I have written down three new ideas for my classes.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-06-28 00:00:00 Paul-erik Hansen Krashen is "The Man." I don't always agree, but I always THINK more and differently after reading him.