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Another chapter that really interested me was chapter six, with its focus on writing and online collaboration. I liked how she simply asked students if they were writers and almost all of them said they were. That also showed that there are many different types of writing. You wouldn't expect all of those kids to be fluent essay writers, but some are good at writing stories, blogging, poetry, or just a personal journal. One of the literary tools I especially liked was the online "point of view" character journal. I thought it was excellent the way this was applied to students in order to dig deeper into novels, and use computers at the same time. Also the fact that the teacher evolved this into an assignment usuing Flickr or Photobucket showed me how it is good to be constantly assessing your own teaching methods.