Journal for Christian Educators, Fall 1997 Journal for Christian Educators Motivating Students to Read by Amy Griffin Modern, hi-tech children are bombarded with a vast arsenal of intense sensory stimulation.
Electronic gadgets are ever present with television, video games, and computer systems.
America's favorite pastime has become a household passion. In order to compete with today's technology, teachers and administrators must be enthusiastic, creative, and willing to take a risk. A principal in Michigan, for example, motivated his students to read by challenging them to read one million minutes between January and their spring break. He would spend an entire day perched on a piece of playground equipment. In order in achieve this goal, each student would have to read twenty-five minutes a day, every day for three months.