How Web Sites & Tools Enhance a Love of Books

Using the Web to Enhance a Love of BooksPresentation to Library Harvest

Our Mission

Dulcinea Media publishes content and builds web-based tools that helps educators teach students how to use the Internet effectively, efficiently, safely and responsibly. Products include: http://www.findingDulcinea.comhttp://www.SweetSearch.comhttp://www.SweetSearch4Me.comhttp://www.SweetSearch2Day.com

The Threat

Students use the Internet at every opportunity

= Less time for reading books for pleasure?

The Vision

Educators can leverage A wide range of Web sites and tools

to foster a love of reading

The Good News

Smartphones, e-readers and the iPad offer opportunites to enjoy books as a multimedia experience.

Los Angeles Times:

“Digital technology is also transforming reading from a famously solitary experience into a social one.”

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jul/18/business/la-fiw-0718-reading-20100718

The Opportunity

Most kids do not yet have expensive, fragile mobile devices.

Librarians can use the Web to promote and enhance a love of reading books.

Introducing students to these sites now will make it more likely they will embrace books when first using a device with e-reader capabilities.

Library Journal

“The future of reading is very much in doubt.”

“In this century, reading could soar to new heights or crash and burn.”

“Clearly something important and fundamental is happening to books and reading. Libraries need to be part of this reading revolution.”

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6703852.html

Interacting with Authors

Create Connections with Primary Sources

Sendak on Sendakhttp://www.sendakonsendak.org/exhibition_beasts.html#

To Kill a Mockingbird 50th Year Celebrationhttp://tokillamockingbird50year.com/

Library of Congress Teacher Resourceshttp://loc.gov/teachers

Author Video Interviews

BookWrapCentral - video interviews w/ 200 childrens’ authorshttp://www.bookwrapcentral.com/childrens/

Reading Rockets - 80 video interviewshttp://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews

Live Chats / Twitter Chats

Scholastic http://blog.scholastic.com/ink_splot_26/

Readergirlz http://readergirlz.blogspot.com/

From the Mixed Up Files http://www.fromthemixedupfiles.com/for-teacherslibrarians/

Skype an Author

Authors Who Skype- 20 minute sessions

http://skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com/

http://kmessner.livejournal.com/106020.html

Skype Other Classes to Discuss Books

Around the World with 80 Schools blog - full tutorial, with lesson plan for integration into curriculum

http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/01/03/around-the-world-with-80-schools/

http://theedublogger.com/want-to-connect-with-other-classrooms/

http://theedublogger.com/2008/12/16/quick-start-tips-for-new-skype-users/

Articles on Skype in the Classroom

Langwitches Blog: Reasons for Skyping in the Classroom

http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/01/02/reasons-for-skyping-in-the-classroom/

“Skype connects my students with students from other countries in order to raise global awareness: there are kids like me somewhere else...different cultures, holidays, traditions...tolerance...we live in a flat and increasingly smaller world.”

Trails Optional: Around the World: 8 Videoconferences in 1 Night

http://trailsoptional.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/around-the-world-8-videoconferences-in-1-night/

Books Read Out Loud

Celebrities read classic children’s books

http://www.speakaboos.com

Books Come Alive

Vook - videos that accompany books

“Project the emotion of the book - without getting in the way of the story.”

http://vook.com

NatGeo Amazing

100 People, Places and Things that Will Wow You

TV show, Friday nights

Web Sitehttp://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/nat-geo-amazing

Discuss Books 2 Movies

Book Reporterhttp://www.bookreporter.com/features/books2movies.asp

Kids Readshttp://kidsreads.com/features/books2movies.asp

Interactive Online Communities

“Readers are invited to become a part of the story as they help the main characters search for Amanda.

http://www.theamandaproject.com/

Interactive Online Communities

Experience simultaneously a book group, a computer, and a book.

We believe firmly that people want to read, annotate and discuss, right there, immersed in the text.

We also respect the solitary side to reading: people should have the chance to tune out the community.

http://www.bookglutton.com/

Publish Book Reviews

A student, a class, a district can create its own book review blog.

http://thebookowl.blogspot.com/

Publish Book & Trailers

Digital Book Talk - Book Trailers for K-12

Re-enactment of books using digital tools

“Visual means for reluctant, striving readers to make better book choices.”

Full page of student work.http://digitalbooktalk.com/?page_id=55

Use Tools to Create Trailers

Animoto produces video pieces from photos, video clips & music

Two outstanding examples of student-created trailers:

http://bib20.blogspot.com/2009/02/animoto-book-trailers.html

Create or Join an Entire Community

http://prezi.com/enutyhqkhd_8/raw-ink-online-reading-and-writing-in-kentuckiana/