CITE Journal - Digital Booktalk: Digital Media for Reluctant Readers Digital Booktalk is a Web portal that uses video trailers and associated activities in an attempt to effectively match potential readers. Initial pilot studies tested out these assumptions and determined that these types of mediated interventions can be successful in motivating students to read and complete books and increase personal understanding of the relevance of reading and writing in the lives of those who otherwise demonstrate an aversion to text-based media. with system:unfiled
Classroom author visits via Skype These authors are willing to participate in 20-minute Skype visits free of charge. (Many also offer more in-depth virtual visits for a fee.) with system:unfiled
Digital Booktalk - University of Central Florida Similar to movie trailers, video book trailers are short, minute and a half to two-minute videos that introduce the basic storyline. On this site we present you with video book trailers created by UCF students to encourage reluctant and striving readers to find books to read, trailers produced by K-12 students, and a series of curricula and plans to help you implement the project in your classrooms. with system:unfiled
Nancy J. Keane's Children's Literature Webpage Welcome to Nancy Keane's Children's Literature Webpage. This is the place to be when you are looking for ready-to-use booktalks, lists of recommended reading, book reviews by children or other information about children's literature. with system:unfiled
Welcome to Google Lit Trips! This site is an experiment in teaching great literature in a very different way. Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the greatest road trip stories of all time took place... and so much more! with system:unfiled