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Let's face it: much of book marketing is rather, well, static. Enter book trailers — much like the familiar trailers (previews) you see for movies and television shows, book trailers bring your book to life with visuals and a ... 
"Middle school boys rated reading more valuable as an activity after two months of using an e-reader, according to a new study." Via Heather Stapleton, Fran Hughes 
The 34 links list a variety of sources of information to keep us informed about the what, where and how of digital storytelling. Worth keeping in your bookmarking site to refer back too.(Cque2) Cynthia Lieberman: "Transmedia storytelling can be integrated into education, marketing, social change and other areas in a myriad of ways, but one thing it always offers--regardless of the arena--is choice"... Via Simon Staffans, The Digital Rocking Chair 
Another reason to be using the more mobile Apple devices . . . it's where we are headed . . . Despite the growing use of multimedia in classrooms, schools remain primarily text oriented. This is a major problem for significant numbers of learners who struggle with text. Via The Fish Firm II 
"The Apple announcement this week about iBooks Author - the new app that will allow anyone to create and distribute multimedia interactive books has been a long time coming. This announcement needs to be tempered with an evaluation of what we want and what we need as teachers. After all, we are the ones that are at the coalface, we are the risk takers, the experimenters, the alchemists. What do we want for our students? What do our students need from e-texts? I am not sure that I have an exact answer yet but I given some thought to the notion. So here we go - Part wish list, part rant." Via John Evans 
Advice by California K-5 librarian Mary Ann Scheuer on “Great Kid Books”, including a guide to engaging book apps and a treasure trove of reviews categorized by age level and genre, from pre-school and picture books to graphic novels and books with special appeal for boys. A collection to consider. 
Getting the right book into a child's hands seems like a brilliant goal to me. This site can certainly help us find the way. 
Now, I've sort of cheated a *bit*, as because I read SO many good series in 2011, the majority of my list is an entire series rather than 10 individual books...but still, I think this is acceptable. ...right? I've not heard of most - but a few sound interesting and I'll keep this link to come back to in the future 
"In our house books are an incredibly important part of our lives. We all read books and we have bookshelves full of books, but we also love to have family novel time, where we read aloud to each other." We read aloud in our house too - I read all the Harry Potter books (bar the last one) out loud and both boys read them over again - before the movies came out. 
As a book-loving maker family, we try to find books that will prime our two boys, ages 2 and 4, to have the curiosity, whimsy, creativity, resourcefulness, flexibility of thinking, environmental understanding, and mechanical sense ... 
If you sometimes get stumped when asked to recommend a book for a student - try one of these options. Bev. describes several literature related websites that could be promoted within your school for students to use themselves to search out their 'next good book' 
The Guardian's children's books site is written by children and for children." A site with new books, reviews and Trail Blazers link at the end - uploaded book trailers. 
Official Book Trailer for Brothers In Betrayal. Samlpe book Trailer. |
"SlimeKids is a user-friendly website where students can research, watch book trailers, play educational games and access literacy-related resources." CL: Site created by a teacher seemingly in US - lots of Aust links listed near the bottom of screen 
What's the difference between an ebook, an app and an interactive ebook?
DRC: This article provides an in-depth, but easy to understand answer. It's well worth a read. Cque2: For consideration by all who help children learn to read. Via The Digital Rocking Chair 
eClassroom News... Scholastic Inc. is developing an app called Storia, which includes around 1,300 eBooks and multimedia eBooks that can be bought directly from the publisher or from retailers. Via Fran Hughes 
Some ideas to get your Principal on board - I'm going to send this link to mine!
1. Read, Read and Read Meet Nelson, Coupland, and Alice — the faces of tomorrow’s book. Watch global design and innovation consultancy IDEO’s vision for the future of the book." Wow - these 'book' experiences look amazing. Via Judy O'Connell 
A firm believer that childhood is incomplete without a favorite book, Mrs. D’Elia anticipates the cinematic version of a Caldecott Medal winner, the launch of NPR’s tween-themed book club and the latest titles in beloved book sagas on “Read This Book!”; explore categories from Adventure Stories to Young Adult and get a sneak peek with book trailers on this blog geared at grades 3-5. 
The purpose of Clean Book Trailers. I love book trailers. Ever since discovering them as a resource to promote my own writing, I have been addicted to watching, researching, and creating them. This blog is to showcase clean ... 
Why are children's books among the top selling books in the publishing industry? What child doesn't love to hear stories and have them read to them? You've probably made up tales to tell your own children knowing you'd delight them." Maybe I'll give this a try one day! Some Australian links on the page. 
This might be a place to locate some books for the 'Asian perspectives' spots in the Australian Curriculum being rolled out. Shout out to anyone still shopping today! If you are looking for multicultural books look no further! 
Reviews of books for young people set up in catagories (Chapter, First Readers, Picture, Young adult etc). Supported by a Sydney bookshop Pages and Pages and linked to two of their other blogs. 
Many, many reasons to have a librarian in your library! Creating READ posters. Creating book trailers. Preparation for college. Summer reading lists and programs. Borrowing materials on interlibrary loan from public and college libraries. Having resources available for school ... 
Upon their return to school, the students willchoose from one of four options for sharing their book with their classmates: Create a glog, incorporating images and text. |
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