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Maggie Verster

Class Collection of Book Reviews using collaborative google spreadsheets - 0 views

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    As part of a language arts or reading program, students read novels throughout the school year. Some of the novels are assigned, read, and discussed "all class." Others are chosen by the students individually, and they keep individual reading lists. Students may be required to read a certain number per marking period, per school year, and over the summer. Some may be classics; other trade novels, but all contribute to the overall reading and comprehension abilities of the students. This unit can be done as a culminating activity for the school year. Students are asked to choose their two favorite novels from the ones they have read. They write reviews and post them online for students in their own school, in other schools, across the United States, and in other countries to read. The student reviews not only help student readers clarify their own understanding of literature, they also provide a "student-to-student" resource. Other students can choose novels based on opinions of their peers. The students review the novels, write descriptions that will appeal to other readers, and indicate the level of reading difficulty. They do this to help others choose novels suitable for their reading levels.
Maggie Verster

World Read Aloud Day <--collaborators needed - 0 views

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    In partnership with LitWorld, a non-profit organization based in New York advocating for and working towards global literacy, we are going to "Take Action for Global Literacy, Celebrate the Power of Words, Change the World." March 7 is World Read Aloud Day. World Read Aloud Day is about taking action to show the world that the right to read and write belongs to all people. World Read Aloud Day motivates children, teens, and adults worldwide to celebrate the power of words, especially those words that are shared from one person to another, and creates a community of readers advocating for every child's right to a safe education and access to books and technology. We are looking for teachers, schools, school children who want to participate in this World Read Aloud Day on March 7. Thru Skype, we can read aloud to each other across the globe.
Maggie Verster

Reading a book versus a screen: Different reading devices, different modes of reading? - 0 views

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    A book or a screen - which of these two offers more reading comfort? There are no disadvantages to reading from electronic reading devices compared with reading printed texts.
Maggie Verster

Libraries for a Postliterate Society - 0 views

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    Any number of recent studies are concluding that reading is declining, primarily the reading of novels and longer works of nonfiction. Pundits are remarking that online reading is changing their personal reading behaviors. Doug Johnson infers from this and other observations that we are rapidly becoming a "postliterate society." In Doug's feature, you can find out just what he means by that, and learn how libraries can serve this postliterate society.
Maggie Verster

Why Students Hate Reading - 0 views

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    Why Students Hate Reading http://t.co/1pJS7EpBA6
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    Why Students Hate Reading http://t.co/1pJS7EpBA6
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Bookwink: Video Booktalks for Kids, Teachers and Librarians - 2 views

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    Bookwink's mission is to inspire kids to read. Through podcasting and web video, they hope to connect kids in Grades 3 through 8 with books that will make them excited about reading. The videos are approximately 3 minutes long and are updated monthly. Each video booktalk is about a different topic, and additional read-alikes can be found on the Bookwink website. You can look for books by subject, grade level, author or title. They are constantly updating the book lists with our newest favorite books.
Maggie Verster

epubBooks: FREE eBooks in the EPUB format for your iPhone, Sony Reader, and many other ... - 1 views

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    EPubbooks.com provides a selection of high quality, free ePub eBooks, for everyone to read. It is devided into sections for easy reference: Books, authors, genres and ereaders. You will need an ebookreader to read them but just see the ereader page or if you use a Firefox browser you can download the extension and read it straight in your browser here: http://www.epubread.com/
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Reading Rants! Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists! - 1 views

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    "Reading Rants, a website featuring out of the ordinary booklists for teens, has been an online presence since 1998. Written by Jennifer Hubert and designed by Andrew Mutch, Reading Rants has become a popular book review source for teenagers as well as their grown-ups. In May 2007, Andrew transformed the original website into an interactive blog, where teens can not only respond to Jen's reviews but write their own. " (thanx Andrew for sharing this one)
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Top 5 Free eBook Tools & Tidbits For Your Reading Pleasure - 0 views

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    Every day more people join the world of eBook lovers, having suddenly decided to take the plunge and buy a new Kindle or some other eBook reader. Along with your new purchase (or your decision to buy) comes the realization that you now need to know a lot more about how you're going to find great free eBooks to read. At MakeUseOf, we've written plenty of articles on how to find free eBooks, but it was about time we made a primer for those of you who haven't been researching very long. There are a number of different ways to get great free content on to your eBook reader, to organise your eBooks and to read eBooks without a dedicated eBook gadget. Here's everything you need to know.
Maggie Verster

BookAdventure is a searhable book review site for K-8 - 0 views

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    Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 7,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes.
Maggie Verster

EPUBReader - Read ePub just in Firefox - 0 views

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    "EPUBReader is a Firefox addon which let you read ePub-files just in the browser. You don't need to install additional software! If you click on a link to an ePub-file, you are normally prompted by the Firefox "save as" dialog. With EPUBReader installed, the ePub-file is downloaded, processed and directly displayed ready to read!"
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100 Essential Reads for the Lifelong Learner - 1 views

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    "Whether you are just starting out in college or are a more experience learner with years under your belt, there is always more knowledge waiting to be discovered. One great way to do that is to read. This list provides 100 books to expand your knowledge and help you keep learning. From literature to non-fiction to history to biographies to science and the social sciences, there are books in this list to help you keep learning for life."
Maggie Verster

eBook Business Models: A Scorecard for Public Libraries - Zunia.org - 1 views

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    "Unlike a printed book, a single copy of an ebook could potentially be read by many users simultaneously, from any location. Thus, a major concern of publishers is that ebook borrowing from libraries will be so easy as to erode sales to readers. To counter this, many publishers insist on terms that replicate aspects of print book lending. Some of these terms may be necessary and tolerable, at least temporarily, to offset perceived risks in selling ebooks to libraries. Others, such as requiring patrons to come to the library to check out ebooks, will be onerous to patrons and damaging to perceptions of library service. With today's rapidly changing business environment for ebooks, the choices that libraries make today can have profound impact on the direction taken by the entire reading ecosystem. It is thus of utmost importance that these choices be made with careful consideration of the needs of both present and future users. Decisions are best made in the context of an informed community and never in isolation."
Maggie Verster

Reading Rockets: Reading Dream: Connecting Kids with Books - 0 views

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    "Teaching kids to read and helping those who struggle"
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Read free books online * Short stories * Poems * Novels * And more... - 0 views

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    Read more than 26520 books online for free...
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Manage Your PDF Documents with Free Tools - 0 views

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    Whether you are downloading ebooks, gadget manuals, research papers or your monthly bank statements, chances are that all these documents are available as Adobe PDF files. That's because PDF is probably the only format that can retain the original formatting and can be read across all platforms or even on the web if you don't want to install any desktop software for reading PDFs.
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Great Literature Transforms Classroom Learning - 0 views

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    "Why are we reading a book about a crazy knight? What does Don Quixote have to do with social studies?" Great literature helps students to think better by challenging their assumptions, by making fun of certain situations, and by providing insights. All classes benefit from reading whole pieces of literature, abridged versions or even just specific chapters from outstanding literature.
Maggie Verster

Teen non fixtion of ther week (a lovely read) - 0 views

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    A lovely post ("short" story) by a teen) worth a read
Maggie Verster

Lots of free Online Books, Poems, Short Stories at Read Print - 0 views

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    Free online library for students, teachers, and the classic enthusiast. Absolutely FREE books Thousands of novels, poems, stories Easy to read books online. Over 8,000 books by 3,500 famous authors at your fingertips!
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