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Free online books library for students, teachers, and the classic enthusiast.

5 trailers for unique books-- great to inspire reading, or to serve as examples of the clear thinking that goes into creating a great review. My kids were fascinated, great discussion ensued as we plan our PechaKucha book reports

To listen to the Slate Audio Book Club discussion of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye , click the arrow on the player below.">

Access to digital books addressing writing and speaking across the curriculum.

A classic painting from English Romantic artist that has been used for many book covers. Most recently encountered on cover and as guiding metaphor in Gaddis's "The Landscape of History" (very interesting book). Plan to use this first day of class to generate discussion in AP Lit about painting, literature, art, and their lives.

Blog with suggestions/reviews of books which might be interesting to boy readers

A free, dedicated social networking site for teens ages 14-18 where members can not only read new S&S teen titles online, but also share their enthusiasm for books with fellow members of the site, communicate with authors, and use a wide variety of up-to-date digital tools to express their interests and opinions.

free books every month for teens...pretty sweet

Chapter One Introductions to assorted books

how reading changes on an iPAD or tablet. How could we being using this? when will my school get ereaders? Even I resist carrying my 4 pound book home.

"Studio 360 explores F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and finds out how this compact novel became the great American story of our age. Novelist Jonathan Franzen tells Kurt Andersen why he still reads it every year or two, and writer Patricia Hampl explains why its lightness is deceptive. We'll drive around the tony Long Island suburbs where Gatsby was set, and we'll hear from Andrew Lauren about his film G, which sets Gatsby among the hip-hop moguls. And Azar Nafisi describes the power of teaching the book to university students in Tehran. Readings come courtesy of Scott Shepherd, an actor who sometimes performs the entire book from memory."

This wiki complements the upcoming book "Powerful Ingredients for Blended Learning" by Wesley Fryer and Karen Montgomery, and the T4T course ("Technology For Teachers") course Wesley is teaching in Spring 2010. Content from the book and on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License.

Lots of free audio books (via Tech Chicks podcast).

Great book lists and reviews

Janet Allen recommends creating "expert groups" topics from books and having students investigate the topics to build background knowledge for the class. Would expert groups look like this in a digital environment?

Xlibris provides a book publishing guide to writers and authors on how to publish a book through self publishing in UK, and offers print on demand services.

paper vs screen in your brain

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