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Another project for the common folks that Adler shepherded was the formation of the Great Books Foundation. The purpose of the Foundation was to produce a series of inexpensive paperback books that contained works that Adler thought were important. Since the sets were inexpensive, everyone in a book group would be able to buy a set, and then get together to discuss the diverse selections therein.
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Imagine Forest - 3 views
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"A superb platform for creating online books. Add pictures from the bank of images or from your computer. Browse the extensive library of books created by the community."
Reading and Learning - 0 views
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"Reading and learning seem to go together, but a shift in reading habits is changing the way we consume information and changing our relationship with a book. Should schools embrace this change, or celebrate a traditional model of reading and paper books? How are books being used in today's classrooms, and how could they be used better? What are the reading habits of teachers and how do educators use books to improve their teaching?"
Book Review: Living Contradiction by @Sean_S_Warren & @StephenBigger - 0 views
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PROS: An important book that questions an authoritarian school culture. The book grapples with both the philosophical and the pragmatic aspects of school culture. A resonatory self-examination of teacher identity and a significant contribution to the debate about how schools and classrooms are run. A survey of a wide range of related research that challenges the status quo on the effectiveness of punishment and authoritarianism as approaches to behaviour management."
World Book Day - Some 2017 Highlights - UKEdChat.com - 0 views
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Photos and more from schools celebrating world book day
My Storybook - 2 views
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An intuitive online book creator - write, draw, add images and share. The site has a bank of backgrounds to choose from and a range of tools to draw items into the books.
Session 227: How to get Children Reading for Pleasure | UKEdChat.com - Supporting the #... - 5 views
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A list of books curated by teachers which have helped get children into reading books for pleasure
Ebooks v paper - FT.com - 3 views
Read books on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad - Google Play Help - 0 views
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If you want to use Google Play Books for iOs, here's how you download. With the deals this weekend, you'll want to do it now.
Scholastic Book Fairs - Video - 4 views
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Scholastic Book Fairs now have a mobile app that lets you scan the covers and get reading levels and other interesting information about the book. What a useful, cool way to introduce the concept of "augmented reality" to kids. You can put the app on their ipads if you're 1:1 and let them use it to pick out books.
Booktrack - Amplify your story - 6 views
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Booktrack gives you a way to read a book while listening to a soundtrack. I mentioned the research study in a previous bookmark / link. This is something librarians and literacy leaders should test and try out for themselves as it is a fascinating tool and potential. There are a thousand questions I have about this but plan to try it for myself.
Kids Book Reviews - Book Reviews and Ratings by Kids at DOGO Books - 10 views
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I noticed that Wikispaces included Dogo books under a new "Education" category in the widget menu. (This looks like a television on the edit bar when you click to Edit a wiki.) So, Dogobooks is a place where kids ar writing book reviews about everything. Very cool. You can see the most popular books and ti also has book clubs and other ways for kids to connect. This is a very cool site for helping kids love learning and may also augment Accelerated Reader programs nicely.
The Great Books Foundation | Book Notes Plus - 5 views
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Regardless of where you live, there is probably a Great Books Discussion Group nearby. Here in Baton Rouge, Louisiana there has been a Group for over 40 years, and I have been in it, off and on, for many of those years. When our son was in elementary school he was in a Junior Great Books Discussion Group for a while, and my wife was the leader. You will even find Great Books Discussion Groups in prisons. A friend of mine led a group at a state prison for a time, and said that the discussions were among the best he ever took part in.
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The Great Books Foundation is a nonprofit educational organization based in Chicago, IL.
Psst Parents And YA Authors, This Post is For You - An Interview With a 10th Grade YA e... - 5 views
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Another one of my students has been writing and sharing on the Kindle Kids Corner. Here's an interview she did about trends in Young Adult fiction and I agree with so much of what she's written. This is another example of how authentic projects can transform a student. This happened to come out of one of my favorite kindle book sites - Kindle Nation Daily and an email conversation I had with the author Steven Windwalker (penname.)
