Libraries have done a world of good for schools. They provide a self-directed learning environment and a quiet place to work and study - not to mention the wealth of carefully organized stories, articles, reference materials and other information for students to use whenever they need it. It's no secret that the library is essentially a campus warehouse for media products.
Trouble is, media is changing....
Let me be right up front about this: I am primarily sharing the good ideas of other far smarter people that I could ever pretend to be. Some primary sources for this list include:
■Beaman, Anita and Amy Obert. Reading 2.0 website
■Ludwig, Sarah "Going Beyond the BookTalk: Breathing New Life Into Book Programming with Technology"
■Valenza, Joyce. Reading 2.0 slide show
I only steal from the best. So here we go. Johnson's Top Ten...
CHOOSE YOUR READING MODE
In keeping with its topic, this essay can either be read in a scrolling screen format or in a book-like format; it can also be listened to.
"Enter a book you like and the site will analyse our huge database of real readers' favorite books to provide book recommendations and suggestions for what to read next."