Overview
Want to add some pizzazz to your booktalks and motivate young readers? Here are simple but powerful ideas and instructions for integrating technology into your presentations, and using booktalks to launch learning across the curriculum. You'll discover how to use your existing technology to make enhanced booktalks to use with students-video, audio, and text; how to integrate the booktalks into the curriculum to meet standards; and how to extend the excitement with online book discussions. Lesson plans and a wealth of examples, strategies, and resource links make implementation a breeze. Grades 6-12.
Full Product Details
Author: Terence W. Cavanaugh ,
Nancy J. Keane
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Libraries Unlimited Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 21.30cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 27.20cm
Weight: 0.499kg
ISBN: 9781591586371
ISBN 10: 1591586372
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 01 November 2008
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Professional & Vocational
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.
Reviews
...a useful addition to your professional toolkit. . . . Keane and Cavanaugh write in a clearcut manner, including technical jargon only when necessary. With their step-by-step approach, even the most technologically challenged librarian will discover how easy it is to be a tech-savvy booktalker. - Public Libraries . . . educators who have the necessary technology and who want their students to interact with books in a more engaging way will find plenty here to get them started. - VOYA This excellent resource shows ways to use existing technology to augment booktalks and to expand the experience beyond the classroom. - School Library Journal
<p> This excellent resource shows ways to use existing technology to augment booktalks and to expand the experience beyond the classroom. - <p>School Library Journal
.. .a useful addition to your professional toolkit. . . . Keane and Cavanaugh write in a clearcut manner, including technical jargon only when necessary. With their step-by-step approach, even the most technologically challenged librarian will discover how easy it is to be a tech-savvy booktalker. - Public Libraries
This excellent resource shows ways to use existing technology to augment booktalks and to expand the experience beyond the classroom. * School Library Journal * . . . educators who have the necessary technology and who want their students to interact with books in a more engaging way will find plenty here to get them started. * VOYA * …a useful addition to your professional toolkit. . . . Keane and Cavanaugh write in a clearcut manner, including technical jargon only when necessary. With their step-by-step approach, even the most technologically challenged librarian will discover how easy it is to be a tech-savvy booktalker. * Public Libraries *
Author Information
Nancy J. Keane is an award-winning Library Media Specialist at Rundlett Middle School, Concord, New Hampshire, and author of The Big Book of Teen Reading Lists (2006) and The Big Book of Children's Reading Lists (2006). She hosts a popular booktalking website, as well as podcasts and wiki. Terence W. Cavanaugh is an instructor of instructional technology in the College of Education and Human Services at the University of North Florida. His areas of expertise include instructional technology, electronic books, assistive technology, ESOL education, and teacher education. He has been an educator for over 25 years at the college and secondary level.
