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A compilation of over 50 reading project ideas, including implementation ideas and examples, helping to promote lifelong reading habits while meeting the social and interactive needs of today's youth. Social Readers: Promoting Reading in the 21st Century is about making reading meaningful to the Web 2.0 generation through active engagement and socially interactive projects. Organized into four broad categories_entertainment, active participation, control and choice, and technology_the book offers more than 50 specific project ideas for promoting reading in the classroom, school, library media center, or public library. Each project includes a description, cost estimate, planning time needed, suggested supplies, and instructions for running the project successfully. Topics such as sharing, involvement, book promotions, social networking, and developing informed readers are also covered. A preface and introduction provide an overview of the needs and preferences of the current generation of students, a discussion of the necessity for socializing reading, and insights into how to use the book effectively. Bottom line: Social Readers will help librarians and educators change their practices to accommodate the ever-evolving needs of today's students. Step-by-step suggestions for more than 50 projects Over 120 illustrations An appendix of reading themes that can be adopted for an event, club, program, poster, or campaign A bibliography of resource references No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)027.8Information Library and Information Sciences General Libraries; Reports, etc. School; Sunday school; ParishLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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