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Tech-Savvy Reading Promotion: A Toolbox for Librarians and Other Educators
Unleash new possibilities for reading promotion and readers' advisory with these technological tools that can help you to catch the interest of young readers and direct them toward positive reading experiences.
Gone are the days of browsing library bookshelves―today's readers live much of their lives on their devices. Learn how to meet these young readers in their online activities by using technological tools that support independent reading and reading choices.
This book shows you how to use not only more traditional social media such as Facebook and blogs but also video, audio and print applications, databases, and more. You'll learn how to use new apps such as Moovly, Koma Koma, and Booksnaps; well-known media including Twitter, Skype, Flickr, and Goodreads; and Soundcloud, Smore, Flipgrid, and ebook clubs for reading promotion and readers' advisory.
For each of these technologies, you'll find a brief description of the platform, its content and applications, notes about the platform and its cost, how to use it for book promotion, and step-by-step instructions for promotional activities. Screenshots and drawings illustrate the instructions.
Gone are the days of browsing library bookshelves―today's readers live much of their lives on their devices. Learn how to meet these young readers in their online activities by using technological tools that support independent reading and reading choices.
This book shows you how to use not only more traditional social media such as Facebook and blogs but also video, audio and print applications, databases, and more. You'll learn how to use new apps such as Moovly, Koma Koma, and Booksnaps; well-known media including Twitter, Skype, Flickr, and Goodreads; and Soundcloud, Smore, Flipgrid, and ebook clubs for reading promotion and readers' advisory.
For each of these technologies, you'll find a brief description of the platform, its content and applications, notes about the platform and its cost, how to use it for book promotion, and step-by-step instructions for promotional activities. Screenshots and drawings illustrate the instructions.
184 pages, Paperback
Published April 17, 2019
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February 23, 2022
There are so many excellent resources and ideas in here (I just hope too many of them aren't rendered totally obsolete in a year or so). Really well organized and easy to navigate. Each resource comes with ideas of what you can do with it and then a visual how-to for some of those basic ideas.
February 10, 2024
This book gave me so many useful ideas! My only complaint is that many of the websites are outdated. I would have preferred more ideas and examples with established websites and fewer websites in general with perhaps a link to an updated list on the author’s website.
I kept thinking I can’t possibly do all that I want to do because my co-librarian won’t help. Not her cup of tea at all.
I kept thinking I can’t possibly do all that I want to do because my co-librarian won’t help. Not her cup of tea at all.
January 17, 2021
This one needs a daily visit - so many ideas to try before current technology makes them obsolete.
April 30, 2022
Loads of online options. I didn't check every link to see what still works or not though.
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