Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Response to "Novels with a Digital Connection"

This article by Laura Ketcham discusses a "hot new craze in children & teen novels," which is to add an online component to the book-reading experience.  Ketcham specifically mentions three popular series using that format:  The 39 Clues, The Amanda Project, and Skeleton Creek.  All three of these series belong to the mystery genre, with both the print books and the online components providing clues to help the reader solve the mystery.  The online sites also offer "extras" such as games that enable the reader to earn extra clues, message boards so that readers/users can communicate with one another, personality quizzes, and publication centers for reader contributions.

These types of "book-to-digital connections could be very motivating for the reader.  The fact that students have the opportunity to interact with a book series using technology could be very appealing to even the reluctant readers in the classroom.  I foresee that there will be more and more books published with an interactive, online component.

View the original article "Novels with Digital Connection" by Laura Ketcham, posted by Lauren Grossberg on July 1, 2011 at:  http://blog.learningtoday.com/blog/bid/60477/Novels-with-a-Digital-Connection
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  1. Terri GJuly 14, 2011 at 12:25 PM

    What a great idea. It helps when you can engage students in reading by providing something to go with it. I am sure that you find that more and more students don't want to read. That is what I see and it is really hard to get them to do it. Maybe this can help with that.

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  2. Brandy ButcherJuly 16, 2011 at 10:42 PM

    Man, if I could log on to see a picture or photograph of my favorite book characters! I think this is an awesome idea to motivate reluctant readers. It would be even cooler (from a teacher's point of view) if you had to unlock the extra material by doing some type of puzzle or task that required you to read to a certain point in the novel.

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