I'm on spring break, and I've spent a great deal of my time wondering about next fall. I'm one who constantly changes what I teach and how I teach it, hoping to find a formula that works for a given set of students. My newest discovery is Digital Booktalk.
A digital booktalk works on the same premise as a movie trailer, but involves…well…books. Some make them by using video recorders to act out scenes from the book. Because my school does not have a video recorder, I decided to make a demo using PhotoStory 3 (free software you can download) and music from FreePlay Music (a site that "offers free network synchronization"). After creating the demo, I showed it to my current students who were excited and eager to create their own. My plan for an end-of-year project is for my students to create digital booktalks for their favorite Accelerated Reader books they've read this year. We will then catalog them on the school's server and use them next year as peer-to-peer suggestions for reading.
If you happen to try one, please share it with me! I'd love to see what you and/or your students come up with!
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