Goodreads is a site that lets users track what books they are reading, rate and review books they have read, see what friends on the site are reading and get reccommendations from them, and more. Not only is this site a great for already avid readers (I knew about and was using it well before taking this class!), but it can also make a great tool for generating interest in reading among students. With the site, students can review books that they have read as well as read their frends' reviews; if they have blogs, they can even use the Goodreads gadget to display the books they have recently read - you can see my gadget displayed in the column on the left. Goodreads even has video 'trailers' of books - something that I think could get even the most stubborn students interested in reading. Here's the trailer for Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games:
I know it got me interested! Goodreads is a site that could definitely be utilized in the classroom to get students more involved and interested in reading.
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