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Title: Online Book Clubs: Engaging Busy Kids with Books and Technology


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Online Book ClubsEngaging Busy Kids with Books
and Technology
  • October 15, 2009
  • Minnesota Library Association
  • Annual Conference

2
Why offer online book clubs?
  • Kids
  • many activities
  • computer skills
  • safe online environment
  • live chat experience
  • Parents
  • work schedules

3
Book club framework
  • Structure
  • Monday Friday
  • guys / girls
  • registration
  • Technology
  • book club Web page
  • Moodle

4
First steps
  • Requirements
  • computer, Internet, active e-mail
  • Best time
  • summer
  • guys / girls book clubs same week
  • partner with schools
  • host book club for author event

5
First steps
  • Books
  • read
  • give-away
  • Download software

6
Program description
Girls ONLY Online Book Club Monday, June 22
Friday, June 26 Online book clubs are great
fun for kids with busy summer schedules.
Participate in the book discussion Web page every
day, any time of day, Monday Friday. You must
have a current e-mail address (may use family
e-mail), and computer and Internet access.

  • (Hennepin County Library program guide, summer
    2009)

7
Book club activities
  • Daily question
  • Daily poll
  • Author website
  • author participation
  • Live chat
  • Photos / images
  • Related websites

8
Girls Only Book Club
9
Guys Read Book Club
10
Daily question
11
Daily question
12
Daily poll
13
Daily poll
14
Author participation
15
Author participation
16
Photos
17
Software
  • Online teaching platforms
  • aka learning management systems, course
    management software, e-learning
  • http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_campus
  • Products
  • Moodle www.moodle.com
  • Blackboard www.blackboard.com
  • Desire2Learn (D2L) www.desire2learn.com

18
Software
  • Other possible book club platforms
  • email, using daily digest
  • blog
  • discussion board PunBB http//punbb.informer.c
    om
  • Facebook (teens)

19
Moodle
  • Free
  • Common in schools
  • Download to local server
  • Variety of functions
  • register users
  • set up course
  • polls, discussion, live chat

  • www.moodle.com

20
Schools using Moodle
21
Moodle example
22
Planning tips
  • Build book club Web page
  • establish password
  • update each day
  • Create link on library Web page
  • Send e-mail reminders
  • two weeks before book club
  • during book club

Planning Tips
23
Planning tips
  • Offer incentives ?
  • Register kids in Moodle
  • step 1 register as Moodle user
  • step 2 enroll in book club
  • Respect confidentiality
  • hide last name, e-mail

24
Book club access
25
Book club Web page
26
Evaluation
  • Tools
  • U of MN research evaluation (2007-2008)
  • Ph.D. thesis by Cassandra Scharber
  • HCL evaluation using Survey Monkey (2009)
  • Results overview
  • Kids and parents are enthusiastic

27
Join another online book club?
It was really fun to get to do the book club
online it was reeally fun I was kind of iffy
becuase some weeks in the summer i really don't
have time
28
How many books will you read?
29
What did you like about this online book club?
I liked the book and being able to see what
other people wrote - in my other book clubs not
everyone speaks up That you could participate
any time of the day That you got to talk on the
computer. I really like to do things on the
computer I liked that I got to see what
everyone elsewas thinking You get to meet new
people over the internet
30
What could we do to make online book clubs better
for you?
Put the questions in easier words Have
multiple online chat sessions, so that if you
can't do one you can do another I think it was
the best it can be Have more chats and make
then longer Read more challanging books
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Resources
  • Online Book Clubs for the Net Generation
  • Cassandra Scharber, Ph.D. Dissertation,
    University of MN
  • Online Book Clubs for Preteens and Teens
  • Scharber, Melrose, Wurl. Library Review. 2009.
    Vol 583
  • Web 2.0 World Expanding Perspectives of Literacy
  • Carter, VOYA. June, 2009.
    www.voya.com
  • Skills for Success in the 21st century
  • www.21stcenturyskills.org/route21

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Thank you !
  • Ann Melrose
  • Senior Librarian, Web Services
  • Hennepin County Library
  • amelrose_at_hclib.org
  • 952.847.8529
  • www.hclib.org/extranet
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