In LLED 462 we learned about booktalks as a way to promote books, and we were given the opportunity to share our ideas for booktalks with our peers. What we have here in this article is basically a review of Natalia Malesa's blog Stories from the Cloud.
Stories from the Cloud demonstrates an alternate way to promote books using Web 2.0 tools. Malesa's blog examines YA stories in their original, print versions and how they can be re-told in new ways using collaborative online tools. Some examples of Web tools she has used include Google Maps, TimeToast(maker of timelines), StudyStack( a flashcard maker), Blabberize (a humourous video maker), and PikiStrips( a comic strip creator).
Malesa also uses some more familiar Web tools such as VoiceThread to represent Hunger Games. This was particulary interesting in that it showed several students points of view on the book without spoiling the plot.
I can imagine this being a great link on a school library website. Or, if one were ambitious enough one might consider starting a similar blog of their own.
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