eBooks

  • Choose Your Own Booktalk
    Book Reviews,  Booktalks,  eBooks,  Gamification

    CROB: Choose Your Own Booktalk

      During the pandemic I started to explore the best way to connect books with students.  This led to some creative ways to share books with students.  I have always found that standing and delivering content leads to comatose students.  If I could come up with a way to engage student during the booktalk I may just increase engagement.  So I have used several techniques and edtech solutions.  Choose Your Own Booktalk (CROB) One such solution was borrowed from a favorite book of mine which I call CROB or Choose Your Own Booktalk (Click link to see an example).  How many of you loved Choose Your Own Adventure books as…

  • Ebooks & Webcomics for FREE
    eBooks

    Yes, Graphic Novels are Reading and other FREE Online Sources

    Finding open source quality eBooks can be a struggle. As I was looking for other items I came across a beautifully illustrated version of Aesop’s Fables presented by The US Library of Congress. The US Library of Congress is one of the underutilized resources out there (in my humble opinion).  Another resource that I quite enjoy are the plethora of webcomics that are updated nearly every day.  During the pandemic I created a google doc with some of my favorites.  Some are for younger and some are for older audiences but the graphic format is extremely popular with students and adult alike. I recently went to an author talk with…