[LM_NET] SHARE: State-wide book contest blog

[Pamela Burke <pam.burke@GMAIL.COM>]

Hi everyone,
I thought I'd share our blog for the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award we  
have in Vermont. For the past two years we've had a blog where kids  
can comment on the books they read as part of the state-wide book  
award program. I have found allowing them to post comments to the blog  
once they've finished a book was a great incentive to read as many of  
the titles as they can. It is also a simple & safe way to teach 2.0  
skills. All posts are moderated for appropriate language and comments  
should be anonymous.

I encouraged my own students to make their posts meaningful & engage  
in respectful dialog with other commenters. I also tell them to use  
the same pseudonym for all their posts so they can develop an online  
voice.

We received 1,500 comments this year! (Of course, these are not all  
from my students, these are from students all over Vermont).
http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/


Pamela Burke
Librarian, Marlboro School
Marlboro, VT 05344
http://marlboroschool.net
pam@marlboroschool.net


SurRural Librarian
http://lib.surruralist.net/

Meet me at the Vermont Library Conference May 12 & 13!





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