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=This is the wiki for BHL's GCBA + Digital Literacy Project=

The concepts

 * Promotion of reading award-winning books
 * Integration of digital literacy into responses
 * Connecting through authors via Skype

Rationale
The reading competitions we have done in the past to promote the Georgia Book Awards have been fun for the students who participated but have never really gotten reluctant readers to engage. By actively promoting the books through online author visits and developing final products that include digital literacy such as book trailers, websites, and other creative approaches, we can get beyond questions that rely on simple recall and encourage students to use critical thinking in conjunction with their interest in technology.

Ideas
Nora Leigh Baskin, author of //Anything but Typical// $100/visit Jordan Sonnenblick, author of //After Ever After// $300/$250 Laurie Halse Anderson, author of //Chains.// $300
 * Skype:** Several authors on the list use Skype for school visits:

Other authors who use Skype: Tom Angleberger, author of The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, does FREE Skype visits. Shelley Pearsall, author of All Shook Up, $130

There may be others who do as well. I have contacted Rita Williams Garcia (//One Crazy Summer//) and am trying to get her to think about it! It's probably safe to assume that $300 is the maximum fee an author would charge for an in-depth visit. **Books:** Have class sets (40 books) of 3 titles and 10 library copies of those three. Students could read at least one of the books and may check out books through the media center.


 * Audiobooks:** We already have Chains and Anything but Typical. .I will order After Ever After. These are MP3 CDs. We download the MP3 to a player and check the book out to student or teacher that way.

Standards: In addition to the reading 25 books standards, this could be used for many standards as well as character education. Persuasive writing Advertising techniques