Web 2.0 Shelfari
Shelfari is a free online program that allows users to create a virtual bookshelf of books they have read, plan to read or currently reading to share with others. It is a social site where people share and discuss their favorite books, join groups, add friends and make reading fun. On the home page, your book shelf will appear with the books you added to it showing what you have read, what you plan on reading and books you are currently reading. It also shows you what groups you belong to, links to your friends shelves, books you have in common and participate in many blogs. The program is user friendly as you just type in the book title or author and the search brings up all items related to your inquiry. After choosing a book, you can add it to your shelf, rate it, and let others know if you have read it, plan to read or currently are reading. It is a great educational tool to use with reading groups or book clubs or with class participation and much more. As a librarian, I am filing my shelfari with books that I would recommend my high school students to read and then get their feedback on if the book should be in the school media center or not.
I really appreciate Shelfari tool. I have lots of books bookmarked on Amazon, and love to share them with friends and colleague. This tool though, is collaborative and I can introduce friends to each other and being a network around certain topics. We can talk about the book and make connections to other topics we have in common. No telling what we might come up with together!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to start an online book club. Incorporating this and a blog creates a wonderful way to share a book and have a discussion from your living room. This will have to be something that I show our Language Arts teacher on team. We are blogging this year with our students so that would be a wonderful and easy way to implement the blogging strategy with Language Arts.
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