I found this blog, which was linked from one of the blogs I follow, and it is fascinating! Here's a link to one of the posts that I found especially interesting, called, "Book Blogging Kids." Basically, this program/assignment/however you'd do it (I think it would make a really great continuing assignment) is for students to choose a book (it could be from a list, or any book at all) and read it. When they're finished, they write a blog post reviewing the book.
I think this is a really innovative idea for using technology to excited students about reading. I can imagine students getting really excited about their opinions about a book (whether good or bad) being heard by an audience, possibly even just their classmates, but still! an audience! It also makes them aware of the world conversation. Conversations go both ways: the student reads a book, and then the student is able to respond to the world about their experience with that book. It helps give them a sense of the "so what?" question about "why read?"
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