The New Summer Reading

The Buzz BookMaking Summer Reading Viral

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Summer Reading

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Source: College Board

Source: College Board

Word Poverty

AliteracyThey can. They should.

They donʼt.

Knowledge Capital

Knowledge CapitalShared Cultural

Literacy

Kindergarten: High-Interest

Twelfth-Grade: Low-Interest

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Kindergarten: High-Interest

Twelfth-Grade: Low-Interest

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What Happens Here?

A school's culture has far more influence on life and learning in the schoolhouse than the president of the country, the state department of education, the superintendent, the school board, or even the principal, teachers, and parents can ever have." Roland Barth

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Ham-fisted

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Viral Reading

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“When we read a good book, the first thing we do is talk about it to our friends, and then we end up giving it to them and they read it, and so on and so forth. I mean, look at Twilight.”

Social Media with Reading

Social Media with Reading

Google this: using goodreads with students

Viral Reading

Tell a Story

Tell a StoryConnect a Tribe

Tell a StoryConnect a Tribe

Lead a Movement

Tell a StoryConnect a Tribe

Lead a Movement

Make a Change

-‐ Godin

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Summer Reading

War and Peace

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Summer Reading

War and Peace

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Challenge: If you say you are passionate advocates of reading, how are you building culture around this?