Why not simply use a web page (html or xhtml)? It would be easy to create
and maintain. And it would be easy to access: The students could access it
from anywhere that had a web connection -- your classroom, the library,
their homes, etc. You could have a main page that simply listed the books
(a link to each book's page) -- perhaps arranged alphabetically by author.
Each book could have its own web page, listing links to additional web
pages, each of which would have a review or other relevant contributions
from a student.
That's my first thought. I hope it's helpful.
- Dave
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Amy Lesemann" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; "Jeff Gaynor" <[email protected]>;
"Tony Moskus" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 2:44 PM
Subject: [MOSAIC] How to create a database or spreadsheet of books?
Hello - I need some advice. My students have been writing short book
reviews/summaries of the books they read and we're keeping them in a big
notebook. But that's unwieldy and not very useful. So I want to go
electronic, and have them write them (or the older kids will type them up)
in a database or spreadsheet that we can then reference. That way, kids
can
easily see what their buddies recommend, other books by the same authors
that kids have liked and so forth.
What should we use - a database or a spreadsheet? Excel? Something else?
We
have excel for free, but I can't really find a free database. It has to be
something most kids can use easily, so I don't end up doing all the
typing!
I figure first they'll type up something, then I'll have them type it in.
We
can link it to my webpage, too, so they can use it from home or the public
library.
Your thoughts? Thanks!
--
Amy Lesemann, Reading Specialist and Director, Independent Learning Center
St. Thomas the Apostle Elementary School
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