How about creating a Shelfari site http://www.shelfari.com/ for your class? This would allow it to be constantly changing and accessible from anywhere that has internet.
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Amy Lesemann <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > -- Yours in Christ, Mrs. Lori Weber Skills Teacher Sacred Heart School _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
