I spent some time looking at the Library of Congress website, and what I found that has immediate use for me in the classroom is the site that has the webcasts of the National Book Festivals. At the site you can see various authors reading from their latest or most important works. I viewed Rick Riordan, a children's author who my son adores, and Tim O'Brien, the author of Things They Carried, a book I'll be teaching in the spring. There is also a link to "Poetry Out Loud," which shows people reading either poems they love or their own poems. There is even a link to student winners, which is fun to listen to. The website not only has the 2009 festival, but many from years past, so there are a lot of authors to find.
I also enjoyed the Calisphere site. What I like about that site is how easy it is to navigate. It is easy to click on reliable websites and other primary source links. This is going to be useful throughout the year.
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Thanks for this blog, Dena. You pointed to areas I had not seen in my searches. I love the "Poetry Out Loud" section and will make use of that. And I agree with you about Calisphere- very easy to navigate, and I like its visual set-up as well.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your research. I didn't know there is the webcast for the national reading festival and also "Poetry Out Loud". I will introduce those valuable links to my daughter who loves reading.
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