nookbookclubs


 * VITAL Grant Winners - High School Nook Book Club Management Recommendations**
 * Build in the students a sense of responsibility about the devices. Consider using student contracts, parental permission slips, and financial responsibility for lost or damaged devices, as you would do with any school property. Since it is likely that you may want to photograph the club, secure photo release forms, too.
 * Use SOAR to check out the Nooks and track their use.
 * In schools with staggered schedules, consider using lunch times or multiple meetings, so more students can be involved.
 * Combine the book club with a social media platform, such as Edmodo, Schoology, or Google Apps, so students can also talk about the books they have read outside of the formal meeting time. It also helps students who must miss a meeting keep involved with the group. Use the platform to vote on new books to read or to set times for upcoming meetings.
 * You can also use survey platforms, such as Survey Monkey or Google forms to vote on books to read. Use Doodle.com to find common meeting times.
 * In many situations, you can send the eReader devices home, but set periodic times to re-collect the devices to load more books and to secure them for the summer.
 * Have students post online book reviews to extend the club activities.
 * Caution students to use discretion when carrying their eReaders off of the school premises. In some cases, it may not be appropriate to use them while in transit. They should be secured as any valuable object.
 * Limit your book club members to a manageable number, so students have the opportunity to have good access to the eReaders and they can read in an uninterrupted fashion. Link who can join the club to those whose library accounts are in good standing to build a greater sense of responsibility.
 * Instead of having all students read the same book, another successful strategy can be to create smaller groups of five or so students who read the same title. With smaller discussion units, a greater variety of books can be offered.
 * Let students appoint their own discussion leaders and oversee the meeting. Be an active participant, but let the club be student-led.
 * If you have iPads, download book excerpts, so students can read portions of the actual book before committing to purchases.
 * Consider dropping students who miss more than two meetings without cause to make room for students who want to actively participate.