Digital Booktalk™ (DBT) expands Chambers’ literary booktalk model by providing children with interactive visuals of the books that they used to only read. Many children are reluctant to read and would rather watch a movie made from books. It is their belief that you can use that reality as an educational advantage. Drs. Kenny and Gunter hypothesize that, if a student experiences a 2-minute book trailer done in the style of a motion picture, they will be better able to find a book that matches their interests, and will expand their reading to an ever-widening range. Furthermore, they believe that the book trailer production process is a fun and effective literacy pedagogy for today’s technologically advanced youth. Currently, 47trailers of classic titles are complete. More trailers are being added regularly by UCF students and by those submitted by students in K-12 schools across the country who use the UB-the-Director™ trailer-building activity in their classrooms. On-going research is being conducted as to the effectiveness of the site and its associated activities. This has been added to Reference Resources Subect Tracer™ Information Blog.
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