WAKELET MULTIMEDIA READING LOGS

As a child I hated reading logs.  It was a nuisance to interrupt the "flow" of reading by writing down answers to prescribed questions.  Did my teachers even know if I finished reading these books?  Ever couple of weeks we submitted another index card with basic information including title, author, main characters, setting, conflict, resolution, climax, theme, plot, and opinion of the book.  Back then we didn't have the internet to copy from, but we did have our friends who could give us the Cliff Notes versions of books.  A few favorite books and authors stand out in my mind, but the index cards couldn't capture my true feelings about what I had read (or didn't read).

For some students, not much has changed.  There are still teachers who require reading logs, although brief, that record the number of minutes/pages read, a summary, and the authoritative parent/guardian signature to verify that their child had indeed fulfilled the reading requirement for the night.

With technology our students can learn through multimedia.  Shouldn't they express themselves through multimedia as well?  A Wakelet multimedia reading log gives students the opportunity to interact with a text, reflect on their reading, curate information that they find interesting, and organize their digital creations.  And with Immersive Reader Technology by Microsoft, Wakelet multimedia reading logs can be read aloud and even translated.  Now students, their classmates, and their teachers can have meaningful conversations about their reading lives.    

Feel free to copy my template:
​https://wke.lt/w/s/_IKPSe

Here is a multimedia reading log example for "Hacking School Libraries":