Goodreads

Goodreads

Example Book Review Book Discussion Group Strengths · Build your own library of books and categorize them as you like · Read other’s reviews of books · Join or create discussion groups for books · Talk with authors

Weaknesses · If you don’t have “friends” when you want to see a review, you will see reviews from anybody · The children’s genre list has all levels and genres of books in it – not very helpful for a student to find an appropriate book

Opportunities · You can use a widget to post your reviews to your blog site · You can easily start a book club at your school · Great for browsing if you want to find a new book to read

Threats · Everyone can see your list of books · You have to monitor student set-up to make sure they don’t share personal information · It is geared toward adults so there may be reviews that are not appropriate for elementary school students (i.e. characters you most want to sleep with is a category of books in the “find books” section).

Ideas for the Classroom · Students can review books for their peers and read other’s reviews · You can easily start literature circles using the discussion group forum · An up-to-date way of keeping a book log · Student can compete to see who has the biggest book count