"What Messages or Symbols Make You Feel Empowered?" A Virtual Book Experience with Tristan Strong.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- DeHart, Jason D., ; Densley, Ezra
- Source
- Journal of Literacy & Technology; Spring/Summer2022, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p33-45, 13p
- Subject
- Electronic books
Computer literacy
Literacy
Grading of students
Book clubs (Discussion groups)
- Language
- ISSN
- 15350975
This co-authored manuscript represents the work of a literacy educator/professor and graduate student in building on online book club experience for upper elementary and middle grades students in the Fall 2020 semester. Kwame Mbalia's Tristan Strong series became the central text for building reading and dialogue with students, and all interactions were in a virtual setting. While the book club approach is not remarkable on its own, the use of digital texts and the demands of the environment presented difficulties and generated implications that the authors hope will be useful for the literacy field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]