New Found interest in Vooks!

Hello All!

So this blog and technology class continues to inspire me to continue my quest of new technology to use within the classroom. It just so happened that a few weeks ago in one of my educational graduate classes we were required to read this new type of young adult novel called "the vook." By definition a vook is a book that requires internet. What I mean is that some parts of the novel actually come in movie-like form that you have to have a secret code to access to get into online. These movies clip references telling you to get online come on any random page of the book, and the only way to understand the entire plot of what is going on it to access these clips. For example, the book "Skeleton Creek" is an excellent example of a vook. As you begin to read the novel(physical copy), everything resembles a typical young adult novel in terms of plot, character development, etc. But as you come across a certain page, lets say page 14 for example, there will be a sentence saying, "Please logon to website X to continue to view the story." The reader is then given a secret code to enter on the website which allows the movie to be viewed. Once the viewer is done watching the short clip, they then return to the novel to read on until another note in the novel says to refer again to the online movie clip.

What I found interesting about the "vook" genre is that this technology actaully acts NOT as a supplement, but rather as an important part of the novel that helps the reader understand exactly what is going on in the plot. The movie acts like a continuation of the story, and without internet access to these clips, the reader would not understand the whole story.

In conclusion, this type of technology could be very useful in my high school English classroom, especially for students who tend to get easily distracted or those very interested in technology. Sometimes its hard for students to sit down and read alot of pages in one sitting, but with the vook, "the student can take a break from reading, go watch the short movie clip, then come back to the reading." I think its an awsome invention that will change the way some learners begin and continue to read. Not only does it reach out to struggling students, but it also lends itself to students who learn by different methods, wether it be auditory or visual.

PS...I LOVE THE VOOK...........GO TECHNOLOGY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!