Booktrack...ing?

Heya family!

By now you may have heard from the Sixers that I've been spotted at your house inside the light emitting box that lives in your living room area...

This is true and something that I find more interesting as the potential and technology grows...

A bit of background... I have been working alongside a university study to do with the engagement level of readers. This used a program where cinematic scores are added to narratives and match the reading speed and content. We looked at some readers of varying levels and analyzed the results for a significantly positive result!

For many of us, ahem... 'older' kids, the option may be a little distracting and silly, however for the tech savvy and media swamped younger guys, this provides an interesting option of engagement. Throughout their day there are SO many screens to negotiate and sometimes the options are too many for a serious sit down with silly OLD technology like a ... book...

This free option allows cinematic score and classic reading to assimilate in the form of an enjoyable motivator to inspire more reading... (Something that we should be ALL doing every night for at least 20 mins, right sixers ;)

The fun part for us is to utilize the software to CREATE our own narratives (our first learning goal)... and add music/effects to accompany... I CAN'T wait for the creativity to be unleashed!

Anyways, here's the link and the report.

http://www.booktrack.com/

http://tvnz.co.nz/seven-sharp/making-reading-cool-video-5873359

As alway, let me know THE BIG 5 (ask a sixer) about what you think about it!

Cheers Whanau