Digital Participation Project

For my Digital Participation Project, I explored both Pinterest and Goodreads.  I am obsessed with Pinterest in every way, and I had been exposed to Goodreads before, so I decided these were the best avenues for me to put time into.  I enjoyed both, but definitely preferred one to the other. 

Goodreads has proven to be something I really enjoy using.  I love being able to keep track of the books I have read, ones that are my favorite, and ones that I want to read.  I also love that I can "like" favorite quotes on Goodreads as well.  I also love that Goodreads recommends books for its users through user ratings.  I would love to eventually make a "bookshelf" on Goodreads for books that I think would be great for my students to use for pleasure reading books.  I am still working on figuring out the details of Goodreads, like the recommendations.  I haven't read a lot of them, and I'm not sure if I'll ever write one, but I do plan to explore the feature more.  I could also see myself getting my students to use Goodreads to track their reading progress.  It would give them a place to mark what they like and don't like and explore different genres.  I really think Goodreads is an incredible resource, and I plan to continue to use it for as long as possible! Here is the link to my profile:

http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4629107-madison

I also utilized Pinterest for my DPP.  I do love Pinterest for things like DIY projects and ideas, but I wasn't really sold on the idea of using it for teaching ideas until pretty late into my project.  I felt like I really had to search and look for pins that applied to what I was looking for.  I eventually found some Pinterest pages made by Scholastic and Random House Publishing.  These were really helpful.  I didn't pin a lot from them, but I did read them and look at a lot of the pins on the boards.  Below is a link to my Pinterest board:

http://pinterest.com/madisonbunch/a-good-book-is-your-best-friend/