On Friday I ordered books to sell for our school's upcoming author visit with Roland Smith. As the conversation unfolded, I found that I was talking with the author's pr person who is developing the website for his new I,Q espionage series. As she described the site, I realized that her website incorporated all the elements of a really good educational site!
Information - videos of the author answering questions, a section about revision and the writing process ala Ian Fleming, information about the locations described in the book
Interactivity - Q&A with the author, a forum where readers can discuss the books
Connectivity - links to other websites like the CIA, FBI, and Mossad
something to make tweens and teens want to come back to the site - 2 games and also contests with the prizes of pre-release books or technology
The website won't be up until the first of September, but the opening screen is already on the author's site at http://www.rolandsmith.com/ and it looks great.
I am finding that more and more authors are including curriculum tie-ins, standards driven information on their websites. Our K-4 buildings are hosting Debra Frasier in the Fall, and she encourages schools to have vocabulary parades where students dress up as a word. Her website is http://www.debrafrasier.com/ . In advance of her visit she sends schools copies of her books and notebooks with classroom activity ideas.
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