Google Book Club

The Concept

The Google Book Club is a global hangout for book lovers of all ages to share ideas about a book. A certain book is nominated per month/week. Then everyone gets busy reading! Everyone reads the book and comes prepared to the hangout to share ideas.

How will it work?

Schools, classes or individuals can join the book club. Simply check the time to participate and turn up (with a copy of book in hand, or screen!) at the designated google hangout for your region/area.

What is the purpose?

Students must participate by offering an idea to start the session. Students should come having read the book and ready to talk about ideas such as theme, character, language techniques, cover design, potential casting suggestions for a film version etc.

Students will engage in a collaborative, creative and analytical process designed to encourage discussion of the book in their own way, or on their own terms. It can be student-led, rather than teacher-led. Students can set further reading tasks such as:

- reading books from the same author

- creating a new cover design etc etc

They can collaborate further using Google Docs, YouTube, to celebrate, recreate the skills learned, and enshrine their findings for others to use.