April 24, 2024

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Screenplays by the Book

Diane Sears | 12/1/2008
Using their trademarked, web-based multimedia program, along with computers and editing equipment, two UCF professors are enticing middle and high school students to read by helping them create Hollywood film-type “trailers” for digital books. Robert Kenny and Glenda Gunter have grown Digital Booktalk into an award-winning project with national participation.

On the web: digitalbooktalk.com

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