Features include:

• Each student has a private database to record their reading and writing about what they read. (no tests to take)
• The students can read anything:
  • Books, periodicals, graphic novels, newspapers, reference books, internet sites, etc.
  • Anything recommended by teachers, librarians, parents, friends, or what they discover themselves.
  • Materials at, below, or above their reading level.
  • Parts of things or the whole thing (specific chapters in a nonfiction book, for example).
• The student writes about what they read:
  • A type of writing being studied with their teacher (a character sketch, a personal response, outline of the topic, description of the plot, important ideas, answers to essential questions, research notes, etc.)
  • Whether or not they liked the book or notes of recommendation to a friend.
  • Notes on the topic of a classroom unit where they are reading a lot about the topic.
• The student then can email a report of what they read and what they wrote to their teacher or librarian for a particular time period (reading for a topical unit, a week or two, a semester, etc.)
• The librarian can track selected students in a database.
• The teacher can track every student in each class.
• Both the teacher and the librarian can add comments about the reading and writing to the database.