Somehow I had not yet heard about this video until today--a tribute to reading, and an obviously successful way to motivate middle-school students to realize that reading is a "cool" thing to do.
I learned about this one on PUBYAC. (By the way, if you are a youth services librarian of any type, you will want to subscribe to PUBYAC, the list serve that is a.k.a "the great brain.")
"Gotta Keep Reading"--Ocoee Middle School
http://www.schooltube.com/video/e9bd79d29b4d0e6a2345/Gotta-Keep-Reading--Ocoee-Middle-School/
Curious about the school, I located this news story via Google:
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2010-03-05/news/os-oprah-ocoee-middle-video-030510-20100305_1_music-video-oprah-show-reading
Enjoy!
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