of interest. TV, films and music are stored and accessed on computers, MP3 players and online. Print circulation is down and more people are using electronic books and audio books.
A great resource that illustrates change in families with reading:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/books/27reading.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1&ref=education&oref=slogin
With the personal computer being a huge factor in our secondary schools, and this resources becoming more readily available in primary schools it is important to use electronic books and audio books in the learning a teaching. With tools like Diigo where students are able to leave comments, highlight... on the page it allows for powerful, collaborative engagement.
- Glutenberg Project
- Google Book Search
- iTunes
Awesome! It sounds like you are really switched on if you're familiar with Diigo and it's great to see you thinking of different ways to apply what you know in your environment. Congratulations on completing this web 2.0 short course! I hope you have enjoyed yourself and please let me know if you have any further questions or suggestions or would like some extra info/help on any of these sites.
ReplyDeleteThank you for all of your efforts:)
Felicity