Could Diigo be part of the solution?

Just read this online and it made me think about how Diigo might be useful perhaps in this case. I am not completely sure, but...I must say I had never really thought about the lack of marginalia affecting books.

Going Out of Print

Another article I stumbled across. I thought this sentence was very relevant to what we have been talking about!

"Is Headmaster James Tracy’s declaration that whether a student reads Shakespeare in a printed or electronic format is “immaterial” valid?"

Check it out!

Great Web Site for Starting Research on Different Countries

IfItWereMyHome.com is your gateway to understanding life outside your home. Use the country comparison tool to compare living conditions in your own country to those of another. Start by selecting a region to compare on the map to the right, and begin your exploration. Click on the link below...

If It Were My Home

The Future of Reading

I just stumbled across this article...it even has a quote from one of our very own!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/books/27reading.html

The Internet of Things

Check out this great video on how we have changed globally because of the Internet!

Literacy Blog

Here is a blog that I have added to my RSS feed on a recommendation from our school literacy coach. His name is Tim Shanahan and he is involved in education at the K-12 and college level in Chicago. There are a lot of great resources that he shares as well as perspectives on literacy. Enjoy!

http://www.shanahanonliteracy.com/

Reading topics in February's eSchool News

February's edition of eSchool News doesn't say that it's focus is reading and technology, but the connections couldn't be clearer.

One teacher reports that third grade students who once “hated reading… suddenly feel like readers” in the article, “Ore. District says iPod fires up kids for reading.”

Nora Carr reviews recent research that places access to books at or above the same level of importance as parents' education level in the success of students. She then questions whether increased access to online texts can prove the same in her piece, "Can eBooks help bridge achievement gaps?"

If you haven't checked out this publication, it's worth a visit!

eSchool News

Does "My Taptu" mean anything to you?

More and more web apps are now available that allow you to change the appearance of the page you're reading or that accomplish for you some of the work of finding the articles or pages you want to read.

Have you heard of Pulse, Flipboard, or My Taptu? Or Instapaper? Do you currently use an RSS feed aggregator that keeps track of sites you're interested in and "pulls" new content onto a single page where you can view it all at once--or puts it into an email that gets sent to you daily? For a comparison of feed aggregators, click here.

For a quick overview of several of these apps, check out this NY Times article by Jenna Wortham titled "Apps Alter Reading on the Web."