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Posted by Joy Rosario on October 28, 2008 at 2:56am
Hi there from the Pretoria in South Africa! I am manager of the Thutong education portal and one of my tasks is to write articles for the Teacher newspaper - previous articles can be found in the ICT space on the portal http://www.thutong.org.za. The next article will be about using mapping tools on the Net to promote reading (am an ex teacher librarian) heavily influenced by a great presentation i saw on the Internet@Schools East 2008 program by Terence Cavanaugh (will be mailing him). I just wondered whether any of you had used mapping tools to do the same - maybe promote travel books? Imagine mapping Bill Bryson and his wonderful titles like Neither Here nor There or Down Under. Anyway, all ideas and input most welcome and I would of course give you credit in the article - it goes to 28000 schools. Best wishes JoyRosario Deputy Director National Department of Education South Africa work rosario.j@doe.gov.za or home jgrosario@mweb.co.za

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  • Colleen Williams October 28, 2008 at 11:16am
    Joy,

    You may know about these sites which are related to your idea:
    http://www.googlelittrips.org/
    http://www.thinkingmaps.com/ (These are used for reading and writing promotion/activities.)

    Also, you may enjoy this site which uses a map to promote Catherine Jinks' YA novel "TH1RTEEN R3ASONS":
    http://www.thirteenreasonswhy.com/

    Many of our states in America have sites with literacy maps of local or regional authors, for example:
    http://www.georgiacenterforthebook.org/Georgia-Literary-Map/index.php

    These are a few links found on our school's media center wiki to promote reading: http://ahsmedia.barrow.wikispaces.net.

    Please feel free to email if you'd like me to send links to more specific examples of the use of "Thinking Maps" for reading activities.

    Colleen Williams
    cwilliams11@barrow.k12.ga.us
    • Colleen Williams > Colleen Williams October 28, 2008 at 11:56am
      Regrets! Please note this correction: Jay Asher is the author of "TH1RTEEN R3ASONS."
      • Joy Rosario > Colleen Williams October 28, 2008 at 7:26pm
        Hi Colleen
        These links are super and I am thinking about moving the article into a broader dimension as a result - more around titles on travel/exploration/expeditions - this means that we can also encompass books on contemporary African history as a result.

        Thanks for your help, much appreciated.

        Joy
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