uk schools and the readers of tomorrow
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if:bookchris meadeUK SCHOOLS AND THE READERS OF TOMORROWif book then 2011
www.futureofthebook.org.uk
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How is reading changing in a digital world?
How can digital technology boost the appeal of reading for reluctant readers?
> How can we make the most of the digital technology we have in school to work creatively in English?
What is the future for reading and writing?
“if all the sky was paper and all the sea was ink…”
the word set free
readers of the future
bookstart > booked up
why have we all spent so much time
promoting the page when it’s WORDS we love
?
literature on the mainstage
in the places where people are looking
Write Back, Opening the Book, Creative Reading & Writing, Imagination Services, Poetry Society, Poetry Places Booktrust, Bookstart, Everybody Writes…
digital solves the problems…
> access for all
> a means to publish and distribute new voices freely
> text and performance together
> creative reading for real
some
schools
doing
books
differently…
Howdo we define
a bookif it’s not made of paper?
wingedchariot.com
Developing multi-lingual books for iPads
Research their use in London schools
book
a constantly changing form - from papyrus to codex to paperback to kindle to macbookand beyond
a symbol of freedoma container of culturea conversationa bounded entity…
And now we can make new kinds
book
Illuminations
digital expectations
• to read and write• to click through for more• to collaborate with others• to mix media• to reply
• to replay
Found
How to be Twelve
Trip to Mars
Inspire Rotherham
• The Walled Garden
Safe space for studentsto blog & podcast
inanimate alice
www.hotbook.ning.com
http://futureofthebook.org.uk/jacob/readernew.html
the research
96% of ‘lower ability’ students found it more interesting than standard approaches
86% of all students recommended it to other schools
Strong impact on Personal, Learning and Thinking Skills
“The normal way we read can be boring.However this was interactive and made my learning enjoyable.”
but… not just a cunning trick
to con non-readers
into looking at books
Imagination & Collaboration
• Wikinovel
• The 24 Hour book
• Public Poems
• Crowdreading
“the white board doesn’t work - which is good because it means I can teach the way I’ve always done.”
“young people understand this stuff - we don’t”
Helping teachers to‘get it’
training
technical skills
finding the tools
developing the
digital imagination
The Amplified AuthorThe Creative Reader
blogging tweeting publishing self-publishing illuminating learning conversing…
in control of their read/write life
Join the Unlibrary
> Personal profiles on the shelves
> Wall of messages, notes, images, thoughts…
Meet up online and for real
”the most important thing is to publish in people's hearts”
- Benjamin Zephaniah
young poets’ network
www.ifsoflo.ning.comwww.futureofthebook.org.uk