Using technology and global links to promote reading and writing for pleasure

Gotta Keep Reading

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNpNfhpqDk4

Why the interest in using technology with young people?

Storytelling with the Canary Islands & using video

The Write Path 2008Collaborative writing day with 15 schools from all over the world continuing 5 stories started by recognised children's authors. Website and blog produced, link ups by video call, instant messaging etc

World Book Day Video

Write Path 2009

• Many more schools interested • Email no longer feasible • Ning www.writepath.ning.com• Comics, videos, added• Books produced• Trophy awarded

http://www.writepath.ning.com/

Write Path 2009One week

Three illustratorsThirty one authors

Forty schools/public library reading groupsOne exhausted librarian!!

Fantastic comics

Tommy Donbavand first paragraph for Write Path 2008

http://writepath.ning.com/video/videostory-paragraph1-2009

www.tommydonbavand.com

Continuing paragraph to Tommy Donbavand video story 2008

http://writepath.ning.com/video/video-story-paragraph-5

So how was it done?• First paragraphs for each day uploaded to the site as blog post• Each school worked with pairs of students for one hour• Continuations were posted as comments on the blog• Some schools had video calls• Schools asked to blog about their experience and to upload photos,

videos and comic continuations• End of the week all asked to vote for favourite paragraphs via learning

gateway• One winning school announced & received medals and a trophy• All of the stories collated into two books making students published

authors

Write Path 2010

• 2 weeks• 60 schools • 2 primary school days added• Poetry day• No comics

Twitter

• To contact people• To build a personal learning network• With students• For fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuZSfvHHMr4

Finish with a song!I like big books

Bev Humphreywww.bevhumphrey.comLibwithattitude@bevhumphrey.comTwitter @LibwithattitudeSign up to join the ning - www.writepath.ning.com