Monthly Archives: May 2015

AMORES E-artefacts Competition

Dear Colleagues – especially school librarians,

I’m involved in the EU funded AMORES project which aims to enable school children to Discover a love for literature through digital collaboration and creativity.

The team are very pleased to announce the AMORES E-artefacts Competition. This international competition is being held in order to encourage students all over Europe to discover works of children’s literature and use contemporary technologies to help them understand and interpret what they have read. .
What is an e-artefact? It can be produced in a range of digital formats, but for the purposes of this competition the focus will be solely on video and digital comic strips.
All interested students are invited to discover their love for literature through digital collaboration and creativity, and enter their e-artefact in the form of a video or digital comic strip in the competition. E-artefacts may be authored by a student or a group of students resident in a European country. The author(s) must be mentored by a teacher. Prior to entering the competition, it is recommended that all entrants familiarise themselves with the competitor guidelines. The e-artefact may be submitted online here. The competition closes on 15 June 2015 at 23:59 CET.

All e-artefacts will be evaluated by a jury panel composed of experts from various European countries (including Jane Secker, Chair of ILG), according to clearly defined criteria. The author of the best e-artefact, as judged by the jury panel, will get to travel to Dubrovnik, Croatia, for the award ceremony and the final event of the AMORES project. The event will take place on 18 November 2015 at the Valamar Lacroma Hotel, at the start of the CARNet User Conference CUC 2015. Prizes will also be awarded to two runners-up, while the winner of the competition will have a unique opportunity to attend the final event, accompanied by their mentor, and present the winning e-artefact to the audience, as well as exchange experiences with students from various European countries taking part in the AMORES project.

Best wishes, Geoff

AMORES E-artefacts Competition

Dear Colleagues – especially school librarians,

I’m involved in the EU funded AMORES project which aims to enable school children to Discover a love for literature through digital collaboration and creativity.

The team are very pleased to announce the AMORES E-artefacts Competition. This international competition is being held in order to encourage students all over Europe to discover works of children’s literature and use contemporary technologies to help them understand and interpret what they have read. .
What is an e-artefact? It can be produced in a range of digital formats, but for the purposes of this competition the focus will be solely on video and digital comic strips.
All interested students are invited to discover their love for literature through digital collaboration and creativity, and enter their e-artefact in the form of a video or digital comic strip in the competition. E-artefacts may be authored by a student or a group of students resident in a European country. The author(s) must be mentored by a teacher. Prior to entering the competition, it is recommended that all entrants familiarise themselves with the competitor guidelines. The e-artefact may be submitted online here. The competition closes on 15 June 2015 at 23:59 CET.

All e-artefacts will be evaluated by a jury panel composed of experts from various European countries (including Jane Secker, Chair of ILG), according to clearly defined criteria. The author of the best e-artefact, as judged by the jury panel, will get to travel to Dubrovnik, Croatia, for the award ceremony and the final event of the AMORES project. The event will take place on 18 November 2015 at the Valamar Lacroma Hotel, at the start of the CARNet User Conference CUC 2015. Prizes will also be awarded to two runners-up, while the winner of the competition will have a unique opportunity to attend the final event, accompanied by their mentor, and present the winning e-artefact to the audience, as well as exchange experiences with students from various European countries taking part in the AMORES project.

Best wishes, Geoff

Reading formats and gender research

Girls have more firmly embraced digital literacy and formats such as Facebook, email and text message, while boys are more comfortable with traditional printed media such as comics, manuals and newspapers, according to a study published by the National Literacy Trust.

The snapshot – based on responses from 32,000 pupils at more than 130 schools in the UK – found that girls continue to outpace boys in their enthusiasm for reading outside school at all age levels, with black girls in particular showing a prodigious appetite for literature.

Girls studying for GCSEs, for example, were more likely to read emails and social network sites than boys of the same age – and were also more likely to read fiction, suggesting that the growth of digital media has not diminished the popularity of literature.

Boys studying for GCSEs were more likely than girls to read print products such as comics, with 38% saying they read newspapers at least once a month compared with 30% of girls of the same age.

Overall, boys reported lower levels of enjoyment from reading than their female peers, according to the figures compiled by the trust. Boys also tended to read less often and think less positively about reading than girls did.

National Literacy Trust. (2015). Children’s and young people’s reading in 2014. London: National Literacy Trust.

http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/research/nlt_research/6646_childrens_and_young_peoples_reading_in_2014