Google Lit Trips is such a great idea but the small number of books that they have at this point for the elementary level limits its use. I realize it's in its infancy and once more book guides are developed it will be an awesome tool to have available.
ScribleMaps will take the Flat Stanley studies to a whole new level as well as Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea and I can't help thinking that the
Word Sift reminds me of the next generation of Wordle. I don't know how much use I get from it in the library setting, but I think the classroom teachers would like it.
Wordle can be used by students while they learn the nonfiction section and the Dewey Decimal system. Teams are assigned a nonfiction section, they peruse find a book of interest, then they type the subject of the book at an assigned computer where a Wordle poster is created and displayed for the assigned section.
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