[LM_NET] Time to GiggleIT with free online writing project!

[Katy Manck <katyroo@GMAIL.COM>]

As many folks in the US and Canada get ready for the new school year,
it's time to remind your teachers of students ages 10-14 about
GiggleIT, a free online writing project that's a  great
getting-to-know-you activity.

Designed to help children around the world improve their English
language literacy skills, the GiggleIT Project allows students ages
10-14 to contribute their writings to a free online book (eBook)
celebrating stories and humour from their culture.

Written by children for children, the eBook contains funny stories,
jokes and poetry from around the world. The GiggleIT project
encourages children to be creative and make cross-cultural connections
with youngsters from other countries as they learn about their culture
and traditions through humor, while also improving their literacy
skills.

Be sure to tell your teachers that free learning packages with
examples and worksheets connecting GiggleIT stories, jokes, and poetry
to their curriculum are available for downloading, too!

Each registered class will select GiggleCritters to decorate their
GiggleIT writings page. They can win cute, loveable Gigglepet prizes
through competitions which will motivate and stimulate students'
reading and writing skills.

Please help your teachers of intermediate and middle school students
(even high school freshmen) register their classes now at:
 http://www.iasl-online.org/sla/giggleIT/

The GiggleIT Project is a global collaborative publishing project
hosted by the International Association of School Librarianship
(IASL), working in partnership with the International Children's
Digital Library (ICDL).

Remember that registration, teaching resources, and all the wonderful
stories, poetry and jokes are free!
See y'all in GiggleTown!

Patricia Carmichael
GiggleIT & IASL-CYAL/SIG Chair
Independent Learning Centre Manager
Concordia Lutheran College
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
pac@concordia.qld.edu.au

Katy Manck
GiggleIT Publicity
Librarian-at-large
Gilmer, Texas, and Davenport, Florida, USA
katyroo@gmail.com

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