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Have managed to get a couple more books on the topic which have been helpful through interlibrary loan. I didn't think I would get them on time. One really useful one is "101 ways to get your child read" by Patience Thomson. It was published in 2009 so it is nice to find a "newer" book on the topic. It is good because in this book she addresses other ways to get children to read such as the internet.

Also received a book by Ilana Snyder called "The Literacy Wars" which is relevant because in a lot of the research there is the underlying factor that literacy is always being portrayed in the media in a negative light. Won't get into that too much though.

General OneFile had a fantastic article called "Making Time" by Oakley, Grace and Jenny Jay which looked at the introduction of electronic talking books. It talked about the advantages and disadvantages of them through a study that was undertaken. It was good to find a comprehensive article dealing with newer technology.

Managed to get flickr working the other night. Finally got to upload some photos which will be useful.

As I won't be able to be at the presentations I have decided to do a report on the topic. Although this does seem a bit boring after trying out powerpoint and photo story.