Keeping Secrets: Not in my DNA

Surprise! We have just launched the new Share a Story - Shape a Future blog. If you're using a reader, you're missing the fun, so click on through!

When we created Share a Story-Shape a Future 2009, we pushed ourselves to take advantage of the momentum and discussions generated by Jen Robinson’s question: How do we encourage reading aloud? We pretty much did everything on the fly. But now ... because y'all want to do this again next year, we decided to give it a little more spiff and polish. I was going to hold the big reveal until I had finished with announcement #2 (below) but I.just.couldn't.do.it.

Do you like the new look? Pretty snazzy, no? Don't you just LOVE the RSS feed logo?

So here's the other shoe: We are creating a one-stop place for you to find the the links and resources that everyone chatted about on the Tour. Whether you wrote a post or put something in a comment, we have pulled your ideas together - and linked them - in a single post. Here are the themes:

2009 Schedule of Events – The full week's agenda with links to host, guest and related posts all in one place.

Popular Reading Tips – Annotated descriptions of your ideas for incorporating reading into your daily routine

Literacy Resources and Tools – Other Internet resources for encouraging reading and helping young readers

Books and Booklists – Individual titles (children’s and adult), themed lists, and Read Alike Lists

There are so many books and booklist/read-alike recommendations that it will take three posts to gather them. One post is just too much.

There may still be a little bit of construction dust while LadyJava finishes up ... but look for new posts in the coming weeks.