February’s Challenge

 

Create an Active Bookmark
To celebrate World Book Day in March your February challenge is to devise an active bookmark to bring the humble book into the C21st.

The function of the bookmark is to note where the reader stopped reading.

 It can be any old scrap of paper that comes to hand, a leather strip made for the job or, if you are very rich, a jewel encrusted paper clip. 

You have seen bookmarks as souvenirs from museums, art galleries and holiday destinations. Now is the time to bring the bookmark up to date.

Think of the mobile phone. Twenty years ago it was the size, and weight, of a brick and only used by a very few. 

Over the decades the "mobie" has evolved into a wafer thin object that allows you to telephone, text, link to your home phone and computer, play music, take photos and is owned by almost a third of the world’s population.

 

So --- what can nanotechnology do for the bookmark? 

What can you come up with that would transform a page marker into something that would make reading easier and more enjoyable for the reader? 

For starters --- a built-in dictionary, magnifier for older readers, facility to note quotes, ---. 

Think about yourself as a reader and what you would find useful.

Ask your parent / carer what they would like on an active bookmark. 

 
Design your bookmark for the twenty-first century, listing its wonderful features to make reading an even greater pleasure, and present your design and unique features to your English teacher by the end of February.

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