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• Tell us what you think! Anytime you have an idea or comment, use the Quick Feedback feature at the bottom of every page on this site.
• Tell your colleagues about us.
• Post a message on your favorite discussion board or listserv about this site and Textmapping. You will find links to a variety of discussions and listservs on the following pages: discussions | listservs
• Share your Textmapping lesson ideas. Submit your lesson plans to The Gateway to Educational Materials or The Educators' Reference Desk.
  
  Instructional materials such as lesson plans and teacher training resources that feature Textmapping, must be copyrighted as derivative works under the CCPL [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0]. Our entry on open content explains why. For more information, see the Guidelines for Using Our Content [http://www.textmapping.org/copyright.html#howToUseContent and our entry on derivative works [http://www.textmapping.org/copyright.html#derivativeWorks on our copyright [http://www.textmapping.org/copyright.html page. To see a list of Textmapping resources from other educators, visit our other copyrights page.
• Link to this site from your school, corporate, or personal web site.
  
  Copy this HTML link code to your web page. <!-- The Textmapping Project, a resource for teachers improving reading comprehension skills instruction. --><a href="http://www.textmapping.org" title="The Textmapping Project">The Textmapping Project</a><!-- /The Textmapping Project, a resource for teachers improving reading comprehension skills instruction. -->
• Send us copies of any instructional materials or teacher training resources that you develop, such as photographs and other images, video, lesson plans, and the like.
  
  Instructional materials such as lesson plans and teacher training resources that feature Textmapping, must be copyrighted as derivative works under the CCPL [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0]. Our entry on open content explains why. For more information, see the Guidelines for Using Our Content [http://www.textmapping.org/copyright.html#howToUseContent and our entry on derivative works [http://www.textmapping.org/copyright.html#derivativeWorks on our copyright [http://www.textmapping.org/copyright.html page. To see a list of Textmapping resources from other educators, visit our other copyrights page.
  
  We can use photographs in hardcopy form (paper prints), as well as in the following digital formats: TIFF, JPEG, GIF, and BMP.
  
  We can use video on 8mm, Hi8, or VHS tape, as well as in the following digital formats: MPEG, AVI, MOV/QuickTime, and SMIL.
  
  Photographs may be sent either by email to or regular mail [290 Glenn Avenue, Lawrenceville, NJ, 08648].
  
  We prefer that you send us Videos by regular mail [290 Glenn Avenue, Lawrenceville, NJ, 08648].
  
  We recommend that you check with your district to see if they have a policy regarding the conditions under which photos of students may be posted to the web. For a clear and concise discussion of the issues with respect to the use of photographs of people, see Dan Heller's Photography Business Series.
• Tell us how you use Textmapping. Tell us what has worked for you. Describe what you do. Describe how the students respond. Describe the results. If you can, include photos or video footage [see previous item, above]. File an action research report [http://www.textmapping.org/researchCallTeachers.html#actionResearchReport1].
• Add to the research base on Textmapping by conducting action research [http://www.textmapping.org/researchCallTeachers.html] in your classroom.
• Write an article about Textmapping - a personal account, a short piece in the local PTO or school newsletter, or a case study. Send us a copy, or send us a link to the article on the Web. If you need help getting published, let us know. We might be able to help. You can email articles to us at .
  
  Here are some places where you might get your work published:
  
  

  • The International Reading Association and IRA Councils and Affiliates|
  • National Council of Teachers of English|
  • National Education Association and NEA State Affiliates|
  • American Federation of Teachers|
  • The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development|
  • College Reading and Learning Association|
  • Journal of Reading Education|
  • Instructor Magazine|

  Note that you are free to publish commentary, news items, and scholarly reports (case studies [http://www.textmapping.org/researchPublished.html], action research [http://www.textmapping.org/researchCallTeachers.html] reports, and academic research [http://www.textmapping.org/researchCall.html] studies) under any copyright you choose. For more on this, read the Guidelines for Using Our Content [http://textmapping.org/copyright.html#howToUseContent] on our copyright page.
• Encourage academic researchers to conduct a study. Email them the URL for our Call for Research Page [http://www.textmapping.org/researchCall.html].
• Sponsor or partner with us. Or put us in touch with individuals and companies who might wish to collaborate with us. There are many companies out there - textbook publishers, manufacturers of markers, electronic whiteboard manufacturers, and school supply companies, for example - who may be interested in supporting the dissemination of information about Textmapping.
• Invite us to do a workshop [http://www.textmapping.org/workshops.html] in your school.
• Consider pledging [http://www.textmapping.org/support.html#whyPledge] future financial support.