Using Apps Appropriately
- Technology as an invitation for relationship
- Enhancement to hands on activities
- Media should be intentional
- Prohibit the use of passive media
- Limit the use for children under the age of 2
- Balance tech and non-tech activities
Librarians as Media Mentors
- What is a media mentor?
- Knowledge
- Model
- Support
- What does it look like?
- Access
- Advisory
- Programming
Examples
- Endeavor Community Sharing Supper
What is new media?
- digital information - can be manipulated, is networkable, dense, compressable, and interactive
- Examples - the internet, APPS, CD-ROMs, DVDs
www.newmedia.org
- Media Mentorship in Libraries Serving Youth article
Choose your apps wisely!
An 'appy' story time
- #1 Question - Why would/should we use apps in story time?
- Common Sense Media Statistics
- How has it enhanced the story time experience?
- Postive and/or negative outcomes
- Personal Experience
- Disabled Adult Storytime and "Red in Bed"
- developmentally appropriate cues for intuitive way-finding
- read-to-me, read-to-myself options
- parent tips and developer support
- high quality audio (that can be turned off)
new media in early literacy - using apps in story time, being a media mentor, and apps that wowed kids!