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APP SPOTLIGHT

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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

App Spotlight

Name of App

APP SPOTLIGHT

Name of App

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

  • Early Literacy iPad kits

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

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Inventioneers

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Thinkrolls

HARDWARE

Questions,Comments

THANK YOU!

Resources

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Quiver 3D Coloring

Little eLit

littleelit.com

  • Media Mentorship in Libraries Serving Youth article

Common Sense Media

Choose your apps wisely!

commonsensemedia.org

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"
  • interactive

  • developmentally appropriate cues for intuitive way-finding

  • not glitchy

  • 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!