A to Zoo: meeting from the TEC Center at Erikson

A to Zoo
Thursday, October 17, 13

New Media

Welcome
• Thank you for coming, ALSC,
Children's Technology Review &
Fred Rogers Center
• Thank you for having us, TEC
Center at Erikson
• What's the big idea,
LittleeLit.com &
Digital_Storytime.com ?


Let us tell you a story
• As with most stories,this one
starts with a mommy and a
daddy loving each other very
much
• Two mommies and two
daddies, actually.
• In any case, this story starts
with the children.


In the beginning... LittleeLit.com
• Cen was a librarian who had a little boy named Jude
• LittleeLit was born when Cen wondered what it might be like to use an
iPad in storytime, and also what the effects of tablet technology were
on her little one
• Then several pilot projects, a call from the state library, national
committees, the development of an app, introductions to VIPs & many
conference presentations happened
• LittleeLit has grown from a wee blog to a think tank developing best
practices, presenting at conferences, writing a book & pushing for unity
in libraryland around the use of new media in early literacy programming


This is what LittleeLit
looks like

I didn't know I was opening up a
can of worms when I started it

In the beginning... Digital_Storytime.com
• Carisa was a social worker who had a little boy named
Zan
• One day Carisa went into a library to ask for help
choosing apps to use with her young son and the librarian
wasn't terribly helpful
• Digital Storytime is a database that contains just under
1000 reviews that can be searched and sorted
• Carisa has been the sole reviewer since 2010


This is what Digital
Storytime looks like

Carisa totally meant to kick some a$$ when
she started it

Love at First Blog!
• Cen contacted Carisa to ask if
she'd like to co-present at
NAEYC (they said no, but
Carisa said yes!)
• We began presenting and
writing together about app
evaluation and using apps in
informal settings (libraries,
museums, outreach & home)
• That’s Carisa, Warren & Cen at
Dust or Magic


Images from the LittleeLit think tank

An idea had been
percolating
• In my workshops, storytellers
always asked where to ﬁnd
good reviews
• I gave a list of review sites: SLJ,
Horn Book, Kirkus (librarians
trust those sources) Common
Sense Media, Kindertown,
Appitic, Moms with Apps
• They said, but where are the
REST of them? And who is
doing the reviewing? And what
IS an app, anyway?


My hubby made
these images for me

• We decided that as supportive
as both of our hubbies are, we
need to grow this project up
• Carisa's database was built by
her hubby, Marc


I met Lisa in Berkeley
for Brunch
• She mentioned the phrase
"Media Mentor" to me as a
concept that she, Chip and
others had started working on
• There was movement at a
federal level to leverage the
power, might and
resourcefulness of the public
library


Call to action for
playing with libraries
• "Now is the time for policy
makers and practitioners to fully
use the capacity of libraries and
museums in their early learning
eﬀorts"
• "In their 2013-2017 5 year
plans, 100% of state library
agencies are funding lifelong
learning programs, 80% plan a
focus on early learning"


Pioneering indeed
• Problem: when you ask a
librarian about apps, sometimes
all your hear is the sound of
tumbleweed
• Librarians have the right skills
to evaluate the children's digital
publishing marketplace
• We also have a presence in
every community plus the trust
of the public


What is he doing with
his ﬁngers!?!?
• While there is a lot of innovation
happening in libraryland
around the use of new media in
early literacy programming,
there is a lot of work to be done
to unify our profession's
approach to new media with
young kids
• There is a huge need for
"reference" resources &
professional development


This is Mike with a
stache

eBooks in Early Literacy
Conference in Tempe, Arizona:
loud call for librarian help

We made a big splash the
last time we were in Chicago
• A to Zoo for Apps Conversation
starter
• Chip, Lisa, Carisa, Cen +
LittleeLit think tank all put out
the call for librarian involvement
in digital publishing for kids
• We need to develop resources
for digital books similar to what
we have for paper books


But we kinda left everyone hanging...
...because we didn't have the bandwidth to actually BUILD the tool and provide
the kind of wide-scale training it will take to get children's librarians as
comfortable with digital books as they are with paper books


That is why we're here today
We couldn't do it in our own. But we can do it if we work together.


Warren Buckleitner

Children's Technology Review

Chip Donohue

NAEYC/Fred Rogers Position Statement

Rita Catalano & Mike
Robb

Fred Rogers Center

Amanda Armstrong

TEC Center App Review Matrix

Aimee Strittmatter &
Joanna Ison

Association of Library Services to Children

I HAVE THE SOLUTION!!!

But there's a wee glitch

Here's what I
propose
• Development of an ascomprehensive-as-possible
curation, evaluation &
recommendation engine to be
launched through public
libraries and curated for home &
storytelling use by librarians
• An accompanying professional
development system for training
media mentors


The Tool
• Comprehensive evaluation, curation & recommendation
tool
• Train children's librarian to review new media
• Develop mechanism for establishing interrater reliability
• Launch through public libraries


The Training
• We are already developing a framework as part of the
trainings & pilot projects we're conducting around the
country
• Digital badging system for training the reviewers to ensure
interrater reliability
• Training for library staff to serve as media mentors in their
community (on-ground & virtual options)


California State Library

is ready to rumble; other states
have expressed interest

Everybody Needs an
Acronym
• Access (community needs
assessment; access to devices,
expertise, space etc)
• Content (curation, evaluation &
critical thinking)
• Engagement (joint media
engagement; respecting child
engagement & engagement in
the marketplace)


I have all these pieces

Help me put them together

Suggestion: IMLS
Grant
• Phase 1: 2014 planning grant
($50,000 + 1:1 cost share)
• Phase 2: 2015 implementation
grant ($500,000 + 1:1 cost
share)


Suggestion: pilot
• California State Library
implement training & review
pilot with small number of
libraries
• Every Child Ready to Read is
working toward developing best
practices for new media
incorporation
• Mother Goose on the Loose is
already developing best
practices for 0-3


The Vision
• There will be a media mentor in every community who
develops programming that models the intentional,
appropriate and healthy use of mobile technology with
young children and recommends high quality, ageappropriate media as a normal reference interaction
• The librarian-curated app recommendation tool will be
available for free to library users through every public
library's website


Cross Pollination
• So many folks have expressed their support for this
project: developers, non-proﬁt organizations, advocacy
organizations, researchers, academics, journalists,
philanthropists, local & state libraries
• They are supportive because our society is in desperate
need of guidance for the use of mobile media with young
kids. We're downright confused about all this. Hang on. I
have to tweet something.


So what are we going to
do about this?

We’re going to put a media mentor in every library, that’s
what.

A to Zoo: meeting from the TEC Center at Erikson

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