Slides from the Early Literacy & New Media for Young Children Pre-conference at the Alaska Library Association's 2015 annual conference in Juneau, Alaska.
3. Goals for Workshop
● Gain confidence to begin (or
continue!) intentionally using
new media in storytime &
other library programs
● Evaluate Apps & eBooks
● Identify ways to support
families and their literacy
needs in the digital age
4. The Plan
Introductions
What is New Media?
What Research is Showing and What the Experts Tell Us
BREAK
Librarians as Media Mentors
Every Child Ready to Read: Quick Overview
Integrating New Media into Storytime and Other Library Programs
BREAK
Digital Media Evaluation
Evaluation in Action (group discussion & sharing)
Wrap-up
7. Who Uses New Media?
75% of
households
have some
sort of access
to digital
media at
home
40% of
families with
kids under 8
own a tablet
72% of kids
ages 0-8 have
used digital
media of
some kind
Zero to Eight: Children’s Media Use in America 2013
8. What Do the Experts Say About New
Media?
● National Association Education of Young Children &
Fred Rogers Center
● Zero to Three
● American Academy of Pediatrics
● Lisa Guernsey (New America Foundation)
● Joan Ganz Cooney Center
● Association for Library Services to Children
10. NAEYC/Fred Rogers Center
Position Statement
Key messages:
● Intentional use of appropriate technology can support
learning & development
● Limit media use- interactive vs. passive media
● Special considerations for media use <2 years old
● Digital citizenship requires equitable digital access
● Ongoing research & professional development is
necessary
11. Screen Sense: Setting the Record
Straight
Key Messages:
● Caregivers should participate when
young children use digital media
● Help children extend the learning
experience beyond the screen
● Choose high quality content,
especially interactive vs. passive
content
12. AAP Policy Statement
Key Messages:
● Health care providers should educate themselves about media
● Children’s entertainment screen time < 1-2 hours daily
● Children < age 2 should not be exposed to screen media
● Caregivers should establish a family media plan
Dr. Dimitri Christakis
● New opinion
● New definition of “screen”
13. Lisa Guernsey
Context:
How is it being
used?
Child:
What are the
specific needs
of the
individual child
using it?
Content:
What is the
specific
technology?
14. Joan Ganz Cooney Center
Joint media engagement:
spontaneous and designed
experiences of people using
media together
15. Association of Library Services for
Children (ALSC)
● Discussions about new media
● Curated lists of digital media
resources for librarians
● New Media in Libraries Survey
● White Paper
● What else do you need?
16. How do Families
Decide What’s Right
for Their Young
Children?
from cover of This Book is Overdue by Marilyn Johnson
18. Young Children & New
Media in Libraries
Survey
71% have
used one or
more types of
new media in
programming
for young
children
415 respondents
58% plan to
increase their
new media
availability for
youth
39% use
devices in
storytime
22% provide device
mentoring
20. Every Child Ready to Read 2:
Quick Overview
Early Literacy
What children know about reading and
writing before they formally learn to read and
write
22. New Media in Storytime: Why?
● New ways to foster early literacy
● Equitable access to digital tools
● Model positive, appropriate practices
● Advisory for families using digital media
● Engage new kids, or kids in different ways
23. What’s in my toolkit that
helps kids learn?
Not how can I use this device?
24. New Media in Storytime:
Considerations
● Intentional Use! Use your experience & knowledge for
appropriate practice.
● Does it Foster Interactive Experiences?
● Does it Build Relationships?
● Does it help families practice Reading, Talking, Singing,
Writing or Playing?
● Does it promote Social/Emotional Development?
25. New Media in Storytime: How to Get
Started
Choose new media that fits
your space, your families and
program!
photo with permission
26. New Media in Storytime: How to Get
Started
● Know how the equipment works.
● Choose one digital element to integrate at a time.
● Practice, practice, practice!
● Plan transitions and create “plan B” for the
unanticipated.
● Include “aside” for parents about tool you’re using, as
you would do with other storytime elements.
27. Media Mentors in Action
Anne Hicks, Henrietta Public Library,
https://anneslibrarylife.wordpress.com
Carissa Christner,
Madison Public Library
http://librarymakers.blogspot.com
28. Media Mentors in Action
Sara Saxton, Wasilla Public Library
photo with permission
29. Book App vs. eBook
Happy Hippo, Angry Duck iBooks
But Not the Hippopotamus
iPad and iPhone
36. Creation Apps: Felt Board
ECRR2: Talking, Writing, Reading,
Singing, Playing
Felt Board iPad and Amazon
Felt Board- Mother Goose
on the Loose iPad
37. Creation Apps: Sago Mini Doodlecast
Sago Sago iPad
ECRR2: Talking, Writing,
Reading, Singing, Playing
38. Cornell Lab of Ornithology
iPad and iPhone and Google Play
Other Apps: Merlin Bird ID
ECRR2: Talking, Reading (and listening!)
39. Other Apps: Digital Music
● iTunes/Google Play (buy
or load music from your
library’s collection)
● Sound Cloud
● YouTube
ECRR2: Singing, Talking, Reading
41. Apps: Supporting Diversity &
Making it Relevant
Winter Is by Ann Dixon and
Mindy Dwyer
Auryn, Inc: iPad and iPhone
ECRR2: Talking, Reading
42. Apps: Supporting Diversity &
Making it Relevant
Mil'iq Maaliq-llu Qavartaliyartuk
(Milly and Molly go Camping)
Kashunamiut School District iPad
ECRR2: Talking, Reading, Writing
43. Apps: Supporting Diversity &
Making it Relevant
Hairy Maclary and Donaldson’s
Dairy
Lynley Dodd iPad and iPhone
ECRR2: Talking, Reading, Writing
44. Beyond Storytime: Other Uses of
New Media
● Stationary iPads in the library- App of the Week
● Literacy Nights for Families
● Early Literacy Support for Caregivers
● QR codes
● Remote Connections
● New Media Advisory
46. Beyond Storytime: Family Game Night
Words for Osmo iPad
Newton for Osmo iPad
ECRR2: Talking, Reading, Writing
47. Beyond Storytime: Math Night
● Up to 100 (with wooden
numbers) iPad
● Pettson’s Inventions
iPad and iPhone and Google Play
● Toca Builders iPad and iPhone
and Google Play
● Inventioneers iPad and iPhone,
Google Play, Amazon
● Endless Numbers iPad and iPhone
48. Beyond Storytime:
Early Literacy Support
Zero to Three-Let’s Play (Zero to Three)
iPad and iPhone and Google Play
Grow a Reader (Calgary Public Library)
iPad and iPhone
50. Beyond Storytime: Remote Connections
A Story Before Bed
iPad and iPhone or
Google Hangouts
Skype iPad and iPhone, Google Play,
Windows phone or desktop
Kindoma iPad and iPhone
FaceTime iPad and iPhone
51. Beyond Storytime: App
Advisory
● Brochures for parents
● Informal recommendations
● App lists on library’s
website or social media
pages
● App lists in book displays
52. Evaluating New
Media
● Your experience and
knowledge
● Rubric
● Review sources
● Time to play
Photo:wondergressive.com
53. Evaluating Story Apps: Good Night,
Good Night, Construction Site
Oceanhouse Media iPad and iPhone
54. Evaluating Toy Apps: Toca Nature
Toca Boca: iPad and iPhone
Check out the cool Animal Mask
55. Hands-on: Now it’s your turn!
● Divide into groups
● Pick an app
● Evaluate it as a group
● Pick how you would use it (in a program?
for advisory?)
● App Talk!
57. Wrap Up
Tell us something you learned?
Name one way new way you can support the
digital lives of families in your community?
Questions?
App Codes Giveaway!
