Presentation for the Read, Interact and Play in the Digital Age session at the 2012 California Library Association Conference. Presented by Cen Campbell.

1. Early Literacy Programming
in the Digital Age

3. Tablet Tales
• Proposal
• Budget
• Acquire the technology (AppleTV)
• Collection development (apps and iBooks)
• Survey and Ephemera (posters and book list)
• Pilot

4. Collection Development
• Traditional review sources (SLJ, Horn Book, Kirkus)
• App-specific review sources (Smart Apps for Kids,
Digital Storytime, Appitic, Common Sense Media)
• Book learning
• Storytelling collection
• App vs iBook

5. Pilot
• Community Libraries
• Develop materials
• Assess the space, technology and crowd
• Make mistakes

7. Sailing, sailing
Over the water
Sailing, sailing
Over the sea
Sailing, sailing
Over the ocean

8. Learning Styles
• Visual (image)
• Melodic and tonal (music)
• Kinetic (swaying)
• Visual (orthographic)
• Auditory (lyrics)

9. Outreach
• Books
• Felt board
• Draw and tell
• Library resources
• Music

11. Other Early Literacy Projects
• Darien Library circulating Early Literacy
iPads
• Watertown Free Public Library Digital
Storytime
• Douglas County Libraries Digital Storytimes
for Preschoolers

12. Want Some Help?
• Seek funding
• Write proposals
• Technology
• Collection development
• iPad drive
• Mounted iPads
• Circulating iPads

13. LittleeLit.com