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Early Literacy,
New Media &
Young Children

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Claudia Haines
Homer Public Library
littleelit.com
zoobean.com
nevershushed.com

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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

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The Plan
Introductions
What is New Media?
What Research is Showing and What the Experts Tell Us
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Librarians as Media Mentors
Every Child Ready to Read: Quick Overview
Integrating New Media into Storytime and Other Library Programs
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Digital Media Evaluation
Evaluation in Action (group discussion & sharing)
Wrap-up

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Intros
Your name
Your library
Your interest in new media

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What is New Media?
?

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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

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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

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Children First!

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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

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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

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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”

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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?

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Joan Ganz Cooney Center
Joint media engagement:
spontaneous and designed
experiences of people using
media together

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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?

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How do Families
Decide What’s Right
for Their Young
Children?
from cover of This Book is Overdue by Marilyn Johnson

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Librarians as Media Mentors:
Lisa Guernsey’s Call to Action

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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

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BREAK

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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

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New Media in
Storytime:
My Toolkit

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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

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What’s in my toolkit that
helps kids learn?
Not how can I use this device?

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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?

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New Media in Storytime: How to Get
Started
Choose new media that fits
your space, your families and
program!
photo with permission

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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.

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Media Mentors in Action
Anne Hicks, Henrietta Public Library,
https://anneslibrarylife.wordpress.com
Carissa Christner,
Madison Public Library
http://librarymakers.blogspot.com

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Media Mentors in Action
Sara Saxton, Wasilla Public Library
photo with permission

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Book App vs. eBook
Happy Hippo, Angry Duck iBooks
But Not the Hippopotamus
iPad and iPhone

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Non-fiction/Information Book App
Oceanhouse Media iPad and iPhone
ECRR2: Talking, Reading

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ECRR2: Talking
Book App

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Toy App:
Sago Mini Monsters
Sago Sago iPad and Amazon
ECRR2: Talking, Playing

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Toy App
Vector Park: iPad and iPhone & desktops (coming
soon)
ECRR2: Reading, Talking, Playing

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Presentation Apps: Keynote, PPT,
Google Slides or Evernote
ECRR2:
Reading, Talking, Singing

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Camera
Super Hero!
Photo Booth
ECRR2:
Reading,
Talking,
Playingphoto with permission

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Creation Apps: Felt Board
ECRR2: Talking, Writing, Reading,
Singing, Playing
Felt Board iPad and Amazon
Felt Board- Mother Goose
on the Loose iPad

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Creation Apps: Sago Mini Doodlecast
Sago Sago iPad
ECRR2: Talking, Writing,
Reading, Singing, Playing

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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
iPad and iPhone and Google Play
Other Apps: Merlin Bird ID
ECRR2: Talking, Reading (and listening!)

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Other Apps: Digital Music
● iTunes/Google Play (buy
or load music from your
library’s collection)
● Sound Cloud
● YouTube
ECRR2: Singing, Talking, Reading

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Makey Makey
PhotocourtesyofLilaLeeLittle
ECRR2: Singing, Talking, Playing
Joy Labz: desktop

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Apps: Supporting Diversity &
Making it Relevant
Winter Is by Ann Dixon and
Mindy Dwyer
Auryn, Inc: iPad and iPhone
ECRR2: Talking, Reading

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Apps: Supporting Diversity &
Making it Relevant
Mil'iq Maaliq-llu Qavartaliyartuk
(Milly and Molly go Camping)
Kashunamiut School District iPad
ECRR2: Talking, Reading, Writing

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Apps: Supporting Diversity &
Making it Relevant
Hairy Maclary and Donaldson’s
Dairy
Lynley Dodd iPad and iPhone
ECRR2: Talking, Reading, Writing

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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

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Beyond Storytime: Around the Library

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Beyond Storytime: Family Game Night
Words for Osmo iPad
Newton for Osmo iPad
ECRR2: Talking, Reading, Writing

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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

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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

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Beyond Storytime:
QR Codes Around
the Library

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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

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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

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Evaluating Story Apps: Good Night,
Good Night, Construction Site
Oceanhouse Media iPad and iPhone

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Evaluating Toy Apps: Toca Nature
Toca Boca: iPad and iPhone
Check out the cool Animal Mask

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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!

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Resources
● Resource List
● App List
● Your Personal
Learning Network!
Photo: neighborhoodinvolve.org

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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!

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Contact Me
Claudia Haines
Homer Public Library
nevershushed.com
@claudiahaines