The agenda includes: 1. Welcoming attendees and establishing the learning goal of "Seek, Peek and Play" which involves sharing, feedback, and exploring new tools. 2. Sharing learning about various Google apps, online book resources, image tools, and databases that can be used in a school library setting. 3. Discussing considerations for using ebooks and audiobooks such as format compatibility, device access, and selection criteria given user needs and budget constraints.

2. AGENDA:
Welcome:
-Establishing our learning goal
-”Seek, Peek and Play”
-Sharing/Feedback
Closing

4. SHARING OUR LEARNING:
HTTP://TODAYSMEET.COM/LIBRARYTECHNICIAN

5. GOOGLE APP: GOOGLE DOCUMENTS/JOYCE
VALENZA AND “THE TIMES THEY ARE
ACHANG’IN”

6. SHELFARI : ONLINE BOOK SHELF
• Get account

7. IMAGE CHEF: SIGNAGE

8. COMIC LIFE

11. GOOGLE APP: GOOGLE READER (USING RSS
FEEDS)

12. NAOMI BATES: YA BOOKS AND MORE

13. ANIMOTO: DIGITAL BOOK TRAILER

14. Naomi Bates: Digital Book Trailers

15. Sample of an Animoto Book Trailer
FINDING IMAGES: CREATIVE COMMONS

16. DATABASES:

17. VIRTUAL CLASSROOM LIBRARY PAGE: LINKS TO
DATABASES

18. PATHFINDERS:

19. WIKISPACES: BUILDING PATHFINDERS

20. Ebooks
Mrs. Duffee Seated on a Striped Sofa,
Reading Her Kindle, After Mary Cassatt

23. • Available 24/7 if accessing library ebook on
library database (ie. Destiny Library
Manager)
• Easy to Manipulate/use
• Allow for the reader to manipulate the text
• May enhance the reading experience
• May assist students with disabilities
• May include visuals, text to speech tools,
glossaries, etc.
• May be cheaper than hard copy
(Pertaining to school library usage)

25. Ebooks Audiobooks
Wikibooks
Digital Databases

31. Resources for E-books and E-readers
For Audio Books:
Audiobook.com
Audible.com
Learnoutloud.com
Novelsontape.com

34. • What are the needs of my readers/listeners?
• How can I maximize results with limited
spending?
• Can students use their own
devices/computers?
• What criteria will I use for material selection?
• Are the databases compatible with my
operating systems?
• Which format will I use ie. Audiobook (on CD
or MP3)? Ebook?

36. • Devices may/may not be compatible
• Only 1 book per device (ie. Ereader)
• Before purchasing a computer and network
based product be sure that the product is
compatible with your library systems.

37. •Google eBooks

38. Credits
All images are copyright free images from:
Slide 9:
Kulyk, Tamzen. "Resources for E-books and E-readers." Saskatchewan School Library
Association. Saskatchewan School Library Assocation, Spring 2011. Web. 13 Aug
2011.
<http://www.ssla.ca/medium_articles/submissions/pdf/spring2011_pdf/ebookreso
urces_tkulyk_spring2011.pdf>.

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