Tablet Tales Training Discussion

On September 24, 2014, trainer Anne Hicks demonstrated the effectiveness using tablets in storytimes for young families. Please use the comment field below to generate discussion on using tablets in storytime .

Information on the fleet of iPads storytime kit can be found here: https://www.flls.org/storytimeresources/#tablettales

Handouts from September 24th New Media in Storytime Training

• Handouts 1
• Handouts 2
• ECRR App Handout
• New Media Resources – Multicultural
• New Media Resources for App Evaluation
• New Media Resources for Common Core
• New Media Resources for Content Creation

Helpful Links

• Apps based on Caldecott books and authors
• Integrating iPads and Tablets (Slideshare)
• littleelit
• pinterest.com/littleelit
• AnnesLibraryLife.wordpress.com
• Digital-Storytime.com
• NAEYC and Fred Rogers Center Joint Policy Statement (Technology and young children ages 0-8 -be sure to check out the Key Messages and the Examples of Effective Practice)
• Early Learning with Families 2.0 – California State Library Initiative (Digital Literacy, Young Children and Libraries: A Toolkit — coming summer 2015)
• Joan Ganz Cooney Center – Pioneering Literacy Webinar (to view the webinar, you must register)

Pictures

Tablet Tales resources have been made available through the 2013-2016 Family Literacy Grant