LET’S EXPLORE WITH COOL TOOLS IN
THE LIBRARY!
Provide kids with books
and technology for
learning…
Library tools can make life worth celebrating!
Show a picture and get the attention of the viewer
Support students reading with books and tools each
day!
Show picture of children reading.
Kids can choose their own books in the library.
Show a student reading.
What are you interested in?
Ask a question to grab the attention of the viewer.
Picture to support this idea.
A tablet can open a whole new world!
Show a picture of a student exploring on a tablet.
Can you find something interesting to read on the
internet?
Ask another question to pique the interest of the viewer.
Show a picture of a student with a tablet.
Kids can learn to use iPads and basic technology to
perform tasks on their own.
"Learning anytime, anywhere becomes truly real
when students have a technological device in their
hands."
- Foote, 2012
This quote will support my idea of using the tablet to interest students in
reading.
Let children choose what they read to "hook" them.
Show students reading.
We need to place books in children's hands.
Students reading books together.
With support, they find books they like to read.
In my teaching experience, I have "hooked"
struggling readers with books that interest them.
Add this idea from my own experience working with children.
Kids that chorally read are excited about reading.
Show kids reading a big book together.
Listening to stories is another wonderful option.
Add a picture of a student listening to a story.
Reading on our level builds fluency and confidence.
Show kids listening at the listening center.
"Reading a book is like looking through a window!"
- Zetta Hupf
My buddy guides the way...
Reading with friends is the best!
My friend will listen to me read.
Show a picture of one student reading to another.
I think I can do it myself with this tool!
Show a student using an iPad.
Share the space and a book for pure joy!
Show kids in a library reading a book.
Research shows that leisure reading enhances
students' reading comprehension and language.
- a study done by the International Reading
Association
Add research to support my value and belief about reading.
Let's explore our world with cool tools!
Show a student happily reading or finding information.
“Students will read if we give them the books, the
time, and the enthusiastic encouragement to do so.”
- Donalyn Miller
A quote from a successful teacher of reading.
Video: I believe we can get kids "hooked" on
reading with books and cool tools in their library.
Short video of me telling the value of using cool tools to get kids excited about
the library.
References for Digital Advocacy
1. http://tinyurl.com/ooyscbz ;
Pratt Library – Reading Tails at Pratt Library: Kid in library reading
2. http://tinyurl.com/ngl23ab ;
AVIXImagery – A child reading – A kindergartener sits in the library reading her
3. http://tinyurl.com/pul843r ;
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Sarah Houghton – Children’s reading room
4. http://tinyurl.com/qff7k3w ;
Brian Fett – March is reading month
5. http://tinyurl.com/ngj2erh ;
Pratham Books – Children reading Pratham books and Akshara
new book
6. http://tinyurl.com/pa4khdt ;
Patti Jo Rak – I Love Reading
7. http://tinyurl.com/ovkdu4s ;
Cherlejoyful – The library 7
8. http://tinyurl.com/ozmqemo ;
P-Zilla – Touch
9. http://tinyurl.com/olaettn ;
Kirill Kedrinski – Young boy outdoors on the grass at the backyard
10. http://tinyurl.com/ppjbozs ;
P-Zilla – iBoy
11. http://tinyurl.com/mvd84w8
Mimi Van Praagh – Through the window
12. Curious. 2011. Beautiful Day.Gledhill, Mindy. 2010. All About the Heart.
13. Gledhill, Mindy. 2010. All About the Heart.
14. Foote, C. 2012. The Evolution of a 1:1 iPad Program. Retrieved from
http://www.internetatschools.com/Articles/Editorial/Features/Learning-TogetherThe-Evolution-of-a-11-iPad-Program-79728.aspx.
15. Miller, Donalyn. 2009. The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every
Child. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.
16. Cox, K.E. & Guthrie, G.T. 2001. Motivational and Cognitive Contributions to
Students’ Amount of Reading. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 116-131.
17. Krashen, S.D. 2004. The Power of Reading: Insights from the Research(2nd ed.).
Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, NH: Heinemann.
18. A collection of photographs from Leslie Smith’s personal collection used with
written permission