Apps for Your Youth Department

Apps for Your Youth DepartmentAngela [email protected]’s Services ConsultantIndiana State Library

Who am I? Who are You?

So you’ve got an iPad…

Media Mentorship

Media Mentorship - Objectives•how to identify and support the roles

librarians serve as media mentors to families in your community;

•evidence-based guidelines for media usage with young children

•how to partner with libraries to enrich your family engagement effort and support the goals of your educational program

Media Mentorship •72% of kids ages 0-8 have used digital media

•Parents and adults want to know what’s best

•What’s ok for my child? We can help with “appvisory” and “appplay!”

•Not all tech is created equal. Have you seen the educational apps section of an app store?

Why Apps?• Mobile/touch interface is easy

• Focus on the content and leave the tech behind

• More accessible for those with special needs, and really, accessibility for all

• Creation and Interaction (not just consumption)

• Publishing, coding, makerspaces, videos

How are libraries using these?

How are libraries using these?•Using digital media in storytimes•App Play and App-visory in Programming

– Digital Literacy•Library programs that utilize technology•Mounted devices•Circulating devices•Curated lists of apps & technology•Training teens as media mentors

Storytimes?•Who plans and performs storytimes here?

•Anyone use any digital media in your storytimes?

In Storytime – Joint Media Engagement •39% use digital media in storytimes: apps, music

•We still want to encourage interaction w/app use

•Supports what we already do!

•Consider tech: adaptors, set-up to mirror the screen

Circulation and Display•There are some libraries who have

purchased iPads, loaded them up with educational games and other apps and circulated them to their patrons.

•Mounted/tethered tablets – ex. Krayola kiosk

•Mobile labs

Circulation and Display

App Play and Advisory Programming•How to use a specific app•Appy Hour – share apps that you’re using

with others•Informal learning, skill enhancing or

content creation•Teen volunteers – train your teens to be

mentors with digital media•Happy Tappers for preschoolers or young

kids

School Age•Have an iPad class or app class – digital

literacy

•Digital storytelling – story arc (Toontastic)

•Tellagami – video with avatarhttps://tellagami.com/

School Age•iPad poetry –

+ Penultimate app – journal/paper & ink look

+Instant Poetry 2 – photo + “magnetic” words

+ Poems by Heart app – recitation, memorization; record your own voice

School AgeInstant Poetry 2 example

School AgeSTEM – app to introduce and support a

program:•“Bats! Furry Fliers of the Night”•“The Human Body”•“Our Amazing World: Owls”

School AgeTinkerbox – physics puzzle game; teaches

basic engineering concepts

School AgeStopMotion Videos – Lego app, Smoovie

School AgeLet’s take a look at some apps!

Teens – Photo editing & Videos• Make movies and GIFs – GIFFer is a great

app/iPhone

• Kong – make selfie GIFs; +meme machine + group messenger

Teens – Videos• Video ----iMovie, Animoto (pro is worth investment

for more options) • Stop Motion----Stop Motion Recorder app, iMovie,

Flipbook Teen Librarian Toolbox blog– Karen Jensen, et. alhttp://www.teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2015/08/makerspace-making-movie-magic-with-tweens-and-teens-in-the-library/

Teens – Art & More• Brushes – iPad painting

• Keezy – music makerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Foo7b0BCmaY

• Mad Libs

Teens – Art & More• Manga Camera

Teens – Art & More• LongExpo – Light Painting program

Challenges•The dreaded passwords and accounts -

licensing•Updating devices•Settings•Small vs. Large Groups•Paying for it•Storing/Charging, Syncing, and all those

accessories!•Partner with your systems/tech staff

What makes a good app?•Simple•No ads!•Great graphics•Enhances and doesn’t distract•For preschoolers: it encourages joint

media interaction

Finding Apps• Common Sense Media -

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/app-lists • www.appfriday.com • SLJ – Touch and Go -

http://www.slj.com/category/technology/applications/ • Kirkus Reviews –

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ipad/ • Find the Developers you like and go after their freebies• Young Children, New Media, and Libraries: A Guide for

Incorporating New Media into Library Collections, Services, and Programs for Families and Children Ages 0-5 - LittleELit book written by librarians and educators

http://littleelit.com/book/ - also includes evaluation rubric - https://littleelit.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/evaluation-of-new-media-haines-kluver.pdf

Resources• Best Practices for Apps in Storytimes – Cen Campbell presentation

(LittleELit.com) - https://ala.adobeconnect.com/_a1087453682/p73yvn708l8/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal

• Media Mentorships in Libraries Serving Youth – 2015 white paper & ALSC webinar, features other resources - http://www.ala.org/alsc/mediamentorship

• AASL’s Best Apps for Teaching and Learning - http://www.ala.org/aasl/standards-guidelines/best-apps/2015

• 50 Ideas for Mobile App Use in Libraries - http://nicolehennig.com/ideas-for-creative-uses-of-mobile-apps-in-library-services/

• 8 Great Apps for Creating Stop-motion Videos• http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/03/8-great-ipad-apps-

for-creating-stop.html

Angela [email protected]

Indiana State Library317-234-5649