Mission Viejo Public Library

April 14, 2014Cen Campbell & Carisa Kluver

Questions?Apps you’ve tried?Other digital tools you’ve tried?Challenges & Successes?

What have you been up to?

Since we saw you last…● Dimitri Christakis & Susan Linn● Pew Digital Life in 2025● Beyond Screen Time● Cris Rowan & Megan Egbert● Learning at Home● Kucirkova● ECRR

What’s Happening?

● Check-in● Touchpoints● Competencies● Hands-on practice in a supportive

environment● Parent questions

What are we doing today?

● Presentations ○ Storytime Practice Assignment○ At least 3 different types of digital tools○ Competencies

● Constructive Feedback● Unfinished Business

What are we doing tomorrow?

Brazelton Touchpoints

Touchpoints Guiding Principles

● Focus on the Parent-Child Relationship● Recognize what you bring to the

interaction● Value passion wherever you find it● Look for opportunities to support parental

mastery

Key Principles for New Media

TalkSingReadWrite Play

Phonological AwarenessNarrative SkillsVocabularyPrint AwarenessPrint MotivationLetter Knowledge

Supporting Parents

Why are we using new media?For whose benefit?Are we being explicit?Is it developmentally appropriate?Does it support parent-child engagement?What is the impact?

Reflective Practice

Nosy Crow Fairy Tale

Cat in the Hat Learning Library

Bean’s Baby

Developmentally Appropriate?

● Content● Interactivity● Text & Readability● Ease of Use● Use in Storytime/Home

Key Features

● Presentation (speaking, voice, eye contact)

● Facilitation (interface with group)

● Comfort/Flexibility● Knowledge of

Material

● Technological Skill● Supporting Key

Values (relationships etc)

● Developing Promising Practices (hopeful ignorance!)

Competencies

● Choose a song, story or rhyme you know● Depict your song, story or rhyme using the

Felt Board app● Explain how you can use this tool to

promote relationship building and early learning

Felt Board Activity

Parenting in the Digital Age

● Engagement: Focus on the parent-child relationship

● Resources/Research● Technology as a tool (not a replacement)● Not all screens are created equal

Parent Questions

● Welcome slide● Images● Lyrics (optional)● Prompts (optional)● Resource slide (with links; can be

uploaded to website)

iPad as presentation tool

● Digital felt board (or MGOL app)● Book app or digital book● Digital music or sounds● Non-book app (Wee Sing etc)● Create your own content (30hands etc)● Screen shots or images● Remember non-digital tools!

Storytime Practice Assignment

Technology handled with careful consideration, in moderation; in ways that fit in with the program’s intent and don’t overwhelm, that enhance but don’t replace, and that encourage parent/child interaction is appropriate for use in a Mother Goose on the Loose program.

When preparing your Storytime...