Mission Viejo Library, April 14 2014 with Cen Campbell & Carisa Kluver

1. Mission Viejo
Public Library
April 14, 2014
Cen Campbell & Carisa Kluver

2. Questions?
Apps you’ve tried?
Other digital tools you’ve tried?
Challenges & Successes?
What have you been up to?

3. 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?

4. ● Check-in
● Touchpoints
● Competencies
● Hands-on practice in a supportive
environment
● Parent questions
What are we doing today?

5. ● Presentations
○ Storytime Practice Assignment
○ At least 3 different types of digital tools
○ Competencies
● Constructive Feedback
● Unfinished Business
What are we doing tomorrow?

6. Brazelton Touchpoints

7. Touchpoints Guiding Principles

8. ● 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

9. Talk
Sing
Read
Write
Play
Phonological Awareness
Narrative Skills
Vocabulary
Print Awareness
Print Motivation
Letter Knowledge
Supporting Parents

10. 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

11. Nosy Crow Fairy Tale
Cat in the Hat Learning Library
Bean’s Baby
Developmentally Appropriate?

12. ● Content
● Interactivity
● Text & Readability
● Ease of Use
● Use in Storytime/Home
Key Features

13. ● 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

14. ● 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

15. Parenting in the Digital Age

16. ● Engagement: Focus on the parent-child
relationship
● Resources/Research
● Technology as a tool (not a replacement)
● Not all screens are created equal
Parent Questions

17. ● Welcome slide
● Images
● Lyrics (optional)
● Prompts (optional)
● Resource slide (with links; can be
uploaded to website)
iPad as presentation tool

18. ● 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

19. 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...