Slides from a workshop by Gail Lovely at the Early Literacy Conference PAEYC at The Fred Rogers Center October 2015

1. Take a Look at a Book
Using Books and Technologies
to Enhance, Excite, Inform, and Engage Little Learners
Gail Lovely - GailLovely@SuddenlyitClicks.com

2. Take a Sticky Note…
What is one
thing you hope
to “get” from our
workshop
together today?
Then find a partner (someone you don’t
know well) and together choose a book

3. With your partner
Task 1: Look at the book together
(1 minute)

4. With your partner:
Task 2:
 Choose ONE special picture in your
shared book (1 minute)
 Use a device to take a picture of your
special picture.
 Be ready to share why it is special.

5. Thank your partner.
Return the book to the table.
Find a NEW partner.
Task 3:
 Share your picture with your new
partner.
 Talk how you knew it was special.
 Make sure both partners share.

6. So
what?

7. Still, Books are COOL

8. Entrypoints.

9. Post-It Plus
iOS
Android
Free

10. Sometimes the book has it’s own
entrypoints…
ABC Music
Tacky the Penguin
But not the HippopotamusJnr Astronaut

11. Meeting and Knowing Authors

12. Skype an Author -
http://skypeanauthor.wikifoundry.com/

13. http://kidlit.tv/2015/09/steve-light-have-you-seen-my-monster/
KidLit - http://kidlit.tv/

14. Keeping it real…

15. Real World - Explore.org

16. Affordances
Technologies bring new options to our
work in literacy with young learners.
Doodlecast App

17. Padlet – www.padlet.com
iOS
Android
Web
free

18. QR Codes
Download and install this app to read QR Codes…
i-nigma
http://www.i-nigma.mobi/
Free
iOS/An +
http://youtu.be/hSA3YsBy_pU

19. Link to Websites
http://padlet.com/glovely/blue

20. Google Tone
http://g.co/tone
Free
For Chrome
You could also explore “Chirp” (an iPhone app).

21. Aurasma - www.aurasma.com
(and app)
Have an “aura” (the media)
Have a “target” (the trigger)
Create an aura
Free
iOS/An
Web also
http://youtu.be/iX52J3I3Eyw

22. How many Duplo bricks make Brickley?
iOS
Android
Free

23. Extensions.

25. Chatterpix Kids - App
iOS
$$$

26. Fotobabble - http://www.fotobabble.com (app too)
iOS
Web
http://www.fotobabble.com/m/TVNWVlhkQko2ZlE9

27. Self-made Books
From the Red Jumper Blog: http://www.redjumper.net/blog/2015/10/dad-teaches-his-daughter-phonics-with-book-creator/

28. Storybird – www.storybird.com
web

29. Little Bird Tales - www.littlebirdtales.com
iOS
Android
Web
Free

30. Book Creator
iOS
Android
$4.99

31. The magic is in the child, not the tech
Gail Lovely
”.“
Gail Lovely
GailLovely@SuddenlyitClicks.com
Materials from this workshop will be at Suddenly It
Clicks by Saturday Midnight… email me if you have
trouble finding them.