i Pods Audiobooks EBooks and More Empowering Reading

i. Pods, Audiobooks, EBooks, and More: Empowering Reading Through Your Library Lynne Webb Anacortes High School Nadean Meyer Eastern Washington University October 23, 2006 INTERNET@SCHOOLS West

“Readers are lucky--they will never be bored or lonely. ” (Natalie Babbitt, author of Tuck Everlasting) INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

So why do so many kids say-n “Reading’s n “I boring don’t like reading” n “I can’t have anything overdue – I haven’t checked anything out all year. ” INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

What can librarians do to help reluctant/struggling readers? INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

‘Hook’ students with the tools they love to use! INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

E-books n Public domain For Studying n For Early Readers n Microsoft Reader n Image by David Julian Edutopia digital newsletter 10/17/06 “Paperless Learning” – by Amy Standen INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

E-books- public domain n Project Gutenberg 19, 000 books http: //www. gutenberg. org/wiki/Main_Page n Univ. of Virginia - 2100 ebook texts http: //etext. lib. virginia. edu/ INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

E-books - General n Ask. Sam http: //www. asksam. com/ebooks/ n n n n e. Book Categories Classic Literature Legislative Texts Legal & Judicial Government Reports Political Resources & Miscellaneous Databases INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

E-books Univ of Oregon n http: //intersect. uoregon. edu/ n Part of learning digital reading n Historical diary n Now more books n With teaching materials n INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

E-book Peacebound trains n http: //korea 50. army. mil/peacebound/index. html n INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

E-books for Early Readers “Where children have fun learning to read!” http: //www. starfall. com/ n Interactive stories n Phonics n Games n K-2 grade INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

What the research shows us n Struggling readers may benefit from: n n n Larger print Listening to audio version of book Teacher Scaffolding – n n n example – tagged teacher notes to summarize at the end of paragraph look up unfamiliar vocabularyhighlight confusing parts Report available from: http: //www. recordedbooks. com INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

Microsoft Reader - features Free Download PC n Dictionary n Spanish/French n Highlighting n Text to speech n Notes, bookmark n INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

MS Reader Examples Download n Activate title n Pause n Speech n Notes n Dictionary n INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

Nadean - MLHS n n n Put the required titles on individual computers Demonstrate to new English teacher with class Features: highlighting, text speech, notes Individual need, hard to share for the features Audio promoted more interest with student motivation to get the copy INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

Curriculum Integration Ideas The Digital Reader Using E-books in K-12 Education By: Dr. Terence Cavanaugh http: //www. drscavanaugh. org/ebooks/ INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

Ebook Considerations No standards- ebooks n Different readers, downloads, pieces to make it work n Readability n On screen n INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

E-books- New Technology with promise n Sony n new reader ZDNet article on Sony Reader http: //review. zdnet. com/Sony_Reader/4505 -3127_16 -31660696. html INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

Readability scoring In Writing“Generally, readability is a measure of the accessibility of a piece of writing, indicating how wide an audience it will reach. Readability is a judgement of how easy a text is to understand. The understandabilty of a text is an interaction between the reader (their prior knowledge of the content and the text features of the material read) and aspects of the text itself. ” http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Readability_test INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

Lexiles Software n http: //www. lexile. com/ n Resource kit for educators including a method to analyze text for lexile level n INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

Lexile Reading Levels - Book Search http: //www. lexile. com n Search for lexile levels n Authors n Book Titles n INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

Readability Checks n Readability in MS Word n Word analyze-it-yourself directions n http: //www. irb. vt. edu/documents/Readability_Scoring. pdf Online Readablility Check with URL web site or. doc Word n Readability. info n n n http: //www. readability. info Can provide differentiation, different reading levels of same content INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

Audio books- public domain n Free Audio Books http: //www. librivox. org/ High School Classics- Scarlet Letter, Heart of Darkness, Frankenstein, and more…. Wind in the Willows. Gettysburg Speech n Libri. Vox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and release the audio files back onto the net (via podcast and catalog). Our goal is to make all public domain books available as free audio books. We are a totally volunteer, open source, free content, public domain project. INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

Nancy Keane’s Booktalks With audio clips n http: //www. nancykeane. com/booktalks/audi obook. htm check out to download n Popular stories to get readers interested n Linked from the publisher’s sites n INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

Audio- subscription, pay itunes- includes some youth titles n Audible. com n Leapfrog. com n Tumblebooks. com n INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

Things to consider: Audio book = Text book n Earbuds – new for each student – clean? n Cases- USB charger, lanyand, directions n How long to check out n Individual use and wanting to keep the tool n Identifying a computer with the downloads n Copyright compliance n INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

“Playaways” – by Follett INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

i P o d s INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

Ipods-shuffles- Nadean at High school n Purchased 4 through Best Buy Grants http: //communications. bestbuy. com/communityrelations/teach. asp Checked with Special Services for student names n Interviewed students n Added required book and recreational book n INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

Selecting the pilot students- MLHS n n n n Resource room teacher Willing kids Trouble with written text Emailed parents about the project Parents excited to try it Interview to select titles and their participation Demonstration INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

Trevor - MLHS n n n n ADD but eager Lost books Listened to one required – Holes Listened to one recreational- Hoot Didn’t answer notes Lost it- no lanyard- used at home and school Earned the replacement cost INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

Student words INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

Caleb - MLHS Resource room teacher recommended audio n Tried cassette, headphones n Said too large n Used ipod shuffle n Did not want to return n INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

Ipods Lynne at High School Just completed second actual checkout n Teresa loved it! – Recommended to her friends n Ashley came in with the “I’m only here because…. ” look – after an explanation about why we’re trying this (and she was helping) – she smiled! n INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

an ! I c ch it ove ks mu I l o y bo er enjo fast sa re Te I can multitask I can lis te while I’m n cleaning my room! INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

IPods Joanna at elementary school n n n n Past 2 years- k-6 i. Pod minis-refurbished Teacher suggests- required and recreational Leave at i. Pod at school- locked in teacher’s desk Librarian re-charges weekly One student ”read” 17 Treehouse stories and past AR tests for first time Just in time downloads- itunes- gift certificates INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

i. Pods Camas H. S. /Skyridge M. S. Started last year with 2 i. Pod shuffles each- now purchasing 4 more each (grants – budget) n Check out for 2 weeks – H. S. has waiting list of 10 people! n “We are delighted about how it is going. We Just got started last spring and so far this year word has spread quickly. No problems yet. ” (Rosemary Knapp, Camas H. S. ) n INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

Concerns- Library Headphones- cleaning ear buds n Restore content n Maintain copyright copies ( itunes helps) n Purchases cd or mp 3 copy and then put on i. Pod n Scheduling- amount of time to check out n INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

Reading Rockets About Us “Reading Rockets is a national multimedia n project offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help. ” n “Using audio books to Create Readers” (Reading Rockets article) http: //www. readingrockets. org/article/66) INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

How can Teacher-Librarians help? n Be knowledgeable about technologies and research to help struggling readers n Find funding to try new technologies n Educate and promote use of new tools to help readers. . INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

Always Remember…. n “What can I say? Librarian’s rule!” Regis Philbin (Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 2/17/00) n Students achieve INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

Presenter Contact Information Lynne Webb Anacortes High School Anacortes, WA lwebb@asd 103. org 360 -292 -2166 X 714 Nadean Meyer Eastern Washington U. Cheney, WA Nadean. Meyer@mail. ew u. edu http: //ahs. asd 103. org/Library/libra ry. htm http: //wlma. org/storage/ebooks/e books. htm INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

Credits n “Poseren” by Ianus Enabling the legal sharing and reuse of cultural, educational, and scientific works INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006

Program Words n n Today’s school libraries still promote reading and books, but the electronic possibilities allow a merging of the ways students can use and enjoy books and text. This session demonstrates how two librarians have been experimenting with i. Pods, audiobooks, ebooks, and readability of electronic text to improve comprehension and to keep our students reading. We will share our experiences and thoughts INTERNET@SCHOOLS West October 23, 2006