Monday, August 12, 2013

Is it an ebook or an app?

Theodore Gray, co-founder of app developer Touch Press, chimes in on the ebook versus app debate in a recent article on Stuff.tv titled "Disney Animated: the inside story of the most ambitious app in history." Gray says,

Monday, August 5, 2013

Speaker Feature: Cen Campbell


Presentation Title
Storytime has gone digital!

Description
Traditional early literacy programming supports the development of early literacy skills, fosters caregiver-child engagement and provides professional recommendations for high-quality, age-appropriate content.  Now that books and other literacy-supporting media are available digitally, children’s librarians are applying time-honored librarian skills like curation, evaluation and recommendation to the digital realm.


Monday, July 29, 2013

Speaker Feature: Warren Buckleitner, Ph.D.


Presentation Title
Thinking Outside the Page With Children's eBooks

Description

What is "the best children's ebook in the world?" The answer involves a fascinating exploration of digital media. Sometimes it's magic; other times dust. Let's look at examples of both.

Speaker Feature: Kathleen Roskos, Ph.D.


Presentation Title
The Digital Primer: Implications for Early Literacy Instruction 

Description

The shift from print to digital reading devices is changing the early literacy instructional landscape, but we are not quite sure what it all means just yet.