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NYSRA Charlotte Award Nominated Books + Technology=Excited Readers! November 3, 2009 4:00-6:00 Schoharie County Reading Council Elizabeth Yanoff yanoffe@strose.edu. Goals for the afternoon. Sharing 2010 NYSRA Charlotte Award nominated books Connecting to technology Book talking with friends.
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NYSRA Charlotte Award Nominated Books + Technology=Excited Readers!November 3, 20094:00-6:00Schoharie County Reading CouncilElizabeth Yanoffyanoffe@strose.edu
Goals for the afternoon • Sharing 2010 NYSRA Charlotte Award nominated books • Connecting to technology • Book talking with friends
NYSRA Charlotte Award • Since 1990 the New York State Reading Association has sponsored the Charlotte Award, which is given every 2 years to authors and illustrators of books which are chosen by school age readers. • The goal of the award committee is to encourage reading and to help teachers find books that their students will want to read. • My goal has been integrating new technologies.
Technology & Reading • “As of 2005, 100% of public schools had internet access, and 94% had classroom instructional access” (Handsfield, Dean, & Cielocha, 2009, p. 40). • “Web 2.0 defined: “interactive version of the World Wide Web in which users of content also generate content for websites” (Gray, 2009, p. 1). • “technology should focus on meeting curricular goals or addressing a pedagogical problem, carefully implementing technology-based tools where appropriate” (Gray, 2009, p. 2) • Many free tools are available for you to use. • Meet your neighbor: How do you see reading & technology as connected in your life? In your teaching?
Websites & Blogging • Traditional website • http://www.nysreading.org/Awards/charlotte/index.html • Word Press, build your site from a template • NYSRA Charlotte Award • http://charlotteaward.wordpress.com/ • Albany City Area Reading Council • http://acarc.wordpress.com/ • Other tools for free web space & designing • http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/File+Storage
Online resources • Collection of information for the nominated books. Intermediate grade books. • http://charlotteaward.wordpress.com/intermediate/ A Dog on His Own by Mary Jane Auch. Holiday House, 2008. Author website(s): http://www.auchbooks.com/ Publisher Website: http://www.holidayhouse.com/title_display.php?ISBN=9780823420889 Other related website(s): I really liked this view of the Auch’s studio. http://www.auchbooks.com/studio Reviews: Cincinnati Library http://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/spotlight/feature.asp?id=10569 Lesson plan ideas: Connect with your local animal shelter.
More online resources Rickshaw Girl. Written by Mitali Perkins. Illustrated by Jamie Hogan. Charlesbridge, 2007. Author website(s): http://www.mitaliperkins.com/ Our interview with Ms. Perkins http://charlotteaward.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/mitali-perkins-interview/ Illustrator website(s): http://www.hoganbraun.com/ http://www.charlesbridge.com/contributorinfo.cfm?ContribID=314 Our interview with Ms. Hogan http://charlotteaward.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/jamie-hogan-interview/ Publisher Website: http://www.charlesbridge.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=4449 Other related website(s): Jane Addams Children’s Book Award http://home.igc.org/~japa/jacba/2008/mainpage_2008.html Reviews: CCBC http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailBook.asp?idBooks=2145 Curled up with a good kids’ book http://www.curledupkids.com/rickshaw.htm PaperTigers http://www.papertigers.org/reviews/USA/papertigers/RickshawGirl.html Lesson plan ideas: Resources from publisher http://www.charlesbridge.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=4449
NYSRA Youth Book Blog Interviews • Email Interviews • http://charlotteaward.wordpress.com/charlotte-interviews/ • Ellen Sinisi, photographer for Steel Drumming at the Apollo • Christina Kilbourne, author of Dear Jo: The Story of Losing Leah and Searching for Hope
Charlotte Art • http://charlotteaward.wordpress.com/charlotte-art/ • Guess What is Growing Inside this Egg • Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly • We want your art!
Podcasting • What is a podcast? • “The term podcast refers to an ongoing series or episodes of a particular programme” (wikipedia) • How do I do a podcast? • Integrated project with reading, writing, listening, & speaking • Free software, Audacity demonstration. • http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ • Charlotte examples • http://charlotteaward.wordpress.com/charlotte-podcasts/ • Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek • Martina the Beautiful Cockroach
Podcasting scripts • http://www.digitalwish.com/dw/digitalwish/view_lesson_plans?id=3233 • http://www.docstoc.com/docs/2784537/Book-Review-Podcast-Script-Worksheet • Try it out. • Create your own review of a primary grades Charlotte nominated book. • Consider what teachers would want to know about this book. • Title, author, grade level, plot highlights, why children/you like this book, who you think might enjoy this book. • Create a script with everyone having a role. • Practice. • Consider how you could use or share how you do use audacity in your teaching. • Share. Can I record you?
Mind maps • Mindmeister.com • http://flash.screeniac.com/mindmeister/mindmeister.html?TB_iframe=true&height=590&width=1050 • http://www.mindmeister.com/maps/show/33472805 • Connect to your neighbor: How could you use this tool in your teaching? • Create a mind map for your podcasting text.
What other tools are you using? • Wiki • http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers • Social networking • http://www.facebook.com/friends/?ref=tn#/pages/International-Reading-Association/81491751082?ref=ts • Voice thread • http://voicethread.com/#home • Your suggestions?
How can you participate in the NYSRA Charlotte award program? • READ the ballot books! • VISIT the Charlotte Award Youth Book blog for resources related to each title on the ballot and reviews for the books. • USE the books in your school’s morning or DEAR program. • INVITE a member of the Charlotte Award Selection Committee to come to your school to talk about the books and the ballot process. • DISPLAY the books in a special spot in the library; tally the votes on a display chart. • START a “Charlotte Award Club” for students and/or teachers. • ASK your parent/teacher organization to help purchase the books. • USE the titles in your PARP program or hold a Charlotte Award family event. • HAVE older students read the books aloud to younger ones. • CREATE a Charlotte Award shelf in the library with past winners • INVOLVE your community library, bookstore, pre-schools, senior citizens, LOCAL READING COUNCIL, and others (http://www.nysreading.org/Awards/charlotte/index.html)
Book Clubs • Read the book with your group. • What do you like? Not like? • How could this book be used in your teaching? • Share with the group your responses.
2010 Committee Members • Judy Ehrensbeck, Chair • Lynne Brosch • Karen Brungard • Stan Cianfarano • Mary Beth Farr • Pauline Rasbeck • Deborah Terrance • Ellen Wilcox • Liz Yanoff
Resources • http://www.nysreading.org/Awards/charlotte/index.html • http://charlotteaward.wordpress.com/ • http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ • Chiki, F., & Garcia, A. (2009). 21st Century Literacies: Navigating the Possibilities. School Talk, 15(1), 1-5. • Handsfield, L. J., Dean, T. R., & Cielocha, K. M. (2009). Becoming critical consumers and producers of text: Teaching literacy with Web 1.0 and Web 2.0. The Reading Teacher, 63(1), 40-50.