Audiobooks Become Hip for Struggling Readers

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Audiobooks Become Hip for Struggling Readers

• Julie Doyle
• Scott Hensley

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Dont try to remember

• Youll most likely only remember only 1/5 of what
  we say today
  
• Visuals aids can increase learning by 400
• We process visuals 60,000 time faster than text
• Download the handouts from the conference website
  
  
• Or e-mail us
• Julie Doyle julied_at_interact.ccsd.net
• Scott Hensley books_at_interact.ccsd.net

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Becoming a Hip Audio Reader

• Digital is in, Analog is out
• Portable devise
• Small
• Fast
• Easy to use
• Fashionable
• Popular selection of titles/content
• Very current
• Featuring or created by kids their own age

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Hip Meter

• Slides with book ideas will have a meter
  measuring the hipness.

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Young people spend 6 1/2 hours a day with media

• Kaiser Family Foundation Generation M study 2005

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Todays youth are masters of Multi-tasking

• 1/4 of the time that kids are using one medium
  while doing something else media related at the
  same time

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What is Media Literacy?

• Component of information literacy
• Critical thinking skills necessary to analyze and
  evaluate messages that inform, entertain and sell
  to us every day
  
• Not passive use of media, but integral part of
  learning
  
• Making sense of the bombardment of all of the
  multimedia messages in todays world
  

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Same Goals for school librarians regardless of
Digital or Print

• Connecting kids to stories
• Developing literature appreciation
• Encouraging self-selected reading
• Preparing students to become independent readers
  and life long learners and
  
• Developing competent users of information.

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Sharp Contrast

• Teachers
• (Digital Immigrants)
• Integration of digital tools - sporadic
• Not in-tune with learning styles of todays kids

• Young people (Digital Natives)
• Totally reliant on digital technology outside of
  school

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Research shows decline in reading by young adults

• Correlates with rise in electronic media
  products
  
• Demonstrates need to focus on important role of
  technology based reading
  
• Step in the right direction
• 2008 New Award for best Audio book given by ALSC
  and YALSA sponsored by Booklist
  

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Years of Well Documented Researchon the Impact
ofAudiobooks on learning

• Improves vocabulary
• Enhances reading comprehension
• Increases fluency with reading models
• Access to literature and information beyond
  independent reading level
  
• Puts struggling readers on same par for
  discussions
  
• Simultaneous visual and auditory input to the
  brain strengthens the message

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Digital audiobooks in a variety of formats

• On-line - podcasts
• On-line video streaming
• Youtube
• CDs and DVDs
• Downloadable through a variety of services for
  purchase or loan through libraries
  
• Purchase downloadable formats
• Pre-loaded mp3 players

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Audio Books on CD can be hip if titles are popular

• Variety of sources for great audiobooks. Harry
  Potter and the Deathly Hallows released on the
  same day as the book.
  
• The key is to keep current and keep up with the
  most sought after books in your library.
  
• Provide space in library for listening.
• Booktalk the audios
• Play short preview clips
• Reasonable loan policies

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Graphic novels and nonfiction books on
Interactive CDs
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Downloadable Books

• Advantages
• Listen right away - no waiting, no shipping
• Own the content forever - stored on your
  computer hard drive
  
• Less expensive than CDs
• Large selection of current titles for all ages
• Listen to previews befor purchasing
• Download audio books from iTunes or Audible.com
  onto iPods/mp3 players
  

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Circulating iPodsat Lawrence JHS

• Check out the iPod with the book preloaded onto
  it.
  
• Students and parents signed contracts agreeing to
  not download anything or take anything off of the
  iPod.
  

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2 years of successful circulation Comments from
students

• Liked privacy and control of listening and
  learning experience
  
• Liked the hip factor
• Felt good about being trusted with the
  technology
  
• Read more books than ever before
• Good voice and sometimes sounds and music.
• Lost one iPod.

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2nd year broadened program

• Added 30 Playaways
• Preloaded mp3 players
• Easy to use
• Teachers liked being able to see what students
  were listening to
  
• Increased circulation

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3rd Year of Program at Lawrence JHS

• Added more playaways
• New titles on iPods
• Increased number of audiobooks on CD
• Circulation for all students
• Contract only necessary for iPods

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Project Gutenberg

• E-books and Audio books
• Most read by volunteers or computer generated
  voice.
  
• All books in the public domain.

• There are over 20,000 free books in the Project
  Gutenberg Online Book Catalog.
  
• A grand total of over 100,000 titles is available
  at Project Gutenberg Partners, Affiliates and
  Resources.
  
• Not Hip but free!

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LibriVox.org

• LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the public
  domain. There are several options for listening.
  The first step is to get the mp3 or ogg files
  into your own computer

• Search the catalog for available titles including
  many of the classics.
  
• Not Hip but free!

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On-line PodcastsHip factor - download to
computer listen on your iPod

• Childrens Stories
• StoryNory
• A Story for Bedtime
• Kids Learn Out Loud
• School Library journal for poetry readings

• Book Reviews
• Just one More Book
• Education Podcast Network

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More podcasts

• For more sites for audio or video podcasts go to
  Childrens Book Mall and search under podcasts
  
• http//www.childrensbookmarket.com/Mall/Mall.asp

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Student Created Podcasts
Collaborative project with 7th grade reading
classes
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Student created Booktalk Podcasts
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Video Streaming on-line HIP!

• Video Author Interviews at Reading Rockets
• http//www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews
• Members of the Screen Actors Guild reading an
  excellent selection of childrens books aloud.
  
• http//www.storylineonline.net/
• http//www.teachingbooks.net - subscription
  service with author interviews and a variety of
  resouces for students, teachers, and librarians.
  

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TeacherTube

• Digital stories on Teachertube great story by
  a first grader - Coperella
  
• Museum Mysteries Booktalk - reviews 3 books
• Book Talk with Miss Missouri - School TV
  broadcast - Miss Missouri reads first chapter of
  Lance Armstrongs autobiography
  
• Banned Books 2007

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Check out video book reviews at Bob Miller Middle
School

• http//ccsd.net/schools/miller/library_policies.ht
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