eBooks for eKidsTCEA 2010

Wednesday, February 10th 11:45-12:45

session # 100527

Mary Carole StrotherLibrary Media Specialist

http://finchfalcons.wikispaces.com/

Bryce Kennaugh2nd Grade Teacher

Finch ElementaryMcKinney ISD

McKinney, Texas

Fun with Spot

Watch Spot Watch three Spot videos

Create a Spot StoryPick a scene, add characters, add props, add

words—then read the story. Save the story as a PDF, then use the video recorder in Smart Notebook 10

to read your story and create a movie for your kids.

Adventures with Spot Interactive stories

Clifford Interactive Storybooks

Meet Author Frank Asch

Frank Asch Animated Books

Author Mercer Mayer

• Little Critter Storytime Videos- These videos play through YouTube. If YouTube is blocked for your students you can paste the link into www.keepvid.com and then download the video.

Pick a Page Play and ReadAfter hearing and reading each page, use your cursor to

click on the animals and objects in each page.

Write a Letter to Little Critter

Sing-a-long with Little Critter

Story time with Robert Munsch

Read about it.Listen to it

Read about it.Listen to it

Read about it.Listen to it

Mem Fox Reads Aloud• Koala Lou• Sleepy Bears• Tough Boris• Where is the Green Sheep?• Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes• Hello Baby

See the videos of Mem Fox reading:• Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge• Possum Magic• The Goblin and the Empty Chair• These videos play through YouTube. If YouTube is blocked

for your students you can paste the link into www.keepvid.com and then download the video.

Eric Carle• See and hear Eric Carle reading his book The V

ery Hungry Caterpillar.

• See and hear Eric Carle reading Brown Bear, Brown Bear

Meet Rosemary Wells

• Author Video : A Visit with Rosemary Wells• Max’s Chocolate Chicken• Otto Runs for President• Read to Your Bunny• Noisy Nora• Emily’s First 100 Days of School• Voyage to Bunny Planet

Jan Brett Videos

Meet Mo Willems

Toot and Puddle

Author Videos by Scholastic

Storytime with Charlie and Lola

Learning to Read

• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?– Read along with Eric Carle, illustrator of this

beloved children's book.

• The Snowy Day– Follow the adventuers of a little boy in the city on

a snowy day.

• Black and Red Ants– One black ant and one red ant meet upon a hill

Highlights Kids

Corduroy in English and Spanish

StarfallLearn to Read

StarfallI Am Reading

Starfall

Between the Lions Stories

Childtopia Stories

National Geographic Young Explorer Listen and Read

National Geographic Little Kids Animals• Dolphins at Play

Learn about bottlenose dolphins. Get fun facts, pictures, and more.

• Koala FamilySee a baby koala ride piggyback, climb a tree, munch leaves, and more!

• Giant PandasExplore the world of a baby giant panda.

• LadybugsLook at more animals, like these lovely ladybugs, on National Geographic Kids.

Storyline Online23 online books from the Screen Actors Guild

• Here is a list of the stories, as of March, 2009 (list subject to change):– To Be a Drum, by Evelyn Coleman; read by James Earl Jones

Guji Guji, by Chih Yuan Chen; read by Robert GuillaumeSebastian's Roller Skates, by Joan De Deu Prats; read by Caitlin WachsSophie's Masterpiece, by Eileen Spinelli; read by CCH PounderStellaluna, by Janell Cannon; read by Pamela ReedWilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, by Mem Fox; read by Bradley WhitfordNo Mirrors in My Nana's House, by Ysaye M. Barnwell; read by Tia and Tamera MowryThe Night I Followed the Dog, by Nina Laden; read by Amanda BynesThank you, Mr. Falker, by Patricia Polacco; read by Jane KaczmarekMy Rotten Redheaded Older Brother, by Patricia Polacco; read by Melissa GilbertKnots on a Counting Rope, by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault; read by Bonnie Bartlett and William DanielsBrave Irene, by William Steig; read by Al GoreA Bad Case of Stripes, by David Shannon; read by Sean AstinPrivate I. Guana, by Nina Laden; read by Esai MoralesSomebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch, by Eileen Spinelli; read by Hector ElizondoThe Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg; read by Lou Diamond PhillipsMe and My Cat, by Satoshi Kitamura; read by Elijah WoodDad, Are You the Tooth Fairy, by Jason Alexander; read by Jason AlexanderWhen Pigasso Met Mootisse, by Nina Laden; read by Eric CloseWhite Socks Only, by Evelyn Coleman; read by Amber Rose TamblynRomeow and Drooliet, by Nina Laden; read by Haylie DuffEnemy Pie, by Derek Munson; read by Camryn Manheim

Into the Book

Teacher View• Explore the eight strategies using the menu on the left-hand side of

this page. Here's what you'll find when you click on each strategy:Student Interactive: teacher guide for each interactive on the student Web site Student Video: teacher guide for each Into the Book student video episodeTeacher Video: information about each Behind the Lesson professional development episode Lessons: additional lesson plans for teaching the strategy Books: a list of suggested books for each strategy Research: quotes and citations to research about the strategy Links: additional information, lesson plans and activities from other Web sites

Teacher View

Student View

Britannica Learning Zone fromEncyclopedia Britannica

• Click on Play

• Choose: I Can Read

Choose a book to read

If you click on the animal in the left hand corner of each book, it will read the story aloud.

Britannica Learning Zone fromEncyclopedia Britannica

• Click on Play

• Choose: First Steps

Choose a book to read

If you click on the animal in the left hand corner of each book, it will read the story aloud.

Britannica Learning Zone fromEncyclopedia Britannica

• Click on Play

• Choose: I Can Read

Choose a book to read

If you click on the animal in the left hand corner of each book, it will read the story aloud.

Britannnica Learning Zone fromEncyclopedia Britannica

• Free from the State of Texas– http://web.esc20.net/k12databases/accessk12.html

• Contact your campus LMS for your username and password.

Online Readers• Science and Social Studies Readers Pearson Su

ccessNet New ELAR Adoption

Tumblebooks

You can now download two different Tumblebooks apps for your iTouch or iPhone.

Discovery Education

Discovery Science ebooks

Online Readers• LitLibary Online http://litlibraryonline.com• username: read@llo.com

password: read2010• Leveled readers from levels 1-30 in English & Spanish.

Caldecott Kids Blog

• We created our videos using FLIP cameras. • Then I converted them to mp4’s to load on

the video iPods. – I used Format Factory to convert them. It’s free!!!

• Read the Book, See the Movie

Web 2.0 Tools

• VoiceThread for education– Maybelle in the Soup

• Mixbook– Caldecott Kids and Mixbook

• Slide– Caldecott Kids and Slide

• Wordle– Caldecott Kids Wordles

• Voki– Caldecott Kids Vokis

More Web 2.0 Tools

• Storybird-Collaborative storytelling for families and friends.

• Tikatok-Imagine a story, create a book

Storybird• Collaborative storytelling

Technology Tools atFinch Elementary

Creating Your iTunes Library

Mary Carole StrotherLibrary Media Specialist

Finch Elementary

Training Videos

• http://www.learningelectric.com/itunes7/• itunes tutorial by Apple

– http://www.apple.com/itunes/tutorials/

Open iTunes • Double click on itunes and you are ready to

begin to organize your library.

Download iTunes

iTunes is not just music

Favorite Podcasts• CNN Student News• Wild Chronicles Digital Shorts• Reading Rockets• Electronic Field Trips Webisodes• Nature PBS• Dragonfly TV• Miss Lori and Hooper on PBS Kids

Downloading Podcasts• Subscribe to podcast• Unsubscribe • Get episodes

Downloading Movies from Discovery Education

• Download videos in segments• They download as asf files• To play in iTunes and go on your iPod they

need to be an mp4 format.• There are many conversion packages.Format Factory- http://www.formatoz.com/

– http://media-convert.com/– http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/

download.htm

You can download movies from YouTube

• http://vixy.net/• http://mediaconverter.org./• http://keepvid.com/• Make sure you preview all videos from

YouTube. They must be G rated.• The movies from YouTube are flv• Choose to convert to mp4

How Do I Individualize Instruction?

• Create playlists• Create your own movies• Can record with a microphone-extra cost

Tips about your iTunes library

• The iTunes library will look different for each person that logs onto the computer.

• Under a teacher login –the iTunes library will stay organized.

• Under a student login- the iTunes library is deleted when they log off.

Sharing your iTunes library

On the top menu bar click editClick preferencesClick share my library on the local networkChoose between:

share my libraryshared selected playlists