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AASL 2011 National Conference. Books, E-Ink, and Databases, Oh My! Collection Development in the 21 st Century iPads in the School Library Angela Carstensen. Background. Convent of the Sacred Heart, New York, NY 690 students, PK3-12, all girls ~50 students per grade Two libraries - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
AASL 2011 National Conference
Books, E-Ink, and Databases, Oh My! Collection Development in the 21st Century
iPads in the School Library
Angela Carstensen
Background
Convent of the Sacred Heart, New York, NY690 students, PK3-12, all girls~50 students per grade
Two librariesLower/Middle School (grades PK3-8)Upper School (grades 9-12)
Technology & Research
Technology • Mac school• Laptops available, but not 1-1• Smartboards
iPad Proposal
NYSAIS Workshop
“If you build it, they will come”
“How iPads will be used in the US Library”
Initial App Suggestions, March 2011
• EbscoHost• Gale Access my Library• Google Books• Overdrive (NYPL)• Stanza• Keynote• Dropbox
Reality
• Teachers need access• App budget for experimentation• Designated Tech staff• Decide on productivity apps• iPads are 1-to-1 devices– Email– Saving work– Personal ebook libraries
Library iPads
Cart
Library iPads
Teachers• sign-out sheet• locationStudents• Downloading apps / AUP • Videos & Games
Adding Apps
Self Service Folder
Casper
Adding websites as apps
Casper
Casper
Casper
Casper
Safari
Purchasing Apps
• iTunes Gift cards
• App Store Volume Purchasing Program
Use in the Classroom
• Math – Algebra I
• Spanish
• Religion
• Science
Recommended Apps
Teachers• TeacherPal (free)• Splashtop Whiteboard ($9.99)
All• Scan to Pdf ($3.99)• iAnnotate PDF ($9.99)
Research in the Library
WHAT’S NEW:
•Intuitive & engaging homepage
•Improved navigation & organization
•Dynamic subject tree
•Results show book covers
•Enhanced relevance search & filtering
• Multi-page viewing
• Switch interface to another language
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STILL RETAINS THE SAME FEATURES YOU’VE COME TO EXPECT:
•Single-source unlimited user access to thousands of full-text authoritative reference works
•Hundreds of award-winning titles
• Over 70 leading publishing partners and growing
•Toolbox allows email, download, listen, print, send articles to portable devices, MP3, and translate into 13 languages
• Seamlessly cross-search your collection within PowerSearch, InfoTrac and other digital resources from Gale
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Research in the Library
Google Search App
Making a shared device work
• Google Books & Google Docs• Email– Teach students to add & delete an e-mail account
per use, when needed• Dropbox– Free App, 2G of storage free ; log in & out each use. – If a student wanted to use Dropbox instead of a
flashdrive, they could pay monthly for more space. Each user has their own account.
Bluefire Reader App
Overdrive App
Recommended Resources
• Ipads in Education,http://ipadeducators.ning.com/
• Apps in Education,www.appsineducation.blogspot.com
Angela CarstensenHead Librarian, Convent of the Sacred HeartNew York, NY
Twitter: @AngeReadsBlog: Adult Books 4 Teens (SLJ)