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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
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Background Convent of the Sacred Heart, New York, NY 690 students, PK3-12, all girls ~50 students per grade Two libraries Lower/Middle School (grades PK3-8) Upper School (grades 9-12)
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Technology & Research Technology Mac school Laptops available, but not 1-1 Smartboards
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iPad Proposal NYSAIS Workshop “If you build it, they will come” “How iPads will be used in the US Library”
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Initial App Suggestions, March 2011 EbscoHost Gale Access my Library Google Books Overdrive (NYPL) Stanza Keynote Dropbox
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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
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Library iPads Cart
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Library iPads Teachers sign-out sheet location Students Downloading apps / AUP Videos & Games
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Adding Apps Self Service Folder Casper Adding websites as apps
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Casper
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Safari
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Purchasing Apps iTunes Gift cards App Store Volume Purchasing Program
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Use in the Classroom Math – Algebra I Spanish Religion Science
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Recommended Apps Teachers TeacherPal (free) Splashtop Whiteboard ($9.99) All Scan to Pdf ($3.99) iAnnotate PDF ($9.99)
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Research in the Library
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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 GVRL Logo
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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 GVRL logo
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Research in the Library
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Google Search App
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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.
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Bluefire Reader App
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Check iBooks Can we download all english books in our curriculum to iBooks? Do they then show up everywhere?
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Overdrive App
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Recommended Resources Ipads in Education,http://ipadeducators.ning.com/http://ipadeducators.ning.com/ Apps in Education, www.appsineducation.blogspot.com
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Angela Carstensen Head Librarian, Convent of the Sacred Heart New York, NY Twitter: @AngeReads Blog: Adult Books 4 Teens (SLJ)
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