NYSRA Charlotte Award Nominated Books + Technology=Excited Readers!

November 3, 20094:00-6:00

Schoharie County Reading CouncilElizabeth Yanoff

yanoffe@strose.edu

Goals for the afternoonSharing 2010 NYSRA Charlotte Award

nominated booksConnecting to technologyBook talking with friends

NYSRA Charlotte AwardSince 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 & BloggingTraditional website

http://www.nysreading.org/Awards/charlotte/index.html

Word Press, build your site from a templateNYSRA 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=9780823420889Other related website(s):I really liked this view of the Auch’s studio.http://www.auchbooks.com/studioReviews:Cincinnati Libraryhttp://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/spotlight/feature.asp?id=10569Lesson plan ideas:Connect with your local animal shelter.

More online resourcesRickshaw Girl. Written by Mitali Perkins. Illustrated by Jamie Hogan. Charlesbridge, 2007.Author website(s):http://www.mitaliperkins.com/Our interview with Ms. Perkinshttp://charlotteaward.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/mitali-perkins-interview/Illustrator website(s):http://www.hoganbraun.com/http://www.charlesbridge.com/contributorinfo.cfm?ContribID=314Our interview with Ms. Hoganhttp://charlotteaward.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/jamie-hogan-interview/Publisher Website:http://www.charlesbridge.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=4449Other related website(s):Jane Addams Children’s Book Awardhttp://home.igc.org/~japa/jacba/2008/mainpage_2008.htmlReviews:CCBChttp://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailBook.asp?idBooks=2145Curled up with a good kids’ bookhttp://www.curledupkids.com/rickshaw.htmPaperTigershttp://www.papertigers.org/reviews/USA/papertigers/RickshawGirl.htmlLesson plan ideas:Resources from publisherhttp://www.charlesbridge.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=4449

NYSRA Youth Book Blog InterviewsEmail 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 Arthttp://charlotteaward.wordpress.com/charlott

e-art/Guess What is Growing Inside this EggVelma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly

We want your art!

PodcastingWhat 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, &

speakingFree 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 scriptshttp://www.digitalwish.com/dw/digitalwish/view_lesson_pla

ns?id=3233http://www.docstoc.com/docs/2784537/Book-Review-Podcas

t-Script-WorksheetTry 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 mapsMindmeister.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/teachersSocial networking

http://www.facebook.com/friends/?ref=tn#/pages/International-Reading-Association/81491751082?ref=ts

Voice threadhttp://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 ClubsRead 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 MembersJudy Ehrensbeck, ChairLynne BroschKaren BrungardStan CianfaranoMary Beth FarrPauline RasbeckDeborah TerranceEllen WilcoxLiz Yanoff

Resourceshttp://www.nysreading.org/Awards/charlotte/inde

x.htmlhttp://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.