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Making the Most of eBooks with Elementary Students

Making the Most of eBooks with Elementary Students. Presented By: Ivey Carey-Librarian Eugenia Porter Rayzor Elementary Kellie Vaughan-Librarian Robert E. Lee Elementary Helen Krejci-Librarian Tomas Rivera Elementary. Books! Books! Books! Books Everywhere!. eBooks! eBooks! eBooks! eBooks!

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Making the Most of eBooks with Elementary Students

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  1. Making the Most of eBooks with Elementary Students Presented By: Ivey Carey-Librarian Eugenia Porter Rayzor Elementary Kellie Vaughan-Librarian Robert E. Lee Elementary Helen Krejci-Librarian Tomas Rivera Elementary

  2. Books! Books! Books! Books Everywhere! eBooks! eBooks! eBooks! eBooks! Are Out There!

  3. How do we……… • Define eBooks • Use eBooks • Create eBooks

  4. eBooks are…… • Digital files of text, and sometimes images, distributed through a variety of multimedia tools such as computers, smart phones, and electronic tablets (Kindle,Nook,iPad,etc….)

  5. TEKS Correlations for eBooks TEKS

  6. Use of eBooks • Informational • For research and personal edification • Recreational

  7. Use of eBooks in the Elementary Library and Classroom • Centers • Individual student use • Language development • ESL support • Curriculum Support

  8. Our Favorite eBooks Resources • AOL Kid Stories • FlipSnack • Follett eBooks • International Children’s Digital Library • PebbleGo • Scholastic • Starfall • Storybird • TumbleBook Library

  9. AOL Kids Stories

  10. FlipSnack

  11. Follett eBooks

  12. International Children’s Digital Library

  13. PebbleGo

  14. Scholastic

  15. Starfall

  16. Storybird

  17. TumbleBook Library

  18. Making an eBook • Simple to do and often involves uploading a file 1. select your multimedia tool (FlipSnack, Storybird, eBook Hatch, Bookbuilder, etc…) 2. provide a story board/ template for your students to write their book; students type the story in Word (younger students’ stories can be scanned into a PDF) 3. identify where all student work will be saved and the desired file name 4. teach students how to convert a Word document to a PDF 5. upload the files to multimedia tool and publish your book 6. post link to the book to your website for students to view

  19. Student Sample TEKS: 5.16 B • Students write literary texts to express their ideas and feelings about real or imagined people, events and ideas.  Students are expected to:  Write poems using: (i) poetic techniques (alliteration, onomatopoeia, (II) figurative language (e.g., similes and metaphors); (iii) graphic elements (capital letters, line length) Activity • The Important Thing About Light based on The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown

  20. Student Sample

  21. Student Sample

  22. Kaley’s eBook

  23. TEKS Correlations for Kaley’s eBook TEKS

  24. eBook Readers • Provides paid and free access to ebooks Nook, Kindle, iPad, Sony Reader, etc…. • Check with your school’s IT department before purchasing for school use • Learning with eBooks is fun!

  25. Resources Used For Presentation • Common Sense Media Website Reviews • eBooks for eKids 2010 TCEA presentation by Mary Strother and Bryce Kennaugh, McKinney ISD • eBook resource list • Encyclopedia Britannica • Google • Microsoft Picture Manger

  26. Our Contact Information • Ivey Carey-Librarian Eugenia Porter Rayzor Elementary icarey@dentonisd.org • Kellie Vaughan-Librarian Robert E. Lee Elementary kvaughan@dentonisd.org • Helen Krejci-Librarian Tomas Rivera Elementary hkrejci@dentonisd.org

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