Learn about the many apps for both the iTouch and iPad to promote literacy. Many of these apps can be used both personally and in the classroom. There will be demos on audio and ebook apps as well as creative uses of apps not normally thought of as being used to promote reading and literacy. For a hands on experience bring your own iThing.
Learn how to use Photostory 3 to make book trailers. Book trailers are a great way to introduce students to books and help them select reading materials.
The Utah Instructional Media Consortium buys instructional videos using economies of scale for school districts and charter schools in Utah. You can download or copy the DVDs and use them for as long as you like. Come learn how to access the videos in digital and DVD format. We'll use eMedia. All the videos are easily accessible to every teacher in Utah.
Do you want to improve your library by learning to use some free online tools? This session will give you ideas for using Glogster, Prezi, Google Forms, U-Tips, Wikispaces and other free online tools to increase student learning in the library.
Link to resources:
http://librarypresentations.wikispaces.com/UCET+2011
