Becoming a media mentor : a guide for working with children and families
2016
Book
Media mentors guide children and their families in choosing and using the technology and digital media in their lives. Haines and Campbell describe what it means to be a digital-age librarian working with literacy development and children's media. Along the way they introduce you to some of the media mentors who have grounded their use of digital media with relationships that encourage joint engagement and enhanced learning.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9780838914724
- 9780838914717
- 9780838914700
- 9780838914632
- 0838914632
Description: xx, 154 pages ; 23 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
- Part I. Becoming a media mentor. What is a media mentor? ; Voice from the field : Carisa Kluver ; Media mentorship : research and implications for libraries ; Voice from the field : Michael Robb ; Media mentorship and the three C's : content, context, and the child ; Voice from the field : Lisa Guernsey ; Media mentorship and diversity ; Voices from the field : Susan B. Neuman and Donna Celano ; Media mentors : working with parents, families, and community needs ; Voice from the field : Jason Boog ; Media mentors and professional development ; Voice from the field : Sarah Houghton ; Three ways to be a media mentor ; Voice from the field : Michael Levine
- Part II. Media mentors in action. Media advisory ; New media in programs ; Access to curated media
- Appendix A. ALSC white paper : Media mentorship in libraries serving youth
- Appendix B. ALSC white paper : The importance of diversity in library programs and material collections for children
- Appendix C. Evaluating apps and new media for young children : a rubric.
LCCN: 2016013272
Control Number: 2354917
Publisher: Chicago : ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2016.Subjects:
- Application software.
- Children's digital libraries -- United States.
- Children's libraries -- Activity programs.
- Computer literacy -- Study and teaching.
- Digital media.
- Electronic information resource literacy -- Study and teaching.
- Libraries and families.
- Media librarians -- United States.
- Media literacy -- Study and teaching.
- Multimedia library services -- United States.
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