Mother Goose on the Loose with New Media

Goose 2.0

Children's Programming & Early Literacy Consultantwww.mgol.net

betsydc@mgol.org

Dr. Betsy Diamant-Cohen

Founder, LittleeLit.com@littleelit

Cen Campbell

LittleeLit.com

• Young Children, New Media & Libraries:

• Promising practices for the incorporation of new media into library collections, services & programs for children 0-5 and their families

What is new media?

• Not just tablets & apps: any emergent educational technology

• Content creation via camera, video, microphone & writing/drawing & book creation tools, etc.

• Multimedia/Transmedia • Wearable Tech

New Media is:

• Manipulated • Networkable • Dense• Compressible• Interactive

What’s happening right now?

•What are the current controversies?

•What have your heard or read about lately

•What’s brewing at LittleeLit ...

Concerns about new media & children

• Commercial messages

• Displacement of time doing other things

• Eye/Neck/Body/Brain strain

• Less creative and open-ended play

• Less time running around outside

• Sleep disruptions

• Age inappropriate content

• Under 2s (AAP)

These concerns are all valid

• How can children’s librarians provide guidance for the use of new formats given that we have no long term research on the effects of mobile media with young children?

Model for Young Children, New Media & Libraries is a combination

of:

Pediatrics Pedagogy

Technology with young children!?

• NAEYC/Fred Rogers Joint Position Statement

• American Academy of Pediatrics• Brazelton Touchpoints Guiding Principles• Goose 2.0 Use of Technology Statement

American Academy of Pediatrics

Parent Recommendations from the AAP Guidelines

• Limit “entertainment” screen time to <1-2 hours a day

• Discourage screen media for children <2

• Keep screen media out of child’s bedroom

• Monitor media usage

• Coview

• Establish family media plan

NAEYC/Fred Rogers

• When used intentionally and appropriately, technology and interactive media are effective tools to support learning and development

• Intentional use requires early childhood teachers and administrators to have information and resources regarding the nature of these tools and the implications of their use with children

National Association for the Education of Young Children &

Fred Rogers Center

Guidelines for Educators

• Select, use, integrate & evaluate media in intentional & age-appropriate ways

• Balance of tech & non-tech

• Prohibit use of passive media

• Limit use for <2 year olds

• Consider recommendations from health orgs

• Equitable access to technology

Brazelton Touchpoints

Guiding Principles

Guiding Principles to Focus on

• Focus on the parent-child relationship

• Recognize what you bring to the interaction

• Be willing to discuss matters that go beyond your traditional role

MGOL Technology Use Statement

• Technology handled with careful consideration, in moderation, in ways that fit in with the program's intent and don't overwhelm, that enhance but don't replace, and that encourage parent/child interaction are appropriate for use in Mother Goose on the Loose programs.

Children’s Librarians Must Engage with New Media for Young

Children• Ubiquity of tablet technology

• Whether it’s good for kids or not, parents are handing the devices over

• Access to content (multilingual, diverse, high quality)

• Societal need for Media Mentorship

• Potential to increase the overall quality of content

Joint Media Engagement

• The New Co-viewing (Joan Ganz Cooney Center)

• Bringing families together around new forms of media

• New media can serve as a focal point for interaction, not the end goal

Parent Learning

• Support parents to be their child's first and best teacher

• To do that they have to learn some skills and gain some tools

• The use of digital media can support THEIR learning process

Avoiding App Mania

• Just because you're going to model intelligent use of new media does NOT mean everything you do has to be app-based

• Present stories, songs & rhymes in lots of different ways; use new media in a way that supports engagement and does not distract

Read this book for more information

•New America Foundation

•Lisa Guernsey, Director of the New America Foundation's Early Learning Initiative

•First edition was Into the Minds of Babes

And read this one too!

•Those who can manipulate media

•Those who are manipulated BY media

Mother Goose on the Loose with New

Media Demo

Two little monkeys MGOL APP

Dear Zoo

Five fat sausages MGOL APP

Take VideoOpen them shut them

Evilio’s Itsy Bitsy Spider

Let's go to Dover!

Leg over legThe dog went to

DoverHe came to a stile

And WHOOPS!He went over!

Animal SoundsFree Animal Sounds App

MGOL APP: jack in the box

MGOL APP: dancing sheep

Grandfather clock

Fly buzzing app

Fais do do Colas mon petit frere

Fais do doT'auras du lolo

Maman est en hautQui fait du gateauPapa est en bas

Qui fait du chocolat

Twinkle twinkle the experience App