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

2. Books! Books! Books! Books Everywhere! 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 BrownImportant Thing About Light

20. Student Sample

22. Kaley’s eBook

23. TEKS Correlations for Kaley’s eBook TEKS

24. eBook Readers Provides paid and free access to ebooks NookNook, 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