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Touching LiteracyiPads in the school library serving incarcerated
and detained youth
ALA Anaheim, CA
June 2012
Our Agenda
•Presentation
•Q and A session
• iPad petting zoo
•Raffle
Our Big IdeaHow can we lay the groundwork for
providing our patrons with access to ereading and tablet technology in our unique school environments?
Where We WorkSecure facilities:Horizon Juvenile CenterCrossroads Juvenile
Center
Non-secure facilities:Barbara BlumBoys TownBoys Town AssessmentBrooklyn Residential
CenterProject HavenLGBTQSummit
Located in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx
Who We AreA team of five
Three certified School LibrariansOne Instructional Technology Specialist/Library Assistant
One Libraries and Literacy Coordinator
What We Do Author & Artist Visits
Tonya BoldenCoe BoothMatt de la PenaPaul GriffinR. Kikuo JohnsonDream JordanSusan KuklinTorrey MaldonadoChristopher MyersWalter Dean MyersGreg NeriPaolo RiveraNed VizziniJesse Joshua WatsonPaul Volponi (via Skype)Alex SimmonsEllen Hopkins (via Skype)
What We Do: Community Partnerships
Literacy for Incarcerated
Teens
What We Do: Website
What We Do: Blog
Who We ServeNew York City's incarcerated and
detained youth ages 11-17
•80% male
•66% of African descent
•33% Latino/a
Which brings us back to . . .
Our Big Idea
•Access to new technology
Furthermore...We wondered:
Would our students be more excited about reading if they had a new reading device in their hands?
How can we provide access?
Nice idea, but why?Why was this important?
Why was this important to us?
What was our primary goal?
Got it! But why iPads?Timeline:2007-- Amazon releases Kindle ereader2009-- B&N releases 1st Nook2010 January-- Apple releases iPad2011 January--Passages' proposal for
pilot receives fundingApril 2011-- Amazon announces readers
will be able to access library books on Kindles
Getting Started - You Can't Sell What You Don't Know
LIT partnershipWhy secure outside funding?
Initial phase pilotSchool librarians as guinea pigs and lab rats?
Which led to...
Literacy for Incarcerated
Teens
Awesome App Reviews
Moving Forward/2nd Phase•Five devices per library
•Independent reading focused
•Not content-area specific
Moving Forward/2nd PhaseWhy?
oDevice management
oManaging apps to support the content areas fairly and equitably
oClassroom management
Collection Development - FundingContent is expensive!
Copyright on institutional devices
Funding Collection development
Collection Development - GuidelinesGuiding Questions
Who will be reading on our iPads?
Where will they be reading on our iPads?
Collection Development - ProcessDivide and Conquer
•Fiction
•Non-fiction
•Comics/Manga
Collection Development - Fiction and NonfictionVisually appealingEpisodicHigh interestPopularFills an information need
Reading in iBooks
Reading in iBooks
Reading in iBooks
Listening in iTunes
Reading in iBooks
Collection Development - Comics and MangaPopular superheroesComic universe special eventsIsolated storylinesShort storylines
Reading in Comixology
Comixology's Guided View
Reading in VizMedia
Collection Development - ResultsPoetry (5)Short Stories (8)Novels (9)Biographies (4)Advice (6)Art/Visually Appealing
(3)Humor (2)Narrative nonfiction (2)The Unexplained (2)
Comics (168)Manga(77)
Are our collection development lists perfect?Top 20 most popular books in Passages Academy Libraries:• Tyrell• Snitch• Rikers High• 16 on the
Block• Street Pharm• Homeboyz• A Girl Like
Me• Kendra• Upstate
• 16 1/2 on the Block
• Played• Bronxwood• If I was Your
Girl• Shortie Like
Mine• Teenage Love
Affair• Black and White
• Push• Upgrade U• The Little
Black Book for Guys
• The Rose that Grew from Concrete
How does PAL popularity translate onto the iPad?Those available in iBooks:
• Rikers High• A Girl Like Me• Upstate• If I Was Your Girl
Those with audiobooks:• Homeboyz
• Upstate• Push• The Little Black Book For Guys• The Rose That Grew From
Concrete
• Shortie Like Mine• Teenage Love Affair• Upgrade U
Data Collection
Data-driven system
Qualitative and quantitative data
Uh-Oh...
The RolloutJanuary 2012
Every class at our three largest sitesa. Lessonb. Assessmentc. Explorationd. Survey
Did we say safe and manageable?Protocols
What did we learn?
••They want magazines!
•They don't care that they can't finish a novel in half an hour!
•They want to use the iPads to their full potential!
Kids want internet!
Collection Development - 2nd RoundPoetry (0)Short Stories (0)Novels (20)Biographies (5)Advice (1)Art/Visually Appealing
(5)Humor (2)Narrative nonfiction
(2)High Interest Facts (1)
Comics(672)Manga(71)
ResultsWere we a hit or a miss?
Next Steps•add magazine content
•add wireless service to libraries
•develop strategies for adding apps to support curriculum in the content areas
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