{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ALSC Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog","author_name":"Erin Silva","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/author\/erin-silva\/","title":"Early literacy and apps #pla2014","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"oeXe108Xe7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/early-literacy-and-apps-pla2014\/\">Early literacy and apps #pla2014<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/early-literacy-and-apps-pla2014\/embed\/#?secret=oeXe108Xe7\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Early literacy and apps #pla2014&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"oeXe108Xe7\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"Cen Campbell and Saroj Ghoting put together an informative and inspiring program about the how&#8217;s and why&#8217;s to use apps in storytime. Whether or not you love them or hate them, apps are not going away. \u00a0Part of our job as children&#8217;s librarians is to educate ourselves about what is out there so we can in turn, inform our patrons. \u00a0Parents and kids are using apps so they might as well hear from us about the good ones. Our role as literacy guides extends into the digital world, and we need to show caregivers and their charges the best way to make the &#8220;interactive interpersonal&#8221; The mock storytime Cen performed showed the various ways in which not just apps, but apps, books and websites can be used for digital storytimes. \u00a0Sing a song about the ocean? \u00a0Show children what an ocean looks like on video from YouTube. \u00a0Your landlocked patrons..."}