GWR New Media Training Application

If you work with young children and their families, it’s likely that you have asked yourself, or been asked, questions about screen time and media.  If you’re not sure about your professional skills or leanings in this ever-changing area, the Growing Wisconsin Readers New Media Training is for you. Combining the philosophical and the practical, this intimate and intense training will provide individual and group support.  Apply now!  The application closes on Sunday, December 14, 2014.

The Growing Wisconsin Readers New Media Training is designed to build capacity within Wisconsin's youth services librarian community to support new media offerings for young children and their families. By offering this statewide training, Wisconsin hopes to continue to be at the forefront of moving young learners forward in the digital age. "New media" can be described as the ever-evolving software (e.g. apps) and hardware (e.g. tablets) that are radically influencing the childhood experience. The New Media Training is designed to assist the Wisconsin youth services librarians in the integration of new media into new and existing library collections, programs, and services.

The New Media Training is a professional development component of the Growing Wisconsin Readers early literacy initiative coordinated by the Youth and Special Services consultant on the Public Library and Development Team at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. The New Media Training is supported through the WISELearn project. Professionals from the Little eLit network will facilitate the virtual and in person training. Little eLit is a nationally recognized crowd-sourced, grass-roots professional learning network in the field of young children, new media, and libraries. For more information about Little eLit, visit LittleeLit.com or view their one minute video trailer.

The New Media Training application closes on December 14, 2014. All applicants, regardless of acceptance or wait-list status, will be informed by January 5, 2014. A maximum of 24 youth services librarians, ideally representing all 17 public library systems, will be selected to participate.

New Media Training Description: http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/pld/pdf/NMT_description.pdf
New Media Training Application: https://forms.dpi.wi.gov/se.ashx?s=56301B2D59C89819

Tessa Michaelson Schmidt

Public Library Youth and Special Services Consultant

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction