A Sincere Question: Picture Book iPad Apps vs. Weston Woods
I have a naive but nagging question:
What is the real difference between the picture book apps we’re seeing touted for the iPad and the Weston Woods videos that retell picture book stories?
4 Responses to “A Sincere Question: Picture Book iPad Apps vs. Weston Woods”
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July 29th, 2010 at 4:02 pm
I love that you’re bringing up this question. I don’t think there is a difference — except for the rate of adoption. How many non-librarians or non-elementary school teachers know about Weston Woods videos, or think to use them to get a kid excited about a story? Yes, some parents who always go the extra mile to enrich their kids’ literacy — but everyone is excited about the iPad, and lots of applications may re-invent someone’s mostly unknown wheel. I think it’s a valuable lesson to those who work with books and stories, how a snazzy gadget can wake everyone up to resources that have been there. What have we been missing in how we introduce tools and services that some of these things have been unknown?
August 1st, 2010 at 1:29 pm
Similarly, all of the new ebook readers taut all the classics that are included. Duh! Can you say public domain!
August 1st, 2010 at 11:01 pm
The iPhone/iPad/iPod ebooks by Dr. Seuss are truly some of the best ebooks that I have read. They are so professionally done and engaging that my kids read them more than the hard copies. Well done Oceanhouse Media … I wish all ebook publishers take a page from your books.
Pragmatic Mom
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I blog on children’s lit, education and parenting.
August 4th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
I had never heard of Weston Woods… granted I don’t have young children, but I do have a pre-reading niece who has lots of LeapFrog books. Do the Weston Woods videos have the interactivity of the iPad apps or the LeapFrog? That would seem to be the biggest possible difference to me.