Anne Bensfield is the Children’s Digital Learning Librarian at the Oak Park Public Library. She strategizes and implements emerging technologies as a member of the District 97 School Technology Advisory Committee. She engages families with podcasts, coding, and robotics playgroups. Her tech talks have aired at ILA, Library Journal, and School Library Journal.

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Come play in our Podcast Playground where we’ll listen, explore, and play with the evolving world of kids podcasting. In Part 1, we’ll play with various ways to discover and find great podcasts for kids; we’ll share ways to access, search, and play kids podcasts and we’ll also share where to find podcast recommendations/reviews for high-quality audio.
Participants will be able to articulate how children’s podcasting connects with children’s services. {Comprehension outcome - we will compare and contrast audio storytelling and learning with children’s library services, highlighting the ways librarians can play a role in helping shape this medium.}
Participants will be able to discover, access and play great podcasts for kids, ages birth to 12 {Note: Application outcome - we will share specific apps for playing podcasts, social media guides for finding kids podcasts and best practices forming around high-quality audio}
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