Wednesday, 20 January 2016

Create and upload a virtual presentation for children or young adults.

Topic: Young people’s book awards


The first annual book award in Australia was established in 1946 by The Children's Book Council of Australia. The purpose of this not for profit, volunteer run organisation is the promotion of children's books of "high literacy and artistic quality" (The Children's Book Council of Australia, 2015) by Australian authors and illustrators.
Every book listed in the virtual presentation has either won an award or had an honourable mention, the author became familiar with each item which will assist in book recommendations to clients.
Young people’s book awards are a celebration of children’s literature and libraries play a vital role in assisting in the child’s development and encourage the love for literature. The virtual presentation is a way for the library to promote these awards and the literature featured.
The presentation could be publicised during a children’s event, featured on the library website or presented to any audience in the world given they have Internet access.  Further promotion could be achieved through the outreach program where the children’s services staff visit preschools and read to children a few selected books introduced in the virtual presentation.

What did I learn?

It was learned the significance of book awards and how these events help children embrace books and develop their reading skills. As discussed the presentation can benefit promotion of the celebrated books and encourage the importance of reading. Furthermore creating the virtual presentation was a huge learning curve. The use of different formats and programs with overlaying audio was a real challenge for the author. The author was able to apply powerpoint slides into imovie in order to produce the presentation. It can now be uploaded to YouTube or other web-based platforms in order to further promote young people’s book awards. Flatley (2007, p. 301) suggests the use of virtual presentations in business is growing and the need for employees with skills for delivering them is also growing.

How was the activity relevant to your professional practice as a librarian for children or young adults?

This activity was relevant to the professional practise of the author as a children’s and young adult librarian because it is vital to be well informed of all the children’s and youth literacy book awards in order to promote the wonderful world of literacy to children. Further the use of virtual presentations promotes book awards through in house and outreach library programs, which means more patrons visit the library thus conducive to community participation and increased borrowing.

Were any gaps in your knowledge revealed? How might you fill those gaps?

As discussed there was an immense amount of gaps in the author’s knowledge in regards to creating a virtual presentation. Further practise and training will be undertaken in order to improve on limited skills and to fully utilise the program and share it in the workplace.


References
Flatley, M. E. (2007). TEACHING THE VIRTUAL PRESENTATION. Business Communication Quarterly, 70(3), 301-305.
The Children's Book Council of Australia. (2015). Retrieved 16th January, 2016, from http://cbca.org.au/default.aspx?contentID=581



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