The book is the centerpiece of the exhibit “Beyond All Repair,” which is on display in the Eva Jane Romaine Coombe '52 Special Collections Suite of Canaday Library until April 15. Todd is author of What Space this.
In these customer testimonials, hear what library staff and patrons are saying about their experience with AWE Learning.
The variety of games that are on there (AfterSchool Edge) are amazing. All of the children love them, whether they’re in fifth grade or in kindergarten.
Susan Nerey
Child Care Site Coordinator,
Etiwanda School District
Child Care Site Coordinator,
Etiwanda School District
The kids gravitate to those stations immediately…They’re easy for the kids to use; they don’t need a lot of instruction, and the kids can do it independently.
Rebecca Krauss
Director of Young Adult & Youth Services,
Phoenixville Library
Director of Young Adult & Youth Services,
Phoenixville Library
The AWE systems are used constantly and they help to attract children and their families to the library on a repeated basis.
Kim Fender
Director, The Eva Jane Romaine Coombe Director Award Winner, The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
Director, The Eva Jane Romaine Coombe Director Award Winner, The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
Especially for the very young ones, it’s a good introduction for what they’re going to encounter in school, how do I use a keyboard, how does the mouse work, how does the mouse interact with what I’m seeing on the computer screen.
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Victoria Dow
Director,
West Chester Public Library
Director,
West Chester Public Library
The AWE workstations help preschool students prepare for success in school and beyond. Our teachers appreciate the engaging content that supports early literacy and STEAM concepts.
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Lynn Newkirk
Owner,
The Goddard School (West Carmel, IN)
Owner,
The Goddard School (West Carmel, IN)
One of the important aspects we see for the Early Literacy Station is the fact that they’re not connected to the internet. This way we can assure the parents and we can assure ourselves that they aren’t going anywhere we wouldn’t want them going to or that is not appropriate for them.
Rose Dotten
CEO & Chief Librarian,
Shelburne Public Library (Canada)
CEO & Chief Librarian,
Shelburne Public Library (Canada)
We have had two of these amazing computers for six years now, and if you want the highest quality computer games for young children AND the freedom for kids to enjoy them on their own (without staff restarting, troubleshooting, unplugging, and all the other issues that can come with game computers) then you may want to consider investing in an AWE computer!
Cindy Christin
Supervisor, Children’s Services,
Bozeman Public Library
Supervisor, Children’s Services,
Bozeman Public Library
This system adds value to the children’s program. Children today are growing up with technology all around them, and the more we can implement a technological aspect to a child’s learning, the more they’re going to respond to it.
John Kelley
Executive Director,
Phoenixville Library
Executive Director,
Phoenixville Library
Dana Crum is author of the chapbook Good Friday 2000 (Q Ave Press, 2014). Two years in a row, he won the Eva Jane Romaine Coombe Writer’s Residency at The Seven Hills School, and in 2013 was a Writing Resident at the Vermont Studio Center. He won a seat at the 2014 Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop at Brown University and received a fellowship from Virginia Commonwealth University. The Paris Review Daily profiled him in 2013. His poetry and fiction have appeared in Blackbird, African Voices, Carve Magazine, Gumbo: An Anthology of African American Writing, The Innisfree Poetry Journal, Killens Review of Arts & Letters and several other publications. NPR affiliate WBEZ 91.5 FM Chicago broadcast a dramatic reading of his short story “My Heavenly Father” as part of its Stories on Stage program. Crum is currently at work on a full-length poetry collection.