{"id":6581,"date":"2014-05-01T08:24:28","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T12:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=6581"},"modified":"2014-05-01T08:24:50","modified_gmt":"2014-05-01T12:24:50","slug":"6581","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/6581\/","title":{"rendered":"ACPL Family App Ready to Install"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: \uffc8%;\" align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ACPL-Family-App.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6582\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ACPL-Family-App.jpg?resize=666%2C533\" alt=\"ACPL Family App\" width=\"666\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a>ACPL FAMILY APP AVAILABLE<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: \uffc8%;\"><a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Allen County Public Library has created the <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>ACPL Family App<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, available for free download to iOS devices:\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/acpl-family\/id840890789?mt=8\">https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/acpl-family\/id840890789?mt=8<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: \uffc8%;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>ACPL Family App<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> will be a tool that will bring the library outside of its physical walls and meet families where they are.\u00a0 Rather than simply being a form of entertainment, the ACPL Family App is meant to be an <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>intentional use of technology for effective adult\/child interaction, promoting learning and development.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: \uffc8%;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Highlights of the app are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Parents and caregivers may sign up for push notifications with early literacy tips for parents of babies, toddlers, and preschoolers, and fun facts to share with school-age children.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A reading timer and log are included to help teachers, caregivers and families keep track of time spent reading. This feature has the ability to log multiple users.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Librarian-created booklists provide users with titles to share with children on topics ranging from difficult family issues to fun stories for preschoolers. \u00a0\u00a0These lists are linked to location information and as well as hold capabilities to make the titles as accessible as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Video and audio clips of original material produced by local staff provide examples of ways to incorporate reading, talking, singing, playing and writing into every day.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An intuitive library events calendar, specifically for children\u2019s programming, is searchable by library location and age group and includes the ability to be added to a user\u2019s personal calendar and notification system.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;If government is the enemy and can&#8217;t do anything right, how can public libraries be so wonderful?&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Philip Gulley<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACPL FAMILY APP AVAILABLE The Allen County Public Library has created the ACPL Family App, available for free download to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[185,2319,1390],"class_list":["post-6581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-acpl","tag-app","tag-family"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s2YQd9-6581","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 10:21:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6581\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}