Redhawk Readers

Southeast’s Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 260 is leading a new service project that supports the PK—6 students and educators throughout our region. The project’s goal is for Southeast students, faculty and staff to read children’s books and build a video recording collection that is shared with regional elementary schools.

Redhawk Readers (Southeast students, faculty and staff) are invited to create video recordings reading a favorite children’s book.

Here's how:

• Redhawk Readers will choose a good book.
  • Kent Library has a great children’s literature collection to choose from or any Kent Library librarian can help readers find a great book.
  • If looking for classic children’s book, books in the public domain (no longer copyrighted) can be found under the “Digitalized Collections of Children’s Books”
  • Or choose from Children’s literature award winners [Note: Kent Library has these titles.]
  • The 2021 MLK Bibliography is another great book list. [Note: The Library has copies of these books too.]
• Readers make a reservation to use the Heather MacDonald Greene Multimedia Center’s One Button Studio (hmgmc@semo.edu or call 573-986-4978) or contact the EDvolution Center (edvolution@semo.edu or 573-986-6881).
• Redhawk Readers come to the studio and staff will get you started
• The Redhawk Readers read their books aloud while video recording themselves
  • Copyright issues were investigated and publishers have been good about allowing permission to read and record their books.
  • Readers can learn about copyright
  • The Heather MacDonald Green Multimedia Center or the EDvolution Center can help with adding the copyright notice to readers’ video recordings.
• Readers’ video recordings will be shared with the EDvolution Center.
• The EDvolution Center will organize and make the video recordings accessible to the PK—6 educators.
• Southeast Missouri PK—6 students will have fun listening to the Redhawk Readers.

If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Barbara Glackin, chair of PKP Chapter #260 Redhawk Readers committee at bglackin@semo.edu or Dr. Suhair Amer, president of PKP Chapter #260 at samer@semo.edu.