By: Adriana G. Bus (Editor), Susan B. Neuman (Editor)

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Representing the state of the art in multimedia applications and their promise for enhancing early literacy development, this volume broadens the field of reading research by looking beyond print-only experiences to young readersa (TM) encounters with multimedia stories on the Internet and DVD. Multimedia storybooks include, in addition to static pictures and written text, features such as oral text, animations, sounds, zooms, and scaffolds designed to help convey meaning. These features are changing how young children read text, and also provide technology-based scaffolds for helping struggling readers.

Multimedia and Literacy Development reports experimental research and practices with multimedia stories indicating that new dimensions of media contribute to young childrena (TM)s ability to understand stories and to read texts independently. This is the first synthesis of evidence-based research in this field. Four key themes are highlighted:

• Understanding the multimedia environment for learning
• Designing multimedia applications for learning
• New approaches to storybook reading
• Multimedia applications in classroom instruction.

Written in jargon-free language for an international audience of students in university courses on literacy and information technology, researchers, policymakers, program developers, and media specialists, this volume is essential reading for all professionals interested in early literacy and early interventions.

"The book's structure facilitates reader engagement and reader access to the broader picture...This book will strongly appeal to scholars, classroom practitioners and the wider education community."--Marie Martin, British Journal of Educational Technology 2009, Vol 40: No 6, 1142-1143

Preface	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
Understanding the Multimedia Environment for Learning	p. 13
Special Audience, Special Concerns: Children and the Media	p. 15
Digital Beginnings: Young Children's Use of Popular Culture, Media and New Technologies in Homes and Early Years Settings	p. 28
The Case for Multimedia Presentations in Learning: A Theory of Synergy	p. 44
Cognitive Processes During Reading: Implications for the Use of Multimedia to Foster Reading Comprehension	p. 57
Designing Multimedia Applications for Learning	p. 75
The eBook as a Learning Object in an Online World	p. 77
A New Look at an Old Format: Eye Tracking Studies of Shared Book Reading and the Implications for eBooks and eBook Research	p. 89
Learning from Interactive Vocabulary Books in Kindergarten: Looking Back, Looking Forward	p. 112
Struggling Readers and Multimedia	p. 124
Old and New Media in the Lives of Young Disadvantaged Bilingual Children	p. 135
New Approaches to Storybook Reading	p. 151
How Onscreen Storybooks Contribute to Early Literacy	p. 153
The Educational Electronic Book as a Tool for Supporting Children's Emergent Literacy	p. 168
Effects of Television on Language and Literacy Development	p. 182
"Let's do the Computer Story Again, Nana": A Case Study of how a 2-Year-Old and his Grandmother Shared Thinking Spaces during Multiple Shared Readings of an Electronic Story	p. 196
Multimedia Applications in Classroom Instruction	p. 211
Embedded Multimedia: Using Video to Enhance Reading Outcomes in Success for All	p. 213
Computer-Assisted Tutoring in Success for All: Two Studies of Reading Outcomes for First Graders	p. 224
Can an Intervention Program in Kindergarten Augment the Effects of Educational TV and Websites in Promoting Literacy?	p. 238
Use of Electronic Storybooks in Reading Instruction: From Theory to Practice	p. 254
Afterword	p. 273
Contributors	p. 279
Index	p. 285
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ISBN: 9780415988421
ISBN-10: 041598842X
Audience: Primary / High School
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 304
Published: 1st November 2008
Dimensions (cm): 22.9 x 15.2  x 1.6
Weight (kg): 0.414