Technology in the Classroom
The prevalence of technology in children's daily lives requires parents and teachers to master new literacies, including keyboarding, word processing, Internet research skills, multimedia production, and social networking. Technology is proving to be valuable in support of effective reading and writing instruction, universal access to instructional materials, assessment, professional collaboration, and home-to-school communication.
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- Universal Design for Learning: Meeting the Needs of All Students
- Speech Recognition for Learning
- Assistive Technology for Kids with Learning Disabilities: An Overview
- Reading Software: Finding the Right Program
- The New Literacies
For parents
- Children and Digital Media: Rethinking Parent Roles
- How to Read an E-Book with Your Child
- Effective Reading Interventions for Kids With Learning Disabilities
- Accessible Textbooks: A Guide for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities
- Taking Charge of TV
For teachers
- Extending Readers Theatre: A Powerful and Purposeful Match with Podcasting
- 10 Ways to Use Technology to Build Vocabulary
- Literacy Instruction with Digital and Media Technologies
- Guiding Independence: Developing a Research Tool to Support Student Decision Making in Selecting Online Information Sources
- Teaching Tips: Authoring with Video
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- Children and Digital Media: Rethinking Parent Roles
- How to Read an E-Book with Your Child
- Recording Observations: Capturing and Sharing Images
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Research
- T Is for Transmedia: Learning through Transmedia Play
- Technology in Early Education: Building Platforms for Connections and Content that Strengthen Families and Promote Success in School
- Pioneering Literacy in the Digital Wild West: Empowering Parents and Educators
- Print Books vs. E-books
- Reading as Thinking: Integrating Strategy Instruction in a Universally Designed Digital Literacy Environment
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- Literacy in the Digital Age
- Launching Young Readers: Reading and the Brain





