Early Literacy » (1st Edition)

JEAN M. CASEY is Professor of Education, California State University, Long Beach. She has published numerous articles on technology and learning and is a nationally known speaker and consultant on the topic.

Casey (education, California State U., Long Beach) uses the approach that computers are storytelling tools and explains how using talking word processors that read back what students have written can help create more confident, effective, and independent learners. She reviews and recommends software packages and explains specific ways that they can benefit children with ADD, dyslexia, under- developed motor skills, and speech impediments, as well as gifted children and children who are learning English as a second language. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR