Interactive Literacy Education: Facilitating Literacy Environments Through Technology » (New Edition)

Interactive Literacy Education combines the latest research and theory related to technology-based instructional design for children’s literacy development. It shows how technology can be used to build literacy learning environments that are compatible with students’ cognitive and social processes. Topics addressed throughout this enlightening work include:
*technology environments and applications that preservice teachers can use with young children;
*detailed information regarding the development and implementation of specific technological programs; and
*various technologies, from interactive reading and spelling programs to speech recognition to multimedia, that teachers can use to enhance their literacy learning environments.

Interactive Literacy Education is intended for graduate courses in methods of literacy instruction; educational technology; curriculum/curriculum design; general preservice education; special education; and applied psychology/cognitive studies. It is also appropriate for use as a supplement in undergraduate courses in methods of literacy instruction and educational technology.

Introduction: Facilitating Literacy Education Through Technology   Ludo Verhoeven   Charles K. Kinzer     1
Intelligent Tutoring Systems     13
A Multiagent Perspective on Literacy Learning Environments   Don G. Bouwhuis     15
Learning to Read With a Virtual Tutor: Foundations to Literacy   Barbara Wise   Ron Cole   Sarel van Vuuren   Scott Schwartz   Lynn Snyder   Nattawut Ngampatipatpong   Jariya Tuantranont   Bryan Pellom     31
ICT Support in Kindergarten for Children At Risk   Eliane Segers   Ludo Verhoeven     77
Speech Recognition to Support Early Literacy   Susan M. Williams   Peter G. Fairweather   Don Nix     95
Experience From a Reading Tutor That Listens: Evaluation Purposes, Excuses, and Methods   Jack Mostow     117
Multiagent-Based Computer Support for Children With Reading Disabilities   Rosemarie S. Irausquin   Ludo Verhoeven     149
Interactive Literacy Environments     167
Designing Kindergarten Classroom Computer Center Literacy Activities: A Theoretical Approach   Linda D. Labbo     169
From Mental Models to Lexicons: The Case of Early Literacy Software   Diana Sharp$dThe Cognitionand Technology Group at Vanderbilt     191
Computer Support in (Hi)Story Construction: Using Technology to Scaffold Student Understanding   Charles K. Kinzer   Dana J. Wilber     217
How Computers Can Help Children Think Together About Texts   Neil Mercer   Rupert Wegerif   Lyn Dawes   Clare Sams   Manuel Fernandez     245
Examining a National, Online Community in Case-Based Preservice Education   John Bronkhorst   Harry Paus   Ludo Verhoeven     269
Supporting Preservice Teacher Education Through a Multimedia, Case-Based Online Learning Environment   Dana J. Wilber   Charles K. Kinzer   Sarah Lohnes     285
Author Index     309
Subject Index     317