Multimedia And Literacy Development : Improving Achievement for Young Learner...

Multimedia And Literacy Development : Improving Achievement for Young Learners, Paperback by Bus, Adriana G. (EDT); Neuman, Susan B. (EDT), ISBN 041598842X, ISBN-13 9780415988421, Brand New, Free shipping in the USWriting for students in literacy and information technology courses, researchers, policymakers, program developers, and media specialists, Bus (education and child studies, Leiden U., the Netherlands) and Neuman (educational studies, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor) compile 17 chapters that consider the impact of new media such as video, television, video games, and computers on children's literacy development. Chapters are drawn from papers given at an international research conference on multimedia and literacy development held in June 2006 in Amsterdam. They note that when dimensions of media are constructed to support learning, they contribute to children's ability to understand stories and read texts independently. Contributors address four areas: understanding the multimedia environment for learning and designing multimedia applications, including s and those aimed at second language learners; new approaches to storybook reading; and multimedia applications in classroom instruction. Contributors work in education, educational technology, and psychology in the US, Canada, Europe, and Israel. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()