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Abrami, Philip C.; Wade, C. Anne; Lysenko, Larysa; Marsh, Jonathon; Gioko, Anthony – Education and Information Technologies, 2016
The research explores the impact of interactive, multimedia literacy software (ABRA) on the reading skills of early elementary students in Kenya. Twelve grade two English teachers and their students from six schools were randomly divided in half: an experimental group (N = 180) where ABRA was part of their English Language instruction and a…
Descriptors: Literacy, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries, Grade 2
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Zucker, Tricia A.; Invernizzi, Marcia – Reading Teacher, 2008
"My eSorts" is a strategy for helping children learn to read and spell in a socially motivated context. It is based on developmental spelling research and the word study approach to teaching phonics and spelling. "eSorting" employs digital desktop publishing tools that allow children to author their own electronic word sorts and then share these…
Descriptors: Spelling, Phonics, Desktop Publishing, Computer Centers
Roberts, Gail C.; Mutter, Greg – Education Canada, 1991
Describes the establishment of English computer labs in five high schools in Canada. Writing skills were taught using software for word processing, spell checking, and grammar checking. Benefits to students and teachers are enumerated. Students progressed from stages of frustration with the new technology to productivity and psychological comfort.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Centers, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
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DeGennaro, Donna – E-Learning, 2008
This article examines an after-school program entitled Silk City Media Workshop. Briefly, the workshop engages youth in digital storytelling as a means of enhancing both their technology and literacy skills. Transcending these goals, this workshop also provides opportunities for youth to reveal multiple aspects of their unfolding identities as…
Descriptors: Story Telling, After School Programs, Workshops, Urban Youth
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Godt, Pamela; Hutinger, Patricia; Robinson, Linda; Schneider, Carol – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1999
This article describes how computer center sign-up sheets encouraged preschool children with a variety of disabilities to make visible advances in their emergent writing skills over the years. The children progressed from making scribbles to making recognizable letter-symbols on the sign-up sheets. Tips for creating sign-up sheets are provided.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Centers, Disabilities, Emergent Literacy