Selecting "App" ealing and "App" ropriate Book Apps for Beginning Readers. (23rd August 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cahill, Maria; McGill‐Franzen, Anne
• Is Part Of: Reading teacher. Volume 67:Number 1(2013:Sep.)
• Page Start: 30
• Page End: 39
• Publication Date: 2013-08-23
• Subjects: Digital/media literacies -- Specific media (hypertext, Internet, film, music, etc.) -- Fluency -- Oral reading, read‐alouds -- Literature -- Selection criteria -- Children's literature -- Oral language -- Strategies, methods, and materials -- Instructional technology -- Supplementary resources -- Struggling learners -- Assistive technologies -- Vocabulary -- Practice, exposure, wide reading -- To learners in which of the following categories does your work apply? -- Early childhood -- Childhood; Reading (Elementary) -- Periodicals; Reading -- Periodicals; Reading -- Remedial teaching -- Periodicals; 372.405
• DOI: 10.1002/TRTR.1190
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0034-0561

Abstract

Abstract: Beginning with a brief rationale for selecting quality digital picture book apps for beginning readers, the authors describe the elements of digital picture books and provide a brief review of the instructional benefits of digital picture book use for beginning readers. They then present a detailed taxonomy for selecting quality picture book apps. Examples drawn from actual apps available for young children illustrate the concepts addressed. Beginning with a brief rationale for selecting quality digital picture book apps for beginning readers, the authors describe the elements of digital picture books and provide a brief review of the instructional benefits of digital picture book use for beginning readers. They then present a detailed taxonomy for selecting quality picture book apps. Examples drawn from actual apps available for young children illustrate the concepts addressed.