The Future of Children's Texts: Evaluating Book Apps as Multimodal Reading Experiences

Meyers, Eric M.; Zaminpaima, Ehlam; Frederico, Aline

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Title

The Future of Children's Texts: Evaluating Book Apps as Multimodal Reading Experiences

Author(s)

• Meyers, Eric M.
• Zaminpaima, Ehlam
• Frederico, Aline

Issue Date

2014-03-01

Keyword(s)

• digital youth
• early literacy
• picture books
• reading
• multimodality

Abstract

"This poster reports preliminary findings from a project that examines enhanced picture books for children (""book apps"") as designed multimodal experiences. We expand Lewis' ecological approach to picture books, developing a new model for the evaluation of book apps. We report early efforts to identify the qualities of this emergent genre. Our poster elaborates on several tensions in the design of high-quality multimodal literature, and promises to inform the efforts of parents, librarians and teachers who use enhanced reading materials in the development of early literacy."

Publisher

iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2014 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

english

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/47386

DOI

https://doi.org/10.9776/14312

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