Speaker Feature: Azin Mehrnoosh

Presentation Title
The Data Within Ebooks and Apps

Description
An exploration of bringing data out of ebooks and apps used in classrooms, and making it accessible to educators to improve outcomes.

Speaker Feature: Jessica Wollman

Presentation Title
Storia Enriched eBooks:  Pedagogy and Goals


Description
For more than 90 years, Scholastic has been helping children learn and love to read. The commitment to this mission guided the development of Storia, which unites books and technology to inspire and inform a new generation of readers. Storia’s enriched eBooks service the primary goal of supporting a child’s literacy development by offering a young reader a deeper level of engagement with eBooks. All enrichment activities were designed and tested with input from teachers and kids, as well as internal and external educational advisors.

Speaker Feature: Cynthia Chiong, Ph.D.

Presentation Title
Print books vs. e-books: Comparing parent-child co-reading on print, basic, and enhanced e-book platforms


Description
Our research explores parent-child interactions as they read print and digital books together. We will present findings and discuss implications for e-book design and usage.

Speaker Feature: Linda D. Labbo, Ph.D.

Presentation Title
Young Children Reading and Writing e-books: How Design Matters for Emerging Literacy


Description
Research on reading and writing ebooks suggests that the screen environment can serve as a 3rd literacy teacher for young children - under certain conditions.

Speaker Feature: Ofra Korat, Ph.D.

Presentation Title

Designing and researching e-books as a support for young children’s language and literacy




Description

We researched the efficacy of e-books we designed for supporting young children’s language and literacy. Children from different levels and in diverse contexts improved their abilities. 

Speaker Feature: Jackie Marsh, Ph.D.

Presentation Title

Tablets for toddlers: E-books and their very young readers

Description

This talk will consider the design features of tablet-based e-books/story apps aimed at the youngest readers, aged from birth to three.

Speaker Feature: Adriana Bus, Ph.D.

Presentation Title
Evaluating Picture Story-eBooks: is it Time to Dispense with Paper Books?

Description

App designers came to me complaining of providers who only accept apps when they offer maximal interactivity. Downsides of this common standard may easily overrule the positive sides.