Reading and screen time. At first you might think that these two activities couldn't be further apart. If kids are in front of screens, they aren't reading books. And if they aren't reading books, they are missing out on the essential ingredient to building skills as strong readers. Right?
It's never so simple. In fact we've known for a while that Sesame Street viewing is linked to book reading in adolescence, and shows like Reading Rainbow (now out of production, I'm afraid) have been great at introducing children to the joys of books.
Now that digital media has become ubiquitous-- in the form of linear screen media like DVDs as well as Web-based videos and online games -- there are yet more opportunities to use screen interactions as jumping-off points for literacy learning. The first trick is knowing how to find the good stuff and following the research (where you can find it) on what has the potential, or better yet, has the evidence to show that kids viewing these programs become better readers. The second trick is being sure to give children opportunities and incentives to read as much as possible online and off.
Today I had the privilege of being part of a Reading Rockets roundtable discussion about this topic. The discussion was videotaped and will be produced as a four-part series on the Reading Rockets webcast section in the coming months. I was joined by Deb Linebarger, a leading reseacher in the field of literacy instruction via electronic media and an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and by Marnie Lewis, an instructional technologist who works with elementary school teachers in the Arlington County Public School System in Northern Virginia.
We had so much to talk about -- new research, tips for parents, resources for teachers, well wishes and warnings -- that our discussion could have lasted for hours. I'm looking forward to seeing the webcast online and hope that it will be useful to teachers and parents. I'll be sure to link to it here when it's available. As always, I would love to get your feedback.
P.S. If this blog seems abandoned at times, that's because I'm spending all my working days now at the New America Foundation where I'm the director of the Early Education Initiative. Please come on over and check out our blog, Early Ed Watch, and subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter. We provide news and commentary on policy and research related to children's learning environments (at home, in media and in center-based or school-like settings), birth to age 8.
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