Project SEEL: part II, using technology to enhance early literacy instruction in Spanish.

Custom-made digital media are rich, varied, and motivational early literacy materials. An important component of Project SEEL (Systematic and Engaging Early Literacy Instruction) was the use of tailor-made digital books and activities in the reading curriculum. Project SEEL team members created comp...

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Publicado en:Communication Disorders Quarterly Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 89 - 102
Autores principales: Culatta R, Culatta B, Frost M, Buzzell K
Formato: CEU exam questions Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Winter2004
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Sumario:Custom-made digital media are rich, varied, and motivational early literacy materials. An important component of Project SEEL (Systematic and Engaging Early Literacy Instruction) was the use of tailor-made digital books and activities in the reading curriculum. Project SEEL team members created computerized materials in Spanish to relate to children's personal experiences and highlight target literacy patterns. These materials gave the children additional exposure to literacy patterns and added variety to the instruction. In this article, the authors describe the rationale for developing digital materials and explain how they were created and integrated into the literacy curriculum for a Spanish kindergarten class.