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Direct linkParette, Howard P.; Blum, Craig; Boeckmann, Nichole M. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2009
As assistive technology applications are increasingly implemented in early childhood settings for children who are at risk or who have disabilities, it is critical that teachers utilize observational approaches to determine whether targeted assistive technology-supported interventions make a difference in children's learning. One structured…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Children, Educational Technology, Assistive Technology
Parette, Howard P.; Blum, Craig; Boeckmann, Nichole M.; Watts, Emily H. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2009
This article focuses on use of Microsoft[R] PowerPoint[TM] paired with direct instruction (DI) to teach word recognition to young children at risk. DI has been a widely used teaching method for over 40 years, and is often used to teach emergent literacy skills. Recent DI research with preschoolers at risk has suggested the potential for using…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Word Recognition, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Parette, Howard P.; Hourcade, Jack J.; Dinelli, Jenny M.; Boeckmann, Nichole M. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2009
Best practices in emergent literacy instruction for young children acknowledge and facilitate the smooth progression between children's early engagement with print materials and subsequent fuller literacy mastery. In so doing, model programs target five key emergent literacy skills. The rapid rise in the breadth and depth of educational…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Technology, Emergent Literacy, Writing Skills
Parette, Howard Phillips; Hourcade, Jack J.; Boeckmann, Nichole M.; Blum, Craig – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2008
The increasing availability and use of technology applications for teaching emergent literacy skills in early childhood education settings nationwide requires that early childhood education professionals develop skills with readily available software programs. This paper provides general recommendations in using Microsoft[R] "PowerPoint"[TM] to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Phonological Awareness, Young Children, Educational Technology
Parette, Howard P.; Boeckmann, Nichole M.; Hourcade, Jack J. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2008
This paper outlines the use of the "Writing with Symbols 2000" software to facilitate emergent literacy development. The program's use of pictures incorporated with text has great potential to help young children with and without disabilities acquire fundamental literacy concepts about print, phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle, vocabulary…
Descriptors: Phonemic Awareness, Young Children, Computer Software, Emergent Literacy
