Interactive Games Using Tablets
8/4/2023 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
Using interactive devices like tablets can promote healthy media literacy.
The touch-based interface of tablets allows young children to interact with the digital world from an early age. This usage of digital media tools helps with the development of children's emergent literacy skills.
Learning to Read is a local public television program presented by WNPT
Funding for LEARNING TO READ is provided by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the Hays Foundation.
Interactive Games Using Tablets
8/4/2023 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
The touch-based interface of tablets allows young children to interact with the digital world from an early age. This usage of digital media tools helps with the development of children's emergent literacy skills.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(whimsical music) - The touch face interface with tablets allows young children to interact with the digital world from an early age.
Utilizing interactive devices like tablets can promote healthy media literacy.
Media literacy doesn't need to be a separate subject for children.
Instead, it can be layered on to support current literacy goals.
As young children play with apps, emergent literacy skills may be fostered through children's exploration of print displayed on tablet screens.
- So you have all these games that you can try to do, like math.
- Tablets engage young children's attention in multi-sensory ways.
Tablets provide children with a tool to take ownership of their learning and interact with digital media tools that promote emergent literacy skills.
- [Narrator] Made possible by the generous support of the Marlene and Spencer Hays Foundation.
Learning to Read is a local public television program presented by WNPT
Funding for LEARNING TO READ is provided by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the Hays Foundation.