EtextBook

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EtextBook Elearning for
Children Presented by, Neelima Krishnan
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Overview of presentation 1. Introduction to E
Textbooks 2. Children and whats available. 3.
Discuss 4 papers on Etextbooks for children 4.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Ebooks. 5. Going
through surveys by Scholastic, Apple etc.
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• Whats an ebook
• "An electronic version of a printed book- with
  more multimedia attached!
• History
• The first e-book- The Index Thomisticus- 1946,
  by Roberto Busa.
• Andries van Dam from Brown University. coined the
  term "electronic book", in 1965.
• Project Gutenberg- first digital library 1970
• Early eReaders
• 1. Rocket eBook -NuvoMedia 1998
• 2. Gemstar International and Softbook Press Inc-
  reintroduced it as RCA eBook Reader 2000

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Children and Ebooks. In 2001, Acrobat and Amazon
joined hands.
Examples 1. http//www.magickeys.com/books/farm/p
age2.html 2. http//www.raz-kids.com/main/ViewPage
/name/sample
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The Young eReader The Tech lab's Vinci Tablet for
children from 0-5 years, by Dr. Dan
Yang. http//www.youtube.com/watch?vSwuDacUN9NI F
or Kindergarden kids http//www.raz-kids.com/main
/ViewPage/name/sample For School
children http//catalog.flatworldknowledge.com/bo
okhub/reader/128?cideredden-chab http//catalog
.flatworldknowledge.com/catalog/editions/68
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Paper 1 Reading electronic books as a support
for vocabulary, story comprehension and word
reading in kindergarten and first grade Ofra
Korat Paper 2 Electronic books versus adult
readers Effects on childrens emergent literacy
as a function of social class. O. Korat A.
Shamir Paper 3 The Electronic Library Emerald
Article Can electronic textbooks help children
to learn? By Sally Maynard, Emily Cheyne Paper
4 Using Electronic Books in the Classroom to
Enhance Emergent Literacy Skills in Young
Children
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Paper 1 1. What they did? 2. Do educational
e-book support young childrens vocabulary, story
comprehension and early word reading? 3. Does
this support differ for kindergarten children
compared to first graders. 4. E-books as a
support for oral language 5. E-books as a support
for word reading 6. Focus of this study
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Result of survey 1. First graders were better in
reading the frequent words from the e-book than
the kindergarten children before beginning their
work with the e-book. 2. Both age groups
exhibited good progress in their word meaning
knowledge from the e-book, while the kindergarten
children exhibited more significant progress in
word reading than the first graders. 3. Both age
groups showed a good story understanding level in
the less demanding task of story comprehension
(answering true/false questions), whereas first
graders presented significantly higher results in
the more demanding task of story production. 4.
Story understanding has several levels, and that
children in different age groups function
differently according to their age level.
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Paper 1 Reading electronic books as a support
for vocabulary, story comprehension and word
reading in kindergarten and first grade Ofra
Korat Paper 2 Electronic books versus adult
readers Effects on childrens emergent literacy
as a function of social class. O. Korat A.
Shamir Paper 3 The Electronic Library Emerald
Article Can electronic textbooks help children
to learn? By Sally Maynard, Emily Cheyne Paper
4 Using Electronic Books in the Classroom to
Enhance Emergent Literacy Skills in Young Children
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Paper 2 1. What they did? 2. Questions Posed a)
What type of activity, children reading the
e-book independently or being read to by an
adult, will better improve the childs overall
emergent literacy? b) Will there be any
difference in the degree of improvement in the
childrens levels of emergent literacy as a
function of their SES group?
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Childrens emergent literacy level 1.
Vocabulary 2. Word recognition 3. Phonological
awareness 4. Story comprehension Procedure 1.
The pre-intervention stage 2. The activity with
the e-book 3. Adult reading to the child 4. The
post-intervention stage
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Results
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Results Summation 1. new technologies have the
potential to support cognitive development and
learning. 2. Ebooks could constitute a good
source for supporting young childrens language
development, story comprehension and other
emergent literacy skills. 3. Effectiveness
depends on how well have they been designed to
specifically meet the childrens developmental
needs. 4. We need software that incorporates the
special advantages of electronic and the
interactive media and, also support childrens
comprehension of the story and their exploration
of the written text.
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Paper 1 Reading electronic books as a support
for vocabulary, story comprehension and word
reading in kindergarten and first grade Ofra
Korat Paper 2 Electronic books versus adult
readers Effects on childrens emergent literacy
as a function of social class. O. Korat A.
Shamir Paper 3 The Electronic Library Emerald
Article Can electronic textbooks help children
to learn? By Sally Maynard, Emily Cheyne Paper
4 Using Electronic Books in the Classroom to
Enhance Emergent Literacy Skills in Young Children
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Paper 3 Can Etextbooks help children learn
Age Group- 10-12 years. 1. What they did? 2.
Design/methodology/approach 3. Findings 4.
Research limitations/implications 5.
Advantages 6. Disadvantages
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Results
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Conclusion 1. Using e-textbooks for educational
purposes can affect the learning and
understanding of pupils. 2. In the group tests,
those who used the e-textbook scored
significantly higher marks than those who used
the printed equivalent. 3. Children are keen and
willing to use textbooks on a computer, and as a
result increase their learning capacity. 4. The
consequence of introducing e-textbooks into
schools would mean a wider range of learning
tools. 5. Cost Effectiveness? 6. E-textbook can
change and influence creativity and motivate
learning. 7.Introduction of e-textbooks into
schools would complement the printed textbook,
not replace it.
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Paper 1 Reading electronic books as a support
for vocabulary, story comprehension and word
reading in kindergarten and first grade Ofra
Korat Paper 2 Electronic books versus adult
readers Effects on childrens emergent literacy
as a function of social class. O. Korat A.
Shamir Paper 3 The Electronic Library Emerald
Article Can electronic textbooks help children
to learn? By Sally Maynard, Emily Cheyne Paper
4 Using Electronic Books in the Classroom to
Enhance Emergent Literacy Skills in Young Children
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Paper 4 1. Main goal a) assesses the current
research on e-storybooks for supporting young
children b) offers suggestions about how this
evidence can be translated into best practice in
classroom 2. Findings The Quality of eBook is
important.
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Emergent Literacy Development No Child Left
Behind Act of 2001 (a) oral language (b)
phonological awareness (c) print awareness (d)
alphabet knowledge. Shared Storybook Reading the
following instructional interventions can promote
emergent literacy development (a) exposure to
print through reading and writing, (b)
opportunities to learn and use language (c)
letter instruction, (d) phonological awareness
instruction.
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Potential Benefits of E-storybooks in the
Classroom Reading Engagement 1. Allow young
children and struggling readers to enjoy books
independently due to electronic features. 2.
E-storybooks are widely used with students who
are beginning to learn to read or diagnosed with
reading disabilities 3. provide supports to
include the use of digital scaffolding
supports 4. word pronunciation tools to assist
students with phonological awareness and decoding
of text.
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Using Etextbooks in Classrooms- What needs to be
considered 1.Developmental appropriateness of
e-textbooks Developmentally appropriate practice
(DAP) is defined by the National Association for
the Education of Young Children (NAEYC, 1997) has
the guidelines. 3 dimensions to be considered
a. age b. individuality c. cultural and
social contexts. 2. Considerations about matching
digital features within books to emergent
literacy goals. 3. Information regarding the
overall quality of research behind e-storybook
use for young children.
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4. Design Considerations (1) multimedia design
for presentation of words and Pictures (2)
interface design for format and control (3)
learning design for purpose, content, and
feedback. Distracting E-storybook Features 1.
Hotspots can be overwelming for children,
especially those unrelated to the story. 2. The
animations in ebook can distract children from
actually reading the text.
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Advantages of Etextbooks 1. Searching for
information is NOT like trolling for fish. 2.
Information is available cheaper- The case of
Philippine -American war Christopher
Columbus. 3. Libraries and Student Performance 4.
No more cutting trees 5. Reduced loads in kids
backpacks 6. Ability of the textbook to be more
current
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Cost Effectiveness Report by the US book
Industry Study Group An average book it releases
more than 4kg of carbon dioxide into the
atmosphere - that's the same as flying 20 miles.
cost of transportation during distribution and
warehousing the waste and toxic chemicals from
the paper mills. Ebooks Increase in amount of
digital data. Many interesting books are
available for free. Device/ Handheld is
expensive. Parents will be more cautious.
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What needs to be provided
1. Support for teachers 2. Support for students
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• Challenges one might face
• Online Access
• Lack of Basic Computing skill
• Responsibility for Technical Instruction
• Logistics of text distribution and collection
• Adapting Instruction

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• Survey by RR Bowkers PubTrack
• Market Basics
• The overall childrens book market was 3.08
  billion in 2010.
• E-books make up about 11 percent of sales for
  childrens books.
• In Q3 2011,the average price of a childrens
  e-book was 4.57, compared to 10.22 for a
  hardcover and 8.29 for a trade paperback.

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The E-Book Market for 0- to 12-Year-Olds More
than 85 percent of childrens books are bought on
impulse. Special challenges for e-books 37
percent of the childrens books in their houses
were bought new 34 percent hand-me-downs 17
percent given by others as gifts 9 percent
borrowed from the library. Its still virtually
impossible to buy a used e-book or hand down an
e-book, and e-book library lending, while
growing, is in early stages.


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Attitude of parents 2/3 of book-buying parents
want to see books identified by grade level or
reading level. Parents want their children to
read the printed editions. over 50 of the
parents expressed concern that the other
attractions of digital devices might eventually
entice kids away from reading. Attitude of
children (9-12 years olds) E-books are fun and
cool, Cost less Entice them to read
more. http//www.youtube.com/watch?v6KHp-hFgoXgf
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The E-Book Market for 13 to 17 Year-Olds Teens
lag behind all other age groups in e-book
adoption. 66 of 13- to 17-year olds say they
prefer print books to e-books 26 percent say
they have no preference Only 8 percent prefer
e-books. Reason for this resistance 1. Social
technology Liking, sharing and tweeting. 2.
Too many restrictions on using e-books 3. Small
screen for the handhelds. 4. Hunger Games trilogy
is an exception!
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Disadvantages/Issues of Ebooks in schools 1. No
one-stop shopping. 2. Lack of standardization. 3.
Incomplete feature list. 4. Terrible pricing
models. 5. Access to technology. 6. Increasing
screen time. 7. Eco-friendly? 8. Lack of Human
Touch! 9. Lack of Imagination.
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Concern My daughter cant stop texting long
enough to concentrate on a book, said one parent
surveyed, the mother of a 15-year-old. A mother
of a 7-year-old Michigan boy, said, I am afraid
my sons attention span will only include
fast-moving ideas, and book reading will become
boring to him.
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Video for Etextbook at school http//www.youtub
e.com/watch?vHgSyRrRfRrQ Android tablets for
ages 11 to 18years. Kurio Android Tablet for
Children Lexibook Android Tablet for Kids
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References http//www.techlearning.com/article/47
516 http//www.raz-kids.com/main/ViewPage/name/sam
ple http//www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/886504-2
64/ebook_summit_preview_should_kids.html.csp http
//capping.slis.ualberta.ca/cap07/ChristyAlyea/etex
tbooks.htm http//www.teachingvalues.com/ebooks.ht
ml http//www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2011/0
4/ebook-authors-the-kids-are-coming/ http//www.gu
ardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/09/arnold-schwarzenegg
er-school-textbooks-ebooks http//www.usatoday.com
/news/education/story/2012-01-31/schools-e-textboo
ks/52907492/1 http//www.schoollibraryjournal.com/
slj/printissuecurrentissue/890540-427/are_ebooks_a
ny_good.html.csp http//gigi.hubpages.com/hub/eBoo
ks_in_Schools http//singularityhub.com/2011/04/07
/etextbooks-and-educational-apps-ipads-enter-the-c
lassroom/ http//catalog.flatworldknowledge.com/ca
talog/editions/68 http//www.flatworldknowledge.co
m/how-it-works-1 Papers
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Questions?