Technology and Teaching Children to Read: What Does the Research Say?

Author: Sherman, D.
Publisher: Northeast & the Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium
Publication Date: 2004
Full text available online at: http://www.neirtec.org/reading_report/rdgreport.pdf

Abstract (written by WestEd)

This report opens with a set of questions for district and school administrators to assess their readiness to integrate technology for reading instruction into the curriculum. The report then enumerates five essential areas of reading instruction-phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension-and recommends the use of computers to offer the following forms of support for students:

  • Presenting information and activities to students
  • Assessing students' work
  • Responding to students' work
  • Providing scaffolds, such as access to word pronunciation and definitions, that help students read successfully
The report details how computers can accomplish these ends within the five essential areas of reading instruction and summarizes the main points in an appendix. Finally, the report poses critical points for school and district administrators to consider when making decisions about incorporating technology into reading instruction and provides a list of web resources, including one intended for teachers and parents of students with learning disabilities.



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