Share Paper: Digital Early Literacy: It's a Game Changer
Abstract: The Digital Early Literacy (DEL) project provided exposure to English vocabulary and immersive literacy experiences to kindergarten through second grade students using content specific applications (apps) delivered on tablet technology. A full two-thirds of the 600 students participating in the study were English Learners from poverty. The study tracked students from pre-school through the beginning of third grade to evaluate the long term effect of language immersion using tablet technology on literacy skills The session will provide a preliminary summary of data, teacher perceptions and student achievement along with delineation of successful apps for replication of the results.