Digital Close Reading for Lower Primary Students

How can primary literacy teachers effectively identify, adapt, and incorporate developmentally appropriate technologies to support their students' reading development? This article reports results from a case study attempting to digitize a classroom literacy practice—close reading—for Year 2 st...

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Published in:	The Reading teacher Vol. 77; no. 6; pp. 850 - 860
Main Author:	Lo‐Philip, Stephanie Wing Yan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Newark Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-05-2024
Subjects:	Case studies close reading digital annotation Digital literacy Distance learning Educational technology Elementary school teachers hybrid learning Literacy lower primary school multimodality online learning Reading comprehension
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Summary:	How can primary literacy teachers effectively identify, adapt, and incorporate developmentally appropriate technologies to support their students' reading development? This article reports results from a case study attempting to digitize a classroom literacy practice—close reading—for Year 2 students. It suggests that digital tools can effectively support close reading practices and students' literacy learning. Results also identify some unique affordances that digitization offers. The author provides suggestions and tips for practitioners interested in incorporating technology into their regular close reading routines.
ISSN:	0034-0561 1936-2714
DOI:	10.1002/trtr.2304