Download or read book Digital Initiatives for Literacy Development in Elementary Classrooms: Emerging Research and Opportunities written by Brown, Sally Ann and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2017-08-11 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children of today are growing up in technology-rich environments and spend countless hours engaged with digital tools. It is essential that educators take advantage of children’s technological skills once they enter the classroom. Digital Initiatives for Literacy Development in Elementary Classrooms: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential reference work featuring the latest scholarly research on the benefits of technology integration into classrooms to enhance learning experiences. Including coverage on a number of topics and perspectives such as multimodal literacy, cloud-based writing, and social semiotics, this publication is ideally designed for educators, media specialists, instructional technology coaches, literacy coaches, and academics seeking current research on classroom literacy practices.