Handbook of Research on Integrating Digital Technology With Literacy Pedagogies: (Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design)

The allure and marketplace power of digital technologies continues to hold sway over the field of education with billions spent annually on technology in the United States alone. Literacy instruction at all levels is influenced by these evolving and ever-changing tools. While this opens the door to innovations in literacy curricula, it also adds a pedagogical responsibility to operate within a well-developed conceptual framework to ensure instruction is complemented or augmented by technology and does not become secondary to it. The Handbook of Research on Integrating Digital Technology With Literacy Pedagogies is a comprehensive research publication that considers the integration of digital technologies in all levels of literacy instruction and prepares the reader for inevitable technological advancements and changes. Covering a wide range of topics such as augmented reality, literacy, and online games, this book is essential for educators, administrators, IT specialists, curriculum developers, instructional designers, teaching professionals, academicians, researchers, education stakeholders, and students.

About the Author :
Pamela Sullivan is an Assistant Professor in the Early, Elementary, and Reading department at James Madison University. She has co-authored one book, The Essential Guide to Selecting and Using a Core Reading Program and has research interests in early literacy, family literacy, and technology. She is the editor for Reading in Virginia, the state reading association journal. She earned her Ph.D. in Reading from the University of Virginia and her Ed.S. in school psychology from the University of South Florida. She has been a teacher for students with varying exceptionalities, a school psychologist, and a reading intervention coordinator in the United States and in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands. Jessica Lantz is an assistant professor and Instructional Designer for the Libraries at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. She has over a decade of experience working with education faculty and pre-service teachers in library and instructional settings. Her professional degrees include Master of Education in Educational Technology from James Madison University, and Master of Library Science from the University of North Texas. Her professional interests include sharing creative ways to integrate technology into the higher education and PK-12 classroom, digital storytelling, and developing libraries to be community cornerstones.