Abstract
This study investigated use of iPad apps in young children's literacy learning. This study has two phases: app appraisal phase, and the child play phase. In the app appraisal phase, this study chose five available apps from the iTune recommended website. A GIARS rating scale was used to appraise the chosen apps in 10 areas in GIARS: age appropriateness, contextual environment, spatial design, seamlessness, scaffolding, non-violence, process orientation, real world model, and the anatomy of a gesture. In the child play phase, five 3-4 year old young children were observed while playing the apps to learn literacy. Early childhood educators and technician app developers will find this paper useful in conceptualising appropriate apps in young children's literacy learning.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Doctoral Student Consortium (DSC) - Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2015 |
| Editors | H Ogata |
| Place of Publication | Japan |
| Publisher | Asia Pacific Society for Computers in Education (APSCE) |
| Pages | 430-435 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9784990801496 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-4-9908014-7-2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
| Event | International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2015) - Hangzhou China, Hangzhou, China Duration: 30 Nov 2015 → 4 Dec 2015 Conference number: 2015 (23rd) |
Conference
| Conference | International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2015) |
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| Abbreviated title | ICCE |
| Country/Territory | China |
| City | Hangzhou |
| Period | 30/11/15 → 4/12/15 |