Below are some research resources mentioned during the Updating Promising Practices in Reading Through Technology Webinar. As the presenters mentioned during the Webinar, CITEd will also publish by early March a series of literature reviews on the use of multimedia materials to support instruction.

References from Webinar

Articles in Reading Research Quarterly (2007) V42(1) Jan/Feb/March on using assistive technology to ameliorate reading difficulties:

• The Role of Instructional Design in Assistive Technology Research and Development by Randall Boone and Kyle Higgins
• Assistive Technology in the Reading Clinic: Its Emerging Potential by Michael McKenna and Sharon Walpole
• Technology-enhanced Reading Performance: Defining a Research Agenda by Dave Edyburn
• Supported eText: Assistive Technology Through Text Transformations by Lynne Anderson-Inman and Mark Horney

Chapter from the Handbook of Special Education Technology Research and Practice (2005) edited by Dave Edyburn, Kyle Higgins, and Randall Boone:

• Using Technology to Support Struggling Readers: A Review of the Research by Nicole Strangman and Bridget Dalton

Resources mentioned by Bridget available through CAST:

• Improving comprehension and vocabulary for high school students: http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/toolkits/tk_introduction.cfm?tk_id=141
• An outline of Teaching Every Student resources; see model lessons: http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/
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• This is a multimedia template with examples for students to create personal glossaries as a vocabulary building exercise.