Making time” for reading: Factors that influence the success of multimedia reading in the home. The Reading Teacher

Many children love computers, and there has been much speculation and research about how educators might capitalize on this through the application of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in elementary education. In terms of literacy education, there is a growing body of research showing that electronic talking books (ETBs) can help children learn to read through support features offered, such as narrations, feedback, and sound effects. ETBs can also encour-age children to read (Glasgow, 1996/1997; Passey, Rogers, Machell, & McHugh, 2004), although it has been acknowledged that research on literacy and ICT still has some way to go (McNabb, 2005). We, the authors, decided to investigate what would happen if ETBs were used alongside or instead of traditional basals and library books for home read