Reading on Screen: Exploring Issues in Reading for Information with CD-ROM

Abstract

This article describes the insights gained by a group of primary teachers investigating the implications of CD-ROM for English with their KS2 pupils. As part of the IT in English project, they researched pupils’ use of the CD-ROM and its effect on their learning. They developed effective strategies to help pupils cope with the reading demands and edit their own texts. Positive effects on critical reading, collaboration, and use of conventional information books were observed.

• Primary English
• Key Stage 2
• IT and English
• CD-ROM
• reading