Young Children and Families in the Information Age

Introduction: Information Literacy in Early Childhood: What, Why, How, and Where to Next?; Mary Renck Jalongo .- Part One: Tools and Strategies .- 1. Virtual Worlds: Young Children Using the Internet; Ithel Jones and Young-Hee Park .- 2. Supporting Young Children's Visual Literacy Through the Use of E-Books; Natalie Conrad Barnyak and Tracy A. McNelly .- 3. Technology-based Literacies for Young Children: Digital Literacy through Computer Programming; Elizabeth R. Kazakoff .- 4. Teaching with Technology and Interactive Media to Promote Creativity and Arts-Based Learning in Young Children; DeAnna M. Laverick .- 5. Opening Young Minds and Hearts: Employing Technology-Infused Critical Pedagogy in Hybrid Border Spaces; Crystal Machado .- 6. Using Multimedia Technologies to Support Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners and Young Children with Disabilities; Kavita Rao and James Skouge .- 7. Using Mobile Media Devices and Apps to PromoteYoung Children's Learning; Sharon Judge, Kimberly Floyd and Tara Jeffs .- 8. Planning, Designing, and Implementing Effective Interactive Portfolios in the Primary Grades: Suggestions for Forming Partnerships among Teachers, Students, and Parents; Esther Ntuli and Lydia Kyei-Blankson .- Part Two: Issues and Trends .- 9. Young Children as Multimodal Learners in the Information Age; Nicola Yelland .- 10. Universal Design for Learning and Technology in the Early Childhood Classroom; Craig Blum and Howard P. Parette .- 11. Developmentally Appropriate Technology and Interactive Media in Early Childhood Education; Olivia N. Saracho .- 12. Could Computer Games-Based Problem Solving Positively Affect the Development of Creativity in Young Children? A Case Study; Georgios Fessakis, Dimitrios Lappas and Elisavet Mavroudi .- 13. The Impact of Popular Media on Infant and Toddler Language Development; Melissa Calderon .- 14. Participatory Youth Culture: Young Children as Media and MOC Makers in a Post-millennial Mode; Marissa McClure and Robert W. Sweeny .- 15. Young Children at Risk of Digital Disadvantage; Genevieve Marie Johnson .- Conclusion: Cybersafety in Early Childhood: What Parents and Educators Need to Know; Kelly L. Heider .