In the research study, 2012 Context Study of the Use of Technology and PBS KIDS Transmedia in the Home Environment, it play an important part in evaluation for the Education Department Center, Inc. , and SRI International of the CPB-PBS Ready To Learn Initiative. It was a home study to understand family patterns of media and technology use in the household.
The focus for the research study is to bring the technology into the children homes that are likely to be at risk for academic difficulties due to economic and social disadvantages. The focus is to use tablets, computers, smartphones, video displays, and gaming consoles to achieve a learning environment to promote early math and literacy. The young children will do this by using the …show more content…
The home study was children age 2 to 8 years old and their families. There were 14 families that contributed to the research. The first half of the families came from the east coast, and then the other half came from the west coast. The families on the east coast all had internet access at home, had a computer in their home prior to home study. All seven families from the east coast did the interviews in English. The west coast demographics were very different than the east coast. There were only four families that had internet access at home, three with computers, and 2 did the interview in English, although east coast had five families participate their interview in Spanish. To be able to participle in study, there were two methods of recruiting the families. For the East coast, the children had to be enrolled in a classroom enacting the PBS Kids, had been proficient in English, and complete a parent survey. On the other hand, the west coast had different criteria to be eligible. The child has to be enrolled in classroom at the center, return a form showing interested in being one of the families in the home study, and be proficient in English or Spanish. However, both coast had to be available to attend an informational event or meeting to help them understand the study. To make the research fair, they used a lottery system to rank families then took the first 7 families that agreed …show more content…
Here are the following questions according to Pasnik, S & Llorente, C (2012):
1. How are Ready To Learn families using media and transmedia resources to support play and l learning at home?
2. What motivates Ready To Learn families to use media and transmedia resources at home?
3. Which of these activities might be supportive of early math and literacy learning?
4. In what ways do families use new transmedia resources that are introduced into the
The focus for the research study is to bring the technology into the children homes that are likely to be at risk for academic difficulties due to economic and social disadvantages. The focus is to use tablets, computers, smartphones, video displays, and gaming consoles to achieve a learning environment to promote early math and literacy. The young children will do this by using the …show more content…
The home study was children age 2 to 8 years old and their families. There were 14 families that contributed to the research. The first half of the families came from the east coast, and then the other half came from the west coast. The families on the east coast all had internet access at home, had a computer in their home prior to home study. All seven families from the east coast did the interviews in English. The west coast demographics were very different than the east coast. There were only four families that had internet access at home, three with computers, and 2 did the interview in English, although east coast had five families participate their interview in Spanish. To be able to participle in study, there were two methods of recruiting the families. For the East coast, the children had to be enrolled in a classroom enacting the PBS Kids, had been proficient in English, and complete a parent survey. On the other hand, the west coast had different criteria to be eligible. The child has to be enrolled in classroom at the center, return a form showing interested in being one of the families in the home study, and be proficient in English or Spanish. However, both coast had to be available to attend an informational event or meeting to help them understand the study. To make the research fair, they used a lottery system to rank families then took the first 7 families that agreed …show more content…
Here are the following questions according to Pasnik, S & Llorente, C (2012):
1. How are Ready To Learn families using media and transmedia resources to support play and l learning at home?
2. What motivates Ready To Learn families to use media and transmedia resources at home?
3. Which of these activities might be supportive of early math and literacy learning?
4. In what ways do families use new transmedia resources that are introduced into the