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Friday, April 17 • 8:30am - 9:30am
Digital Early Literacy: It's a Game Changer

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Research has documented a 30 million word gap between the children of low-income, poorly educated parents and children from more affluent homes. By the time they reach kindergarten, these children typically score two years behind their more privileged peers on standardized language tests.

The Napa County Office of Education has been providing digital early literacy to our districts since a pilot program in 2011, which we expanded to all families with preschool children in 2014. Statistically significant results on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test in receptive and expressive language indicate that we can successfully intervene. We will share our program and strategies, which can be replicated in any district.
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Barbara Nemko

Napa County Superintendent of Schools, Napa County Office of Education
Dr. Barbara Nemko has been Napa County Superintendent of Schools since 1997. She received Digital Promise’s “Digital Innovation in Learning” award in 2014 and was named ISTE’s Public Policy Advocate the same year. She also received the Making IT Happen award from CUE and ISTE... Read More →

Friday April 17, 2015 8:30am - 9:30am PDT
Catalina Crowne Plaza Redondo Beach Hotel
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