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10/09/2015  |   3:00 PM - 4:15 PM   |  SAC Auditorium

Using Technology to Support Bilingual and Spoken Language Development

VL2 Storybook App is a bilingual, interactive storybook app for the iPad. Created by the creative team at the Center on Visual Language and Visual Learning (VL2) at Gallaudet University. VL2 will share how this app was created and how it connects research to education. We will also discuss how to support the children's literacy development and visual attention.

• Discover the Science of Learning Center's research findings behind the design of the app
• Learn what the research principles the best reading practices the app is built on.
• Understand the purposes of three modes on the app (Watch, Read, & Learn) & what our next steps are

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Melissa Herzig (POC,Primary Presenter), Visual Language and Visual Learning, melissa.herzig@gallaudet.edu;
Dr. Melissa Herzig is the Education and Research Translation Manager for the National Science Foundation Science of Learning Center, called Visual Language and Visual Learning, VL2, and she is the Associate Director for the Ph.D. in Educational Neuroscience program at Gallaudet University, in which she was a Co-Founder. She is also responsible for leading assessments and evaluations—basic educational research, involving “Use” studies of the Center’s resources—both for VL2 and for her work with schools. Her primary VL2 Center role is to facilitate two-way communication between researchers and educators. She has a B.A. in Biology from Gallaudet university. She received her M.A. and Ed.D. in Teaching and Learning at University of California, San Diego (UCSD). She worked at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla California (Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Bellugi Director), San Diego State University (Language and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Emmorey Director), and she was a Postdoctoral Scholar Researcher at UCSD (Center for Research in Language, Padden Director). As a Postdoctoral Scholar, Herzig led the research project (under the aegis of Dr. Carol Padden and Dr. Susan Goldin-Meadow), investigating deaf children’s use of sign language during spatio-cognitive tasks (“The Role of Gesture in Learning”). Both at The Salk Institute and at San Diego State University, Herzig directed research studies that explored the properties and functions of spatial mechanisms and gestures that are specific to signed languages. To come, her goals include the study of how these spatial mechanisms can be exploited to enhance instructional programs for deaf signing students. Herzig was also a teacher at Chula Vista High School for 8 years. She worked as a supervisor for student teachers at UCSD and was a lead supervisor for student teachers and interns at National University. Her areas of interest include Bilingualism, Reading and Literacy Development, and Motivation for Reading.