Chapter 9: Technology in English and Language Arts Instruction

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Chapter 9 Technology in English and Language
Arts Instruction

• Issues and Problems in English and Language Arts
  Instruction

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1-Expanding the Definition of Literacy

• Old/Traditional forms of literacy
• Reading and writing materials, print media
• New forms of literacy
• Digital media, internet, e-mail, chat, etc.

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2-Exploring New Instructional Practices

• New literacies gt new instructional practices
• Teachers/students need to learn about the new
  technology and how it can be used in the classroom

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3-Making Decisions About Keyboarding Instruction

• Use of a QWERTY keyboard
• Discussion about whether or not to teach
  keyboarding as a prerequisite to the use of
  computers for writing
• Students can create bad habits if not trained
  properly

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4-Creating Social Learning Environments

• New forms of literacy are more dependent on
  social interactions than traditional literacies
• Teaching and learning are no longer limited to
  the classroom (traditional)

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5-Working with Diverse Learners

• Todays classrooms are comprised of cultural and
  linguistic diversity
• The use of technology can help support weak areas
  of study
• Books on CD, tapes, video clips, simulation, etc

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6-Motivating Students

• Reading for study AND pleasure
• With the growing interest of new literacies,
  teachers are now turning towards interactive and
  visual qualities of software
• Engage Me or Enrage Me
• pdf or html (Educause,September/October 2005)

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7-Teachers Growth as Literacy Professionals

• Students have the right to
• Teachers who are skilled in the effective use of
  technology for teaching and learning
• A literacy curriculum that integrates the new
  literacies into instructional programs
• Instruction that develops the critical literacies
  essential to effective information use
• Assessment practices in literacy that include
  reading and writing with technology
• Opportunities to learn safe and responsible use
  of information
• Equal access to technology

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Online Resources

• NCTE/IRA Standards for English/Language Arts
• Reading Online, IRAs Online Journal of Literacy
  Education
• RTEACHER - The Reading Teacher